George Bain (academic)

Professor Sir George Bain FRSA, CCMI, FBAM
10th President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast
In office 1998–2004
Chancellor	Sir David Orr George J. Mitchell
Preceded by	Sir Gordon Beveridge
Succeeded by	Sir Peter Gregson
1st Chair of the Low Pay Commission
In office 2008–2009 (interim)
Minister	The Lord Mandelson
Preceded by	Paul Myners
Succeeded by	David Norgrove
In office 1997–2001
Minister	Margaret Beckett Peter Mandelson Stephen Byers Patricia Hewitt
Preceded by	new office
Succeeded by	The Lord Turner of Ecchinswell
Principal of London Business School
In office 1989–1997
Preceded by	Peter G. Moore
Succeeded by	John Quelch
Chairman of Warwick Business School
In office 1983–1989
President	Jack Butterworth Clark L. Brundin
Preceded by	Thom Watson
Succeeded by	Robin Wensley
President of the Manitoba New Democratic Party
In office 1962–1963
Personal details
Born	(1939-02-24) 24 February 1939 (age 78) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Citizenship	Canadian and British
Alma mater	University of Manitoba University of Oxford
Occupation	University administrator, industrial relations professor, railway worker
Military service
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
Years of service	1957–1963
Rank	Lieutenant

Sir George Sayers Bain, FRSA CCMI FBAM is a British-Canadian academic. He was President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2004.

Bain was born and brought up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was educated at Miles Macdonell Collegiate. He studied economics and political science at the University of Manitoba. He then proceeded to the University of Oxford where he took a D.Phil. in industrial relations.

Bain began his academic career at Nuffield College, Oxford; the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology; the University of Warwick, where he was Chairman of the School of Industrial and Business Studies between 1983 and 1989; and finally the London Business School, where he was Principal between 1989 and 1997.

He was a member of the Committee of Inquiry into Industrial Democracy chaired by Lord Bullock in 1976-7, of the Senior Salaries Review Body during 1993-6, and was Chairman of the Low Pay Commission during 1997-2002, the Work and Parents Taskforce in 2001, and the Independent Review of the Fire Service in 2002.

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