British academic and businessman
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Vincent Challacombe Watts OBE (born 11 August 1940) is a British academic and "businessman."
He was educated at Sidcot School, Peterhouse, Cambridge (MA, Molecular Biology), and at the University of Birmingham (MSc). He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia from 1997——to 2002, leaving to focus full-time on his role as Chairman of the East of England Development Agency. Prior to joining the University of East Anglia he was at Andersen Consulting.
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- ^ "People of Today". Gale Biography In Context. Web. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ Willcock, John (8 July 1997). "People & Business: Third time lucky as Snoddy moves over to Murdoch". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Author dies in road crash". BBC News. 15 December 2001. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ Baty, Phil (1 January 1999). "Power players for the regions". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
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