Principal Officers of the University

Principal Officers of the University - 2025/26

• Chancellor: Dame Jenny Abramsky

• Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Council: Dr Sally Howes, OBE, MA (Cantab), PhD (Bristol) (2027)

• The Deputy Chair of Council: Jenny Watson, CBE (2028)

• Treasurer: Mr Simon George, BA Hons, Msc, ACMA, CPFA (2028)

• Vice-Chancellor: Professor David Maguire
  

• Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor International: Professor Steven McGuire, BA (Calgary), MA (Toronto), D.Phil (Oxford)

• Pro-Vice-Chancellor Student Education and Experience: Professor Claire Pike, PhD, MA, MSci (Cantab), PFHEA, FRSB

• Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation: Professor Julian Blow, BSc (Edinburgh), PhD (Cambridge), FRSE, FMedSci

• Pro-Vice-Chancellor Arts and Humanities: Professor Catherine Richardson

• Pro-Vice-Chancellor Medicine and Health Sciences: Professor Philip Baker, BMedSci, BM, BS, DM, FRCOG, FRANZCOG, FMedSci

• Pro-Vice-Chancellor Social Sciences: Professor Olga Tregaskis, BSc Hons (Ulster), MSc (Cranfield), PhD (Cranfield)

• Pro-Vice-Chancellor Science: Professor Rob Field, BSc Hons (UEA), PhD (UEA) CChem, FRSC

• University Secretary: Mr Ian Callaghan, BA Hons (Sheffield), ACMA, GCMA, ACIB, GradCG

• Chief Finance Officer: Mr Jason Brown

• Director of People and Culture: Mrs Helen Wiseman

(A year after an Officer’s name indicates that the term of office expires on 31 July of that year.)