Mr. Toby Chu reports

CIBT WELCOMES SIR JOHN DANIEL TO CHAIR ITS ADVISORY BOARD

CIBT Education Group Inc.'s advisory board, which consults with senior management on strategic initiatives, will be chaired by Sir John Daniel.

Sir John is one of the world's most eminent practitioners and thinkers in open, distance and technology-mediated learning. He has helped to progress the international development agenda in education globally and has been a distinguished leader of universities and intergovernmental organizations in Canada, France and the United Kingdom. A citizen of both Canada and the U.K., he was knighted by the Queen for services to higher education in 1994 and holds 31 honorary doctorates from universities in 17 countries.

Sir John obtained his full-time university education in metallurgy at the universities of Oxford and Paris and later demonstrated his commitment to life-long learning by taking 25 years to complete a part-time master's degree in educational technology at Concordia University. The internship for this program, which took him to infant U.K. Open University in 1972, was a life-changing experience. He saw the future of higher education and wanted to be part of it.

This career took Sir John on an international odyssey with appointments at the Tele-universite, Quebec (directeur des etudes, 1973 to 1977); Athabasca University, Alberta (vice-president for learning services, 1978 to 1980); Concordia University, Montreal (vice-rector, academic, 1980 to 1984); Laurentian University, Ontario (president, 1984 to 1990); the U.K. Open University (vice-chancellor, 1990 to 2001); UNESCO, Paris (assistant director-general for education, 2001 to 2004); and the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver (president and chief executive officer, 2004 to 2012). His non-executive appointments have included the presidencies of the International Council for Open and Distance Education, the Canadian Association for Distance Education, and the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. He also served as vice-president of the International Baccalaureate Organization. He is currently education master with the Beijing DeTao Masters Academy, China.

Among Sir John's 320 publications are his books Mega-Universities and Knowledge Media: Technology Strategies for Higher Education (Kogan Page, 1996) and Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers: Achieving Education for All (Routledge, 2010).

"In order to continue our global expansion strategy, we must retain experienced professionals with in-depth knowledge and vast networks to assist our future endeavours," commented Toby Chu, vice-chairman, president and chief executive officer of CIBT Group. "With over 40 years of leadership experience in the education sector, Sir John Daniel has accumulated the knowledge, experience, credentials and global network to add strategic value to our future plans and potential partnerships. We welcome Sir John to the position of chairman of the advisory board."

"I am delighted by the opportunity to work with Toby Chu in this dynamic phase of development of the CIBT Group," said Sir John. "I used to be skeptical about remote-classroom teaching with interactive media but I have become an enthusiast. CIBT is a pace setter in this exciting world. Its impressive global learning network sets new standards of clarity, reliability and speed. Education is at a tipping point -- on the verge of a revolution that will raise the quality of teaching and learning while making it less costly and more widely available. CIBT is at the leading edge of this revolution because it combines state-of-the-art technology with consistent student support. From students' first contact until they graduate and find employment, often with the help of its global career centre, CIBT defines its success as empowering people to live better lives."