Profile of Council Members 2010
The Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor are elected annually by the Council members at a Council meeting.
Officers of Council:
- Chancellor, Mr Ian D. McKinnon
- Pro-Chancellor, Ms Helen Sutch
- Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pat Walsh
- Chair, Finance Committee, Mr James Ogden
Other Members of Council:
- Ms Rosemary Barrington
- Emeritus Professor Tim Beaglehole
- Mrs Mary Bruce
- Mr David Chamberlain
- Professor Charles Daugherty
- Mr Kevin T Duggan
- Mr Charles Finny
- Ms Fleur Fitzsimons
- Mr Max Hardy
- Associate Professor Dolores Janiewski
- Ms Patricia McKelvey
- Mr Graeme Mitchell
- Professor Paul Morris
- Dr Jock Phillips
- Mrs Brenda Pilott
- Mr Conrad Reyners
Chancellor
| Ian D McKinnon, QSO, JP, BCom, DipEd |
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| Elected by the Court of Convocation |
| Term of Office: 2003-2006, 2007-2010 |
Mr Ian McKinnon was a student at VUW in the 1960s, graduating with a BCom in Economics. He also served on the Students Association Executive, becoming Men's Vice-President in 1966.
Mr McKinnon's career has been in the independent school sector. He first taught at King's College in Auckland, where he was also a boarding housemaster, and then at Eton College in the UK, where he subsequently returned as Lower Master, cf Deputy Headmaster, in 1988. He was Headmaster of Wanganui Collegiate School from 1980-1988 and Scots College, 1992-2002, thus in today's terms, also CEO at both schools. During his time in the school sector he served on various government committees on education and also on both the Executive of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools, of which he was President 1998-2000, and the Executive of the Independent Schools Council. He was Chair of the Wellington College of Education for two years, in the period leading to its merger with the University in January 2005.
In addition he has served and does serve on various other bodies, including for a number of years the Waitangi (now Link) Foundation for UK-NZ relations. For his work in the UK on the NZ 1990 Commemorations he was awarded the NZ 1990 Commemoration Medal. He received the QSO in 1991 for services to NZ in the UK and in 1992 was made a Freeman of the City of London. He is a Justice of the Peace.
Mr McKinnon is currently a Wellington City Councillor and Deputy Mayor.
Pro-Chancellor: 2005-2009
Pro-Chancellor
| Helen Sutch, MPhil Oxon, MA |
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| Co-opted by the Council |
| Term of Office: Aug 2008 - Aug 2010 |
Helen Sutch was a student at Victoria from 1963-67, member of the VUWSA Executive 1963-64, NZUSA Vice-President 1965-66, and represented Victoria at women's hockey 1963-66. She was active in the Drama Club and Committee on Vietnam, and organised a teach-in on Vietnam at VUW in 1966. She received an M.Phil in Economics at Oxford in 1970 and was a Lecturer in Economics at VUW in 1971-72.
Her professional grounding is as a public economist with a strong interest in social and poverty issues. After working in the UK Government Economic Service on policy and research on urban poverty, Ms Sutch joined the NZ Treasury in the mid-1970s, and then worked at the OECD from 1981-85. She returned to become economic adviser to the Prime Minister in late 1985, and later Director of Policy and Research and Chief Labour Market Adviser in the Labour Department, where her team contributed analysis on Treaty, immigration, pay equity and other issues for the Royal Commission on Social Policy.
In 1989 she took the Advanced Management (CEO) Program at the Harvard Business School before joining the World Bank (1989-2007), first in francophone Africa, and then in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, where she contributed to a wide range of macro-fiscal and institutional reforms and was also a member of the Bank's Board on Women in Development. After three years in Warsaw working on governance issues in Poland and the Baltics she became manager in 2000 for Public Sector Governance strategy, programs and knowledge management Bank-wide, before moving to the East Asia and Pacific region in late 2003. Ms Sutch returned to Wellington in 2004 where she now works on her own account, with a continuing involvement in PNG and East Timor.
Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive
| Professor Pat Walsh, MA Cant, PhD Minn |
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| Term of Office: 2005 - |
Pat Walsh was appointed a Lecturer in Industrial Relations at Victoria in 1981. Since then, he has served as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Commerce and Administration, Head of the Victoria Management School and Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Commerce and Administration, and Pro Vice-Chancellor Research. He was appointed Professor of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations in 1999 and was for many years leader of a major Foundation for Research, Science and Technology project analysing industrial relations in New Zealand. He is the author of numerous articles and several books. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor in 2005.
Chair, Finance Committee
| James Ogden, BCA (Hons), FCA, FInstD, CFIP |
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| Appointed by the Minister of Education |
| Term of Office: Oct 2002 - Feb 2007, Feb 2007 - 18 Feb 2011 |
Mr Ogden is a business and investment consultant and company director. Current boards include NZ Post, Kiwibank, Summerset and Chairman of the Ministry of Social Development's Audit Committee. For the previous twelve years Mr Ogden was an investment banker - seven years as Country Manager for Macquarie Bank and five years as a director of Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to investment banking, Mr Ogden was eight years in the New Zealand dairy industry in chief executive and finance roles.
Mr Ogden is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, and a Certified Finance and Investment Professional, and was a NZX Broker.
Council Members
| Rosemary Barrington, BA (Hons), MSc Lond |
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| Elected by the Court of Convocation |
| Term of Office: 1999-2000, 2001-2004, 2005-2008, 2009-2012 |
Ms Barrington was a tutor in the Sociology Department at VUW from 1969-1970, and again from 1974-76. From 1980-84 she was a research fellow at the Institute of Criminology VUW.
In 1986-89 Ms Barrington was Director of the Government Research Unit at Parliament and then in 1989 went into the Prime Minister's Department.
In 1989-92 Ms Barrington moved to the Hutt City Council, becoming Group Manager Community Services. She was then appointed General Manager Culture and Recreation at the Wellington City Council from 1992-96. From 1996 to 2000, she held the position of Chief Executive Officer for the Horowhenua District Council.
Until recently, Ms Barrington was a senior policy analyst in the office of the Hon Pete Hodgson. She is now a consultant in local government and transport.
Chancellor 2002-2004, Chair Finance Committee 2001.
| Emeritus Professor Timothy Beaglehole, MA NZ & Camb, PhD Camb |
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| Elected by the Court of Convocation |
| Term of Office: 1999-2002, 2003-2006, 2007-2010 |
Emeritus Professor Beaglehole has had a long association with Victoria University as a student, staff member of the history department, warden of Weir House, Dean of Arts, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor. He is a life member of the Students Association. He was a Harkness Fellow at Harvard, 1965-66, and taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1978.
Professor Beaglehole was deputy chairman of the council of the National Art Gallery, 1979-92, and chairperson of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, 1990-96.
He was a staff representative on the Victoria University Council, 1968-71 and 1982. During 1983-86 he attended Council meetings as Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Chancellor: 2005-2009
Mary Bruce is a Wellingtonian who graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 1981, having majored in English Language. She then pursued a career in administration and human resources in Auckland and London. While raising a young family she was actively involved in pre-school education and voluntary community work and was also employed as a Community Education tutor.
Her experience in governance in the education sector stems from her involvement in school Boards of Trustees at both the primary and secondary level. She currently serves on two School Boards and is also employed as a governance trainer and facilitator by the School Trustees Association.
She was a member of the Council of the Wellington College of Education from 2002 until the merger on 1 January 2005.
David Chamberlain is an independent consulting actuary based in Wellington. He has over 20 years commercial experience centred around the financial services sector. During that time he has worked within both the corporate and consulting arenas and has experience both as an Executive and as a Director.
He has previously voluntarily assisted the Institute of Actuaries of Australia with it's education process and is a graduate of Macquarie University, Sydney.
David is a Fellow of the New Zealand Society of Actuaries, Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia and a member of the Institute of Directors.
| Charles H Daugherty, ONZM, FRSNZ, AB Middlebury, PhD Montana |
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| Elected by the academic staff |
| Term of Office: 2005-2008, 2009-2012 |
Charles Daugherty has been a member of VUW academic staff since 1982 and is presently Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Professor of Ecology. He has previously served as Acting Dean of Science and Head of the School of Biological Sciences. He has held academic appointments at Pennsylvania State University, the University of Illinois, Northern Michigan University, and the University of Montana.
Professor Daugherty leads VUW's contribution to the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution. His research interests focus on the ecology, genetics, and conservation of indigenous New Zealand animals. He is presently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, and he has been a member of the Marsden Council, the International Advisory Board of the World Congress of Herpetology, and the Board of Trustees of WWF-NZ.
| Kevin T Duggan, LLM, BCA, CA, ACIS, MNZCS |
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| Elected by the general staff |
| Term of Office: 1991-1994, 1999-2002, 2003-2006, 2007-2010 |
Kevin Duggan has been employed within the administration of Victoria University for 38 years, initially in the areas of statistics and data processing and currently as Management Information Analyst in the Finance Office.
Mr Duggan has been actively involved in all facets of education governance from pre-school and school committees through to college boards and was the first VUW Council Member elected by the General Staff (1991-1994).
He is currently Chairperson, Trinity Newman Trust, Treasurer VUW Association of University Staff, Auditor, VUW Staff Club, having previously served as its president 1995-1996, and mentor of VUW Toastmaster Club.
| Charles Finny, BA(Hons) |
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| Co-opted by the Council 2008. Appointed after consultation with Business New Zealand. |
| Term of Office: 2009 - 31 Dec 2012 |
Charles Finny has been CEO of the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce since early 2005. Prior to this he had 22 years experience in international trade, economics and diplomacy having served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Prime Minister's Department. He has lived in Singapore, Beijing and Taipei. Charles is on the Board of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, the New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand Chambers of Commerce Inc., the New Zealand International Business Forum, and Kawarau Estate Limited. He chairs the Local Government Forum and the Advisory Board of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre.
Charles part owns a wine company Kawarau Estate which exports wine to Australia, US, UK, Canada, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea.| Fleur Fitzsimons, BA (Hons), LLB |
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| Elected by the Court of Convocation |
| Term of Office: 2007-2010 |
Fleur Fitzsimons graduated from Victoria University with a BA (Hons) in 2003 and a LLB in 2007. In 2007, Fleur was admitted to the High Court of New Zealand as a Barrister and Solicitor. Fleur was President of the Victoria University Students Association in 2002 and went on to be Co-President of the New Zealand University Students Association in 2003 and 2004. Fleur currently works as a Solicitor at the Public Service Association and at the Wellington Community Law Centre.
| Max Hardy |
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| Appointed by the Executive of the VUW Students Association |
| Term of Office: 2010 |
| Associate Professor Dolores Janiewski, BA, Sarah Lawrence, MA, Oregon; PhD Duke |
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| Elected by the academic staff |
| Term of Office: 1995-1998, 1999-2000, 2003-2006, 2007-2010 |
Associate Professor of History at Victoria Dolores Janiewski has been on the academic staff since 1989. She previously served on the Council from 1995 to 2000, including service on the Standing Committee, the Council EEO Committee, and the Council Working Party on the Charter. She has been a member of the Academic Board from 1991 through 1999, 2003-2006, and was elected as Representative of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences to the Academic Board in 2001-2002. Dr Janiewski has served as President of the Association of University Staff, VUW Branch from 1991 to 1994, where she was a member of the Council-Staff Liaison Committee and a member of the AUS National Management Committee. She also served as chair of the Professional Concerns Committee of AUS in 2000 and as President in 2001. She has served on the Association of University Women Committee and as co-president in 2001-2002.
Prior to coming to Victoria, she was a member of the academic staff at the University of California, San Diego, 1983-1984; University of Idaho (1984-1986); Mount Holyoke College (1986-1988). She held a visiting Professorship at the University of Wisconsin in 2000. Her research areas are US History, Indigenous History of North America, Women's and Gender History, Labour History, and the History of the Southern United States.
| Patricia McKelvey, CNZM, MBE |
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| Appointed by the Minister of Education |
| Term of Office: 2003-Feb 2007, Feb 2007-27 Feb 2011 |
Patricia McKelvey is currently Chair of The Correspondence School Board of Trustees. She is also a member of the Social Security Appeal Authority and a Director of Electra Limited. She retired in 1994 after seven years as Principal of Wellington High School, prior to which she held teaching positions at Hutt Valley Memorial College, Solway College and Wellington High School.
Trained as a Physical Education teacher, Ms McKelvey has enjoyed success in both education and sport. She was Captain of the New Zealand Women's Cricket Team for 16 years (1966-1982) and has taken several other leadership roles in cricket, including serving on the Board of New Zealand Cricket. She is a Life Member of both New Zealand Cricket and Cricket Wellington and currently serves on the Boards of Barnados and Bowls New Zealand.
| Graeme Mitchell, BA (Hons), Stirling, CA (Scot) FCA (NZ) |
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| Co-opted by the Council |
| Term of Office: 2009-2012 |
Graeme Mitchell is a chartered accountant, recently retired from Deloitte, Wellington where he was an Audit and Assurance Partner for over 28 years. He was responsible for leading the audits of large entities in the public and private sectors, covering a wide range of business activities.
Graeme completed his tertiary education in economics at Stirling University, Scotland and has lived in Wellington for 32 years.
He is Honorary Consul General for Norway and a director of Barnardos New Zealand.
| Paul Morris, MA McM, PhD Lanc |
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| Elected by the academic staff |
| Term of Office: 1997-2000, 2001-2004, 2005-2008, 2009-2012 |
Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University since 1994. Professor Morris is Programme Director of Religious Studies and the author and editor of books on the bible, religion and politics, religion in Malaysia and New Zealand, religion, modernity and post-modernity, New Zealand spiritual poetry, religion and the environment, tradition in the contemporary world, and an encyclopaedia of religion. He has been awarded a Montana prize, short-listed for another and the 2007 International Council of Christians and Jews Peace Through Dialogue Gold Medal for his contributions of national and international interfaith understanding.
Professor Morris has been active at Victoria on school, faculty, university and union committees and was the Convener of the review panel for the Review of Social Work. He is currently chair of the board of a New Zealand charity, the co-president of the New Zealand Council of Christians and Jews, and the author of the recent Statement of Religious Diversity in New Zealand.
Prior to joining Victoria University, Professor Morris was at Lancaster University from 1980-1984. He has held visiting professorships of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Boston University, and the University of Queensland. His research areas are in religion and politics, religion and morality, theories of religion, contemporary Judaism and the contemporary challenges to religion.
| Dr Jock Phillips, BA, AM Harvard PhD Harvard |
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| Elected by the Court of Convocation |
| Term of Office: 2001-2004, 2005-2008, 2009-2012 |
Dr Phillips is currently General Editor of Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. From 1973 to 1986 he was a Lecturer and then a Senior Lecturer in History at Victoria University, Director of the Stout Research Centre 1984-1988 and Reader in History, 1986 to 1989. He has also held the posts of Chief Historian (1989-1997; and 2000-2002), and General Manager, Heritage (Acting), Department of Internal Affairs (1997-2000). He was the Conceptual Leader (history) for Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand 1994-1998.
Dr Phillips has been a board member of the New Zealand-US Education Foundation since 1995 and was the President of the National Library Society in 1994. He is the author of ten books on New Zealand history.
| Brenda Pilott, BA (Hons) Essex, DipLIS London |
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| Appointed by the University Council after consultation with the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions |
| Term of Office: May 2008 - April 2012 |
Brenda Pilott is national secretary of the Public Service Association, New Zealand's largest trade union. Prior to joining the PSA in 2004, she was a public servant for 11 years, working mainly in social policy, including 5 years as General Manager Policy at the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services. She was Women's Refuge national coordinator for four years. A qualified librarian, Brenda Pilott worked in libraries in local government in New Zealand and the UK and at the Parliamentary Library.
She has a range of governance experience, including being a current member of the management board of the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand; and was a Board member of the Local Government Industry Training Organisation, 2005-7. Brenda Pilott was born and educated in England and emigrated to New Zealand in 1980.
| Conrad Reyners |
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| Appointed by the Executive of the VUW Students Association |
| Term of Office: 2010 |