Doctor of the University
A chartered management accountant with a broad experience in business.
A graduate in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford, Bill Salmond built a successful career in senior financial and management roles. As a chartered management accountant, he applied his financial acumen to great effect at companies from the UK to Australia, among them Unilever, J Lyons, and Wilkinson Sword/Allegheny International Inc.
Bill has held high-level business planning and acquisition, financial and treasury positions, including a significant tenure at Geest Line Ltd, a Hampshire shipping and fruit trading company. There, he served as Finance Director, Commercial Director UK and Caribbean, and Corporate Affairs Director before taking on responsibilities as Managing Director for a decade. He restructured the business, taking it from loss back to profit before retiring in 2009.
Bill joined the Board of Governors at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú in 2010, serving first as Finance Committee Chair (2012) and then Chair of the Board from 2014 to 2017. Today, he is fully retired, with a focus on family, and continues to follow the progress of the University with interest.