Poobalan was born in 1962. He studied at
University of Edinburgh. Pooblan was
ordained in 1995. He served his
curacy at St Peter's, Lutton Place,
Edinburgh. He was then
Priest in charge at St Clement, Aberdeen. He was
Rector of
St John's, Aberdeen from 2001 until his appointment as
Provost. He is also
Chaplain of
Robert Gordon University. ==References==