The AppliedHE Ranking Advisory Board provides guidance to AppliedHE about the development of Rankometer and related projects and ensures its transparency, independence and scientific rigour.
The board operates independently of AppliedHE and can provide AppliedHE with its opinions both when requested and upon its own initiative.
The current members of the board are:

Dr Kevin Downing (chair)
Secretary to Council and Director of the Institutional Research Office
City University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG
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Dr Aigerim Shilibekova
Director of Centre for Teaching Excellence
University of Canada West
CANADA
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Ms Karen Peyronnin
Director
Executive Masters at École des Ponts ParisTech
FRANCE
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Winnie Eley (Mrs.)
Secretary to Governing Board of CityU (Dongguan) at City University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG SAR
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Prof Dr Shameem Rafik-Galea
Professor of Applied Lingustics and TESOL
SEGI University
MALAYSIA
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Prof Sibrandes Poppema
President
Sunway University
MALAYSIA
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Prof Dato Dr Toh Kian Kok
Group Business Development Advisor,
UCSI Group
Senior Vice-President, Group Human Resource, UCSI Group
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Global Rankings and Internal Audit, UCSI University
MALAYSIA
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Dr Richard Holmes
Editor
University Ranking Watch blog
MALAYSIA
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Engr Nestor Rubio Ong
Deputy Director, Office of QS/THE Rankings
University of Santo Tomas
PHILIPPINES
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Dr Nico Jooste
Founding Member and Director of the African Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation
SOUTH AFRICA
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Dr Petrus Johannes (Hannes) Loock
Researcher and Organisational
Behavioural Specialist
SOUTH AFRICA
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Prof Judith Lamie
Managing Director
JL Education Consultants Ltd
UNITED KINGDOM
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Prof Dr Maurits van Rooijen
Chief Academic Officer, Global University Systems and Rector, University of Europe for Applied Sciences Germany
UNITED KINGDOM
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