FORMER Western Australian deputy premier Hendy Cowan (right) has been appointed chancellor of Edith Cowan University.
He will succeed Justice Robert Nicholson from January 1.
Justice Nicholson is retiring from the office after eight years.
Ironically, Mr Cowan is a distant descendant of the university’s namesake Edith Cowan, who was the first woman elected to a parliament in Australia.
In other appointment news Robert Coltrona has been appointed chief executive of Welshpool based pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor PharmAust.
He was previously a commercialisation manager at Murdoch University.