Ms Trish Oakley BCom (Otago) CFInstD (Pro-Chancellor)
Current term: 2020–2023
Previous term: 2018–2019
Pro-Chancellor: from 1 March 2022
Appointed by the University Council
Ms Oakley is the Head of Summer at Forsyth Barr, based in Dunedin.
She is a member of the New Zealand Lotteries Commission.
Trish is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors (IoD), Otago-Southland Branch committee chair, Vice President of the IoD's National Council and Director of the IoD's board.
She convenes the University Council's People and Culture Committee and is a member of the Audit and Risk, Capital Development, Finance and Budget, Health & Safety and Ethics Compliance, Honorary Degrees, and the Strategy and Planning Committees.