15 May 2019
John Luke
By em
ail: [FYI request #10118 email]
Dear John
Official information request for information on the Victoria Business School
advisory board
I refer to your official information request dated 15 April 2019:
"I would like to know how people can express of (sic) their interest of becoming an
Advisory Board Membership-Victoria Business School (sic). Also, what is your
recruitment process of (sic) this position, selection requirements and the current
member's term of appointment. Please also provide the job description, payments
for this position."
Membership of the Victoria Business School Advisory Board is at the discretion of the Dean
of the Business School and the Chair of the Board. However, suggestions, nominations or
expressions of interest can be made to the Chair of the Advisory Board Dr. Peter Stevens,
or the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Commerce Professor Ian O. Williamson.
Formal invitations to new members are made by the Vice-Chancellor.
Victoria Business School desires to have diverse representation among Board members.
Members should be leaders who are representative of the communities served by VBS
and capture the social, demographic and ethnic diversity of those communities.
Members’ names are published on the VBS website and in other publicity material
produced by VBS.
Please see the table below for the current term information for board members.
Ian O. Williamson
Ongoing
Grant Guilford
Ongoing
Dr. Peter Stevens - Chair
January 2019 - onwards
Carolyn Tremain
March 2019 - onwards
Ian Clarke
September 2016 - onwards
Souella Cumming
September 2017 - onwards
Paul Healy
June 2016 - onwards
Kevin Lavery
August 2018 - onwards
James McArthur
August 2018 - onwards
Vanisa Dhiru
November 2018 - onwards
Steve O’Connor
November 2017 - onwards
Fiona Ross
October 2017 - onwards
Vic Crone
December 2018 - onwards
Liz Mellish
December 2018 - onwards
There is no formal job description for members, both the Chairman and Pro Vice-
Chancellor and Dean of Commerce meet with board members to discuss the level of
commitment required and expectations of their roles. This is an unpaid position.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me at
[email address] or 04 463 5249.
Yours sincerely
Georgia Tawharu
Adviser, Information Access and Copyright
