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Tom Bloxham will be installed as Chancellor of The University of Manchester at a ceremony in the University's Whitworth Hall on Wednesday, 3 December.
The Chancellor is the officer of the University fulfilling the function of non-executive Chair of the General Assembly and presides over Congregations of the University for the conferment of degrees.
Tom Bloxham will present honorary doctorates to internet pioneer Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Jodrell Bank founder Sir Bernard Lovell, philanthropist Eddie Davies OBE and composer Edward Gregson.
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The property developer was elected in a ballot of University staff, alumni and General Assembly members, who were eligible to participate in the election. The electorate comprised of 40,000 registered members of the University’s alumni, as well as 11,000 current staff and the members of the University’s General Assembly.
Since 2004, the role has been carried out jointly by broadcaster and journalist Anna Ford, the first woman Chancellor in the Victoria University of Manchester’s history, and Sir Terry Leahy, the Chief Executive of Tesco and former Chancellor of UMIST. This was the first election of a Chancellor since the establishment of the University of Manchester in 2004, and alumni from as far afield as America, Australia, Malaysia and Hong Kong cast votes in the ballot.
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