Dr John Hood is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford as of 5th October 2004. He is the first to be elected from outside Oxford's academic body; he was previously Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland. Dr Hood attended Westlake Boys High School in Auckland, New Zealand, and later attended the University of Auckland where he studied engineering.

He has held a number of directorships in prominent New Zealand companies and bodies, including Fonterra, Fletcher Challenge and the New Zealand Cricket review of 1995.

His Oxford predecessor was Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas.

External link

• http://www.ox.ac.uk/aboutoxford/vc.shtml