Chancellor Alan Judge

Alan Judge assumed the Chancellorship from 11 February 2025 following election by members of the University Council.

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Alan Judge assumed the Chancellorship from 11 February 2025 following election by members of the University Council.

Alan has been a member of the Council for nearly eight years, during which time he has chaired the University's Finance Committee, the Victoria Honours Committee, and the People & Culture Committee.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and a member of the Institute of Directors.

Alan is the chair of Pacific Health Group. He is a trustee of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation, the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation Board of Trustees, and was previously a trustee and Chair of the City Gallery Wellington Foundation.

Mr Judge was a partner in EY for 29 years and left the practice in 2017. During his professional career, he spent three years as an international tax partner in the London office. Alan was the chair of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants tax committee and was heavily involved in tax policy development with the Bolger and Clark governments. He led the Government and Public Sector and Financial Services practices of EY, was the chair of the New Zealand firm, and a member of the EY Asia Pacific Advisory Board.

Alan lives in and is passionate about Wellington.

Current term

1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025

Number of previous terms

One