Stuart McCutcheon

Stuart McCutcheon
McCutcheon in 2012
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland
In office
January 2005 – March 2020
ChancellorRoger France
Preceded byJohn Hood
Succeeded byDawn Freshwater
Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington
In office
November 2000[1] – December 2004
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Massey University
In office
January 1999 – ?
Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) of Massey University
In office
January 1994 – December 1998
Personal details
Born
Stuart Norman McCutcheon

(1954-11-10)10 November 1954
Wellington, New Zealand
Died6 January 2023(2023-01-06) (aged 68)
Auckland, New Zealand
Alma materMassey University
Scientific career
FieldsAnimal science
InstitutionsMassey University
ThesisA study of some factors affecting the resistance of newborn lambs to cold-stress with particular reference to starvation and exposure mortality (1981)
Doctoral advisors

Stuart Norman McCutcheon (10 November 1954 – 6 January 2023) was a New Zealand university administrator. Until March 2020 he was vice-chancellor of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, at which point he was the longest-serving current vice-chancellor in New Zealand, having served three five-year terms. He was previously vice-chancellor at Victoria University of Wellington, and deputy vice-chancellor and assistant vice-chancellor (research) at Massey University.[2]

In 2012, he was the highest-paid public sector worker in New Zealand.[3]

McCutcheon was the chairman of the Riddet Institute, a Centre of Research Excellence in food science based in Palmerston North, and Secretary of the Woolf Fisher Trust.[4][5]

  1. ^ Dye, Stuart (2 June 2004). "Auckland University hires chief from capital". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Professor Stuart McCutcheon – The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. ^ State Services Commission (September 2012). "Remuneration of Public Service and State Sector Senior Staff" (PDF). Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Riddet Institute". 17 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Woolf Fisher Trust". Retrieved 28 May 2022.