Council and Main Committees
- Council of the University: approval of nomination of external member of Council
- Congregation: 12 November [restricted content]
- Congregation: 13 November
- Council of the University: Register of Congregation
- Thursday 15 November 2012
- NO. 5006
- VOL. 143
Council of the University
Approval of nomination of external member of Council
Under regulation 9.3 of Council Regulations 2 of 2002, the nomination below shall be deemed to be approved unless not later than 4 pm on Thursday, 29 November, the Registrar has received from not fewer than 20 members of Congregation a written request for a postal ballot to be taken in respect of that nomination.
Approval of nomination of Sir Crispin Davis as an external member of Council
The nomination by Council, under the provisions of section 4 (7)–(10) of Statute VI, of Sir Crispin Davis, MA Oxf, as a member of Council for four years from Hilary term 2013, is submitted for approval.
Note on the nominated external member of Council
Sir Crispin Davis graduated in Modern History (Oriel, 1970). He then worked for Procter and Gamble from 1970 to 1990, holding a series of senior positions in the UK and Germany before becoming President of the company's North American food business. Between 1990 and 1993 he was Group Managing Director for Guinness Group, and then became Chief Executive Officer for Aegis Group plc, a leading global media service company, between 1994 and 1999. From 2000 to 2009 he was Chief Executive Officer of Reed Elsevier plc. He was knighted in 2004, for services to publishing and information. Sir Crispin is a non-executive director of GlaxoSmithKline, a member of the Global Advisory Board for Citigroup, and a member of the Council and the Board of Trustees of the National Trust. He has in the past served on the Development Board of the Tate (2002–7) and the Oxford University Press Finance Committee (1994–9). Sir Crispin has been an external member of Council since Hilary term 2009. He is currently the chairman of the Committee to Review Salaries of Senior University Officers, and a member of the Finance Committee and of the Nominations Committee.
Congregation12 November
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The libraries and their future: topic for discussion
A Congregation Discussion was held at 2 pm on 13 November in the Sheldonian Theatre on the topic of the libraries and their future.
A transcript of the Discussion1 will be published in the Gazette of 22 November and available on the Congregation website before then (www.ox.ac.uk/congregation-meeting). It is also intended to make a downloadable recording1 available on the same site.
1The transcript may be edited for legal reasons.
Council of the University
Register of Congregation
Mr Vice-Chancellor reports that the following names have been added to the Register of Congregation:
Band, G, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Citron, G M A, Worcester
Deligiannidis, G, Faculty of Statistics
Giacomantonio, R A, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Gillebert, C R C, Department of Experimental Psychology
Green, J E D, University College
Harvey, M S, Sub-department of Particle Physics
Hebel, K R, Exeter
Hordern, J W S, Harris Manchester
Koutsoupias, E, Faculty of Computer Science
Le, S Q, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Midwood, K S, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Miles, A J, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Sager, J E, Jesus
Spagnolo, B J, Christ Church
Spencer, C C A, Mansfield
Van Zijl, P L, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Vauterin, P J J, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Velayos Baeza, A, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Wilson, S A, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics