Youmin Xi
Executive President, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool, Professor, School of Management of Xi'an Jiaotong
Professor Xi Youmin is Executive President of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of University of Liverpool and also professor at the School of Management of Xi'an Jiaotong University. His research and teaching areas cover development mechanism and strategic analysis of the social and economic system, strategic management and policy analysis, decision-making and decision support systems, management behavior and firm theory, organizational behaviour and leadership, and educational management. He established HeXie theory in 1987, and with his research team extended it into HeXie management theory, an indigenous theory widely recognized in academic circles. He has published more than 300 academic papers and 30 books. Professor Xi sits on a variety of national-level boards and holds a wide range of titles, including Chairperson of the Business Administration Education Steering Commission under the Ministry of Education and Deputy Dean of SHAANXI MBA College. He is also the founder and chief editor of ManaMaga, a magazine and journal focused on management, as well as an editorial board member of several Chinese academic journals.