of Hood's proposals, namely Susan Cooper in 2005, Nicholas Bamforth in 2006, and Donald Fraser, who was elected unopposed, also in 2006. In June 2007 it was revealed that the University press office had been monitoring and editing comments in Hood's Wikipedia article in an attempt to protect his reputation. In the same month, two further critics of Hood, Colin Thompson and Peter Robbins, were elected to the council. Andrew Hamilton, who had previously served as the Provost of Yale University, was nominated on 3 June 2008 to succeed John Hood as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1 October 2009. His appointment was confirmed on 16 June 2008. Later career He is a non-executive director of BG Group Plc, and will be President and Chief Executive Officer of the Robertson Foundation from 2010. In December 2011, John Hood became Chair of Rhodes Trustees. In January 2012, the board of global private education provider Study Group appointed John Hood as chairman. In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hood was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) for services to tertiary education. Personal life Hood has three children. See also List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of Oxford University References Bibliography External links Oxford University Vice-Chancellor information Q and A to congregation University of Auckland alumni New Zealand Rhodes Scholars Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Oxford University cricketers 1952 births Living people People from Napier, New Zealand People educated at Westlake Boys High School New Zealand businesspeople Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Fonterra people Vice-Chancellors of the University of Auckland Rhodes Trustees New Zealand cricketers