Professor Robin William Baker CMG FRSA (born 4 October 1953) is a British academic and current Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University.[1]
He was educated Bishop Wordsworth's School, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London (BA), and at the University of East Anglia (PhD). He also spent time studying at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and is a Fellow of University College London. Dr Baker was the Deputy Director-General of the British Council (2002-2005) where he was responsible for the Council's global operations, before being appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent (2005-2007). He was appointed a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2005. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chichester in 2007, and became Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University in September 2010. He speaks Russian, Hungarian, Greek and Romanian.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Michael Wright |
Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University 2010–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Philip Robinson |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chichester 2007–2010 |
Succeeded by Clive Behagg |