Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor re-elected for 2004

 

Published by the Communications and Development Department

 

5 December 2003

 

 

Dr Robin Mann and Mr John Simpson have been re-elected unopposed to the positions of Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor respectively at the University of Canterbury for 2004.

 

Dr Mann, who was managing director and chief executive of the tannery G L Bowron and Co Ltd from 1984 until his retirement in 2000, has been Chancellor since the beginning of the year. The Chancellor is head of the University’s governing body, the University Council, and its ceremonial head.

 

Dr Mann has BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in chemistry from the University of Canterbury and is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a Life Member of the New Zealand Tanners’ Association.

 

Mr Simpson, who took up his role as Pro-Chancellor at the start of the year, also chairs the University’s Finance, Planning and Resources Committee. He is Company Secretary and Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer of Jade Software Corporation.

 

For more information contact Jeff Field
Director Communications and Development
University of Canterbury
Christchurch
Ph 03 364 2838
Email jeff.field@canterbury.ac.nz