Council membership

 

 

 

Class 1: Ex Officio Register of Interests
Pro-Chancellor Mike Farrar

2022-2026

MF Health and Sport (Director and shareholder) - 2015-date
Project Rome Ltd (Director and Shareholder) - 2019-2023
Mike Farrar Consulting Ltd (Director and Shareholder) - 2013-2023
Spread Innovations Ltd (Director) - 2014-2022)
Ondine Biomedical Inc (Board Member and Shareholder) - 2021-date
Rugby League Players Welfare Forum (Chair)
UK Active (Chair) - 2022-date
Charity Bank Advisory Board (board member) (resigned 2023)
Vincent Housing Association (board member)
Visionable (advisor)
Positive Practice Mental Health Collaboration (Chair) (resigned 2023)
EFL Trust (Trustee) (resigned 2023)
Rochdale FC Community Sports (Chair) (resigned 2023)

Deputy Pro-Chancellor

David Brown

2025-2029

Oxford International Education Group - Shareholder & President; Non Exec Director - 1991-date
Association of Language Travel Organisations (ALTO) - Board Member - 2011-date
Oxford International Higher Education Advisory Board - Chair - 2021-date
Vanburgh Castle Ltd. - Director (resigned 2023)
Oxford International Education and Travel Ltd. - Director & Chair of Governing Body - 2021-date
Studytrips Travel Ltd. - Director (resigned 2021)
Upskillist Ltd - Director & Shareholder - 2021-date
Manor Academic Programmes Limited - Director - 2023-date
Kings Education Group - Non Executive Director - 2024-date
St Giles International Interlearn Global - Non Executive Director & Advisory Board Member - 2022-date

Deputy Pro-Chancellor

Sally Bucknell

2022-2026

EY LLP - Employee; Director, Diversity & Inclusiveness, UK&I.
Kingston University, London - Advisory Board Member, MBA Programme

Deputy Pro-Chancellor

Simon Greenhalgh

2024-2028

Credera Limited - Director - 2015-date
The DMW Group Management Ltd  Director - 2017-date
Credera Holdings Limited - Director - 2017-date
SNGF Limited - Director - 2005-date
Coram Committee - Member / Trustee - 2012-date
Thomas Coram Foundation for Children - Trustee - 2024-date

Honorary Treasurer

David Hall

2022-2026

David Ross Educational Trust - Trustee & Director - 2017-date
JCB Academy - Paid Consultant - 2018-date
New Schools Network - Director - 2021-date

Vice-Chancellor

Professor Kevin Shakesheff

2025-

Located Bio Ltd - Founder and Shareholder. Director until April 2025

Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost

Professor Mark Ormerod

2015-

Harper Adams University - Governor - 2015-2023
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Institute of Technology Limited - Director - 2023-date
Borthwen Barns Management Company Limited - Director - 2016-date
UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Network - Member of Science Advisory Board - 2012-date
Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges - Member of Future Business Council - 2015-date
Supergen Energy Network - Member of Industry Advisory Board - 2015-date
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) - Member of Environmental Sustainability in Research & Innovation Sector Working Group - 2021-date
Research England - Member of REF Institutional Level Environmental Panel - 2019-2022
UKRI - Member of Environmental and Sustainability Advisory Group - 2021-date
UKRI - Member of Future Leaders Fellowship College - 2016-date

Class 2: Members of University Staff
Members of the Senate appointed by the electoral roll of the Faculties

Professor Bleddyn Davies

Faculty of Business, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

2025-2029

 

Dr Thomas Shepherd

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

2021-2025

 

Dr Chrystelle Egger

Faculty of Natural Sciences

2024-2028

Brighter2gether - Director - 2024-date

Appointed by the Professional Services Staff Electoral Roll

Emma Colley

Human Resources Directorate - Organisational Development

2023-2027

Midlands Staff Development Partnership - Member
Staff Development Forum - Member
The Technician Commitment - Peer Reviewer

Class 3: Lay Members Appointed by the Council

Ruth Bagley 

2022-2026

Warwickshire Rural Housing Association - Chair and board member - 2017-date
St Andrews Healthcare Trust - Non-Executive Director / Deputy Chair & SID - 2021-date
Boundary Commission for England - Assistant Commissioner - 2021-2022
Ardynt Consulting Ltd - Director - 2017-date
Palmers Leys Management Co Ltd - Director - 2017-date
Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce - Member and Associate - 2017-date
National Trust - Member - 1990-date
Archives and Records Association - Member - 1981-date
IoD - Member - 2010-date
RSA - Fellow - 2018-date
Solace - Member - 1997-date
V&A Museum - Member - 2010-date
St Andrew's College, Northampton - Chair of Governors - 2022-date

Sherree Schaefer

2024-2026

Pay UK Ltd - Executive Director - 2020-date
Women in Payments - Board Advisory Member - EMEA - 2023-date

Simon Constable

2025-2029

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust - Board Member / Chief Executive - 2024-date
University of Chester - Visiting Professor - 2015-date
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - My GMC Designated Body / Responsible Officer - 2019-date
West Midlands Imaging Network (NHS) - Chair - 2024-date

Lesley Thompson

2023- 2027

Elsevier - Employee - 2015-date

Tim Forman

2022-2026

Rolls Royce - Employee - 2005-date

Jane Burns

2024-2028

SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) - NED -2018-date
Jane Burns - Sole Trader - 2023-date

Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal

2024-2028

Westminster Academy - Governor - 2021-date
Nisa-Nashim - Trustee - 2018-date
YMCA North Staffordshire - Director - 2023-date
Re-Engage HI Ltd (CEO) - Owner - 2023-date
Association of British Muslims - Director - 2024-date
386 London Road RTM Ltd - Director - 2024-date

Andrew Harris

2025-2029

Keele Students' Union - Trustee - 2021-2025
DWF Law LLP - Partner - 2013-2017
DWF Law LLP - Consultant - 2017-2025
DLA Piper (& legacy firms) - Partner - 1990-2013
Keele University Council - Lay Member - 2011-2019

Tariq Khan

2025-2029

 

Stuart Davies

2025-2029

Apollo Managing Agency - NED - 2022-date
Chedid RE - NED - 2024-date
Sarum Hall School - Governor - 2023-date
Ability Bow - Charity Trustee - 2023-date
Darag - Chairman / non executive director - 2017-2023
LEGS - Charity Trustee - 2023-2025
Keyhaen - Partner - 2018-2024
Canopius - CEO - 2015-2017
AEGIS London - CEO - 2003-2015
Highway Insurance - COO / CFO - 1993-20023
Ernst & Young - Manager - 1989-1993

Class 4: Students    

Sophie Borman

Union Development & Democracy (UDD) Officer

2025-2026

Keele Students Union - Trustee - 2024-date

Anne George

President, Keele Postgraduate Association

2025-2026

Keele Postgraduate Association - President & Trustee - 2024-date

Secretary:

Clare Stevenson
Director of Legal, Governance and Compliance
Solicitor