Ferdinand von Prondzynski

Who is Ferdinand von Prondzynski?

Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is known as a lawyer, a legal academic, a high profile public commentator and a university leader in Ireland and Scotland. A German-born Irish citizen, he is a former lecturer and Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin, and was later both a Professor and a Dean at the University of Hull, before serving as the high profile second President of Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland from 2000 to 2010. He has been Principal of the Robert Gordon University since late March 2011.

He is an authority on employment and commercial law and on certain EU and competition policy matters, and an active commentator on academic affairs and public policy.