Irene C L Ng

Irene Ng is Professor of Marketing and Service Systems and Director of the International Institute of Product and Service Innovation (IIPSI) at WMG, University of Warwick. She was an entrepreneur for 16 years as CEO of SA Tours, one of the largest tour operators in Southeast Asia, and the founder of Empress Cruise Lines, which she had built into a venture worth US$250 million in annual turnover by the time she sold it in 1996. Since becoming an academic in 1997, Professor Ng has received global...See more

Irene Ng is Professor of Marketing and Service Systems and Director of the International Institute of Product and Service Innovation (IIPSI) at WMG, University of Warwick. She was an entrepreneur for 16 years as CEO of SA Tours, one of the largest tour operators in Southeast Asia, and the founder of Empress Cruise Lines, which she had built into a venture worth US$250 million in annual turnover by the time she sold it in 1996. Since becoming an academic in 1997, Professor Ng has received global recognition for her work in value, new business models and service systems, with 22 journal articles, three books and national appointments such as the ESRC/AIM Services Fellow in 2008 and ESRC/NIHR Fellow in 2009. See less