Council

Council is the University’s governing body, and has ultimate responsibility for the management of the University, its status as a body in receipt of public funds, and its status as an exempt Charity.

Council has a membership of 22 including:

• Senior managers
• Representatives of Senate and the Professional Services
• President of the Guild of Students and a member of the student body
• Majority of lay members (who are neither employees nor students of the University).

Members of Council are Charitable Trustees, subject to the obligations this imposes under charity law.

The President of Council is drawn from the lay membership and chairs its meetings. The current President of Council is Carmel Booth.

Council has four business meetings a year, and two Away Days. 

Primary responsibilities

Council’s powers and duties are detailed in Statute 9 of the University’s Statutory Framework.

• Statement of Primary Responsibilities of the Council
• Register of Members' Interests (PDF, 182KB).

Members or key people

Clerk to the Council: Kevan Ryan.

Ex officio members

• The Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Jones, BSc, PhD
• The Provost & Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Black, BA, PhD
• The Chief Operating Officer Lucy Everest
• The President of the Guild of Students Rowan Bradbury, BA (2024-2025)

Lay members

There are 13 lay members including the President and Vice-President of the Council appointed by the Council.

• Cilla Ankrah-Lucas, CQSW (2022-2025)
• Carmel Booth, BA, FCA (2023-2026) (President)
• Dr Alison Campbell, OBE, BSc, PhD, RTTP, DiplOD (2023-2026)
• Dr Mark Carawan, BA, PhD, FCA, CFIIA, QIAL, CIA (2023-2026)
• Fiona Cullen, BA (2023-2026)
• Barry Flynn, BSc, ACA, MBA (2022-2025)
• Dr Kashmir Gill, PEng, PhD (2023-2026)
• Vanessa Griffiths, MA (2023-2026)
• Mark Proctor, CBE, MEng, CEng, FICheme, MBA (2023-2026)
• Matthew Reed, BEng, MA, MSc (2023-2026)
• Hans van Mourik Broekman, MA (2023-2026) (Vice-President)
• Dr Diana Walford, CBE, MA, MD, BSc, MSc, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPH (2022-2025).

Senate members

There are 3 members of the Senate in the Council. Two are appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the Nominations Committee and 1 is elected from and by Senate's elected membership.

• Professor Julia Balogun, BSc, PhD, MBA (appointed 2024-2027)
• Professor Hazel Scott, MBChB, MD, FRCP, PFHEA (appointed 2022-2025)
• Professor Thomas Teubner, Dr. rer. nat. (elected 2023-2026).

Professional Service staff member

One member of the Professional Service staff is appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the Nominations Committee.

• Kieran O'Sullivan, BA, (appointed 2024 - 2027)

Student member

There is 1 member of the student body on the Council.

• Othman Ibrahim, BEng (2024 - 2025)