Each year the WWLC honours influential women leaders in various private and public sectors who have played an important role in the development of modern economy, technology and administrative methodologies, promoting the advancement of government and business organisations at global standards.
In her acceptance speech Dr Lee focused on three points in her message to the women in general. She states that we should go back to basics - the purpose we are all here and our role here in this life. Secondly, she stated that we all come from a family. Therefore one should never forget about family as they are the ones who will stand by us at all times. And our legacy, what we would like to leave behind. “I chose my legacy in education. For I find that to make the world a better place, it is through education,” said Dr Lee.
Dr Lee joins Dr Massouda Jalal, Former Minister of Women, Founding Chairperson, Jalal Foundation; Jyoti Chopra, Managing Director, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, BNY Mellon; Nosizwe Nokwe-Macamo, President & Group CEO, PetroSA (The Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd) to be amongst those who have received the award.
Just last year, Dr Lee was conferred her honorary doctorate by the Council and the Senate of University of Nottingham, United Kingdom in recognition of her contributions to education in Malaysia. Each year the world-class University of Nottingham, ranked in the top 1 per cent of all universities worldwide bestows honorary degrees to a small select number of individuals who have achieved outstanding success and distinction in their chosen fields.
Dr Lee, a prominent member of Malaysia’s education industry, serves on various significant committees which are tasked by the Malaysian Government to chart the direction, strategies, and policies for higher education. Her sterling appointments include the Ministry of Education’s International Promotion Council.
She serves on the Board of Advisors of the Institut Penyelidikan Pendidikan Tinggi Negara (IPPTN) or National Higher Education Research Institute and is a founding member of the Academic Advisory Committee of Monash University Malaysia. On the corporate front, she is a member on the Board of Management of the Master Builders Association of Malaysia Education Fund and also the Board of Trustees of MERCY Malaysia. In March 2014, she was appointed as a member of the International Academic Advisory Council (IAAC) of Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia.
Dr Lee was also awarded the Outstanding Asian Women Community Contribution Award from Malaysia Women’s Career Building Association, presented by the First Lady of Malaysia, Y.A. Bhg Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor in recognising her contributions.
Dr Lee, having helmed the education division of the Sunway Group since 1992, has been instrumental to the development of the Sunway Education Group. She has helped grow the Group’s one institution, namely the then Sunway College, to the dynamic group of thirteen institutions which includes the Sunway University, Monash University Malaysia, Sunway College Kuala Lumpur, Sunway College Johor Bahru, Sunway International School and the Sunway-Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts. These institutions are owned and governed by the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, a unique and first-of-its kind structure in Malaysia in the field of private higher education, modelled along the lines of Harvard University in the US.
Dr Lee currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Sunway Education Group and most of the institutions’ boards within the Group. As an industry thought leader, her most recent invitations were to speak at the Asia Business Conference at Harvard Business School, University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh. Last year in 2014, Dr Lee joined the Malaysian team in Jogjakarta for the Malaysia-Indonesia Dialogue on International Higher Education 2014.
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