Stella Lau Kah Wai

Managing Director SEGi University and Colleges

Stella Lau is a Malaysian leader in Higher Education, with almost three decades of rich experience in industry, academics and management. She is known for her leadership in expanding student access to higher education, catalysing academic innovation, and championing transformative learning to achieve outstanding student experiences. She currently provides leadership to more than 1,000 full and part-time faculty and staff, leading these teams through the post-pandemic times, rebuilding capabilities that prepare management and academic teams for an unprecedented and exciting future.

Stella Lau started her early career in the general insurance industry, training and leading the marketing teams and agencies for Sabah and Sarawak for the first seven years of her career. She then joined Higher Education, firstly as a lecturer for a business school in Sarawak, and then joined SEGi College Sarawak in 1999. From a lecturer, she was promoted to leadership roles as Academic Programmes Manager, Head of Academic Programmes, and College Principal. She relocated to West Malaysia in 2011 and was the Chief Operating Officer for SEGi, then Chief Operating Officer for Taylors College in 2014, managing its academic programmes and operations. In 2016 she joined MAHSA University as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Group Senior Director (Academic Quality). Her scope of responsibilities included strategic leadership and management of the academic faculties for the university and colleges. In 2020, she rejoined SEGi Group of Colleges as Chief Executive Officer, overseeing the colleges in the group and in 2023, was appointed as the Managing Director overseeing the university, five academic colleges, one TVET college, two international private schools and one private school. 


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