Our People

The Canterbury Medical Research Foundation is a charitable trust registered under the
Charities Act and governed by an Executive Board. The Foundation is managed by
Executive Director, Guy Johnson and a small staff responsible for marketing, fundraising
and administration.

CMRF Executive Committee


Mr Robert Stewart CMRF President Chairman, Skope Industries	Mr Mike Stenhouse CMRF Chairman Managing Partner, Sheffield Consulting	Mr Guy Johnson CMRF Executive Director

Mr Geoff Bolderston CMRF Treasurer BDO Spicers	Mr Ewan Chapman Partner, Duncan Cotterill	Mr Geoff Cranko, Group Managing Partner, Strategy Design & Advertising

Bert Govan Chairman, southern Corporation Ltd	Dr Peter John Director of Innovation and Commercialisation, Lincoln University	Mr Ross Hutton Co-opted Investment Manager, Craigs Partnership

Prof. Peter Joyce Co-opted Dean, Otago University, Christchurch	Prof. Steve Weaver Co-opted Assistant Vice-Chancellor-Research, University of Canterbury	Prof Robin Fraser CMRF Medical Director

Scientific Assessing Committee 2012/13

Associate Professor Margreet Vissers (Chairman) - Pathology Dept, University of Otago - Christchurch

Associate Professor Chris Frampton - Dept of Medicine, University of Otago - Christchurch

Dr Ben Hudson - Public Health & General Practice, University of Otago - Christchurch

Mr Kiki Maoate - Paediatrics, Christchurch Hospital

Assoc. Prof. Richard Jones - Neuroengineer & Neuroscientist, NZ Brain Research Institute

Dr Jacqui Keenan - Department of Surgery, University of Otago - Christchurch

Dr David Collings - School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury

Associate Professor John Dalrymple-Alford - Psychology Dept, University of Canterbury

Associate Professor Richard Gearry - Dept of Medicine - University of Otago - Christchurch

Associate Professor Richard Porter - Dept of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago - Christchurch

Dr Lee Thompson - Department of Public Health & General Practice, University of Otago - Christchurch