The HRC Secretariat and Board would like to extend its warmest congratulations to the HRC Board Chair, Robert Stewart, who has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list. Sir Robert received this honour in recognition for his services to manufacturing and the community.
Sir Robert is a successful manufacturer, innovator, philanthropist and the founder of Christchurch's SKOPE Industries. He is a life member and past President of the Canterbury Manufacturer's Association and is a Fellow of the Institute of Management. In 1986, Sir Robert was the winner of the Mobil Exporter of the Year award. He was awarded the Ernst & Young Master Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000. He is Patron of the independent Canterbury Medical Research Foundation, and in 2006 was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Also recognised in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday honours list was Professor Graham Le Gros, Director of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research and member of the HRC’s Biomedical Research Committee. Professor Le Gros has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to science and medicine. The HRC Secretariat and Board congratulates Professor Le Gros on this thoroughly deserved honour.
Read more about Sir Robert’s knighthood in the New Zealand Herald.
Read more about Professor Graham Le Gros’ CNZM in the Dominion Post.