Academy Executive Committee

Academy Executive Committee current members

• Distinguished Professor Geoff Chase FRSNZ 2023-2026 (Chair)
• Professor Stephen May FRSNZ 2025-2028 (Deputy Chair) 
• Distinguished Professor Dame Jane Harding FRSNZ 2024-2027 (Society President)
• Professor Gail Gillon FRSNZ 2023-2026 (Co-convenor – Māori Knowledge and Development)
• Professor Lynda Johnston FRSNZ 2025-2028 (Convenor – Social and Behavioural Sciences) 
• Professor Tim Naish FRSNZ 2024-2027 (Convenor – Physical, Earth and Mathematical Sciences) 
• Professor Nancy November FRSNZ 2023-2026 (Convenor – Humanities) 
• Professor Stephen Robertson FRSNZ 2024-2027 (Convenor – Medical and Health Sciences) 
• Distinguished Professor Neil Gemmell FRSNZ  2025-2026 (Convenor – Biological and Environmental Sciences)
• Professor Cather Simpson FRSNZ 2025-2028 (Convenor – Technology, Applied Sciences, Engineering) 

Subject to the Royal Society of New Zealand Act, to our General Rules, and any Academy Bylaws, the Academy Executive Committee may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.