Northern Consortium UK, UK. Drew Newport has recently been appointed regional director for Asia (excluding Mainland China) at NCUK. Drew is responsible for driving the commercial performance of NCUK’s study centres, developing new business opportunities and increasing student outcomes for existing partners in the Asia region. He will be collaboratively working and engaging with colleagues from all divisions of NCUK, as well as external clients and university partners to ensure that all activities support growth in an effective and coordinated manner which is delivered and aligned with NCUK’s strategy. “I am thrilled to be joining NCUK at this time, where the company is poised for growth and expansion across Asia as well as globally. The new initiatives we have in the pipeline are extremely exciting and will make an impact on current centre support and growth, along with new centre development – what an exciting time to have joined,” said Drew.