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Christopher Doig

Born and educated in Christchurch and graduating from Canterbury University with a Masters degree in English Chris is a former director of the 1990 and 1992 New Zealand Festivals, and has been a professional singer for more than 25 years. After winning the 1972 Mobil Song Quest he became a principal tenor at the Vienna State Opera and spent the next 10 years singing in the major opera houses in Europe including Stuttgart, Hamburg, La Scala, Barcelona, Linz and Cologne, and the Salzburg and Vienna Festivals. In 1995 he relinquished his full-time singing career to become the Chief Executive of New Zealand Cricket, a job in which he distinguished himself transforming NZC into a dynamic vibrant modern business and sporting organisation, until he resigned in March 2001. In 1992 he received a prestigious Green Room award for his performance as Herod in Australian Opera’s Salome and was awarded the OBE for his services to the Arts.

Chris is now managing his own business as a consultant specialising in the Sports, Arts and Entertainment sector, and has a number of directorships. In early 2007, he resigned his role as Chair of Arts Council of NZ – Toi Aotearoa to lead “Project Opera”, ensuring the survival of Opera in the South Island.