PROFESSOR SIR CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING CHANCELLOR

Professor Sir Christopher Frayling is a British educationalist, a writer, broadcaster and a global champion of the arts and design.

Sir Christopher read History at Churchill College, Cambridge, where he gained his PhD and was subsequently appointed as a Fellow of Churchill College in 2009. He had a long association with the Royal College of Art (RCA), joining it in 1973 as a part-time tutor and becoming its Professor of Cultural History in 1979. He became Rector of the RCA in 1996 until his retirement in 2009.

Sir Christopher remains a prolific writer and broadcaster; his subjects range from the work of Sergio Leone and spaghetti westerns to advertising in his television series The Art of Persuasion to the importance of craftsmanship and design.

Sir Christopher was the Chairman of Arts Council England from 2004 until January 2009. He also served as Chairman of the Design Council, Chairman of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee and a long-serving Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

He was a Governor of the British Film Institute in the 1980s. In 2001, he was awarded a knighthood for ‘Services to Art and Design Education’.

Sir Christopher was installed as inaugural Chancellor of Arts University Bournemouth in April 2014.

Dorothy Mackenzie is Chair of the University Board.

Since co-founding the London office of global creative, brand and design agency Dragon Rouge in 1991, Dorothy Mackenzie has championed and promoted sustainability within the creative industry.

Dorothy has been at the forefront of concepts like the circular revolution, which explores how waste and pollution in design can be minimised with pioneering recycling, reuse and regeneration systems.

Dorothy is a Non-Executive Director at Carbon Trust, which partners with businesses, organisations and governments around the world to accelerate the move to a decarbonised future.