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Mr Stephen J Higgs

BCom(Otago) FCA CFInstD  (Chancellor)

Appointed by the Minister for Education

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Mr Stephen Higgs

Current term: 2020–2023
Previous term: 2012–2016, 2016–2019
Pro-Chancellor: 2018–February 2022
Chancellor: from 1 March 2022

Mr Stephen Higgs is a professional director, on the boards of a range of companies and other organisations in a variety of sectors.

He convenes the University Council's Finance and Budget, Strategy and Planning, Treaty of Waitangi, and Honorary Degrees Committees and is a member of number of other committees. He is a director of University of Otago Holdings Ltd and is a Trustee of the University of Otago Foundation Trust.

Stephen is a retired partner, and past Managing Partner, of Polson Higgs, a firm of business advisers and chartered accountants based in Dunedin.

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