The highest academic post is simply "Professor". All leadership positions - Head of Department, Dean, Director, Vice Chancellor - are simply administrative responsibilities that one takes (or does not) depending on how inclined one is towards administrative work.
These are *not* positions *above* Professor that one is "promoted" to.
Which is why every respectable university has its administrators declaring themselves as "Professor and Department Head", "Professor and Dean", and so on. The academic title of Professor is always declared first followed by the administrative role one has taken up at the present time.
Whenever you meet someone trying to pull rank based on administrative responsibilities, know that you are face to face with an intellectually shallow academic. Which inevitably translates into a shallow administrative temperament and a less than fulfilling work atmosphere.
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