Council membership

 

 

 

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

2022-2026

Health and Sport (Director and shareholder)
Project Rome Ltd (Director and Shareholder)
Mike Farrar Consulting Ltd (Director and Shareholder)
Spread Innovations Ltd (Director) (dissolved September 2022)
Ondine Biomedical Inc (Board Member and Shareholder)
Rugby League Players Welfare Forum (Chair)
UK Active (Chair) from 1/8/2022
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 and Senior Independent Member Richard Barnes 

2020-2024

Trustee - Burslem Port Trust
National Hornet Class Association (Commodore)

Deputy Pro-Chancellor

Richard Callaway

2021-2025

Nike UK

Deputy Pro-Chancellor

Sally Bucknell

2023-2027

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

Honorary Treasurer

David Hall

2018-2026

David Ross Educational Trust - Trustee
JCB Academy - Paid Consultant
Deloitte LLP - Retired Partner with Pension rights
New Schools Network - Director / Trustee

Vice-Chancellor

Professor Trevor McMillan

2015-

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP 
Research England (Knowledge Exchange Champion)
Network Staffordshire (Chair)
Midlands Innovation Partnership (Member)
Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Integrated Care System (Non-Executive Director)
National Centre for Universities and Business (Board Member)
Newcastle Town Deal Board (Chair)
Universities UK (Member)
Midlands Engine (Board Member)
Universities West Midlands (Member)

Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost

Professor Mark Ormerod

2015-

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

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

Dr Shalini Sharma

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

2021-2025

University and College Union Black Members Standing Committee
University and College Union

Dr Abigail Roberts

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

2021-2025

North Staffordshire Medical Institute - Chair of Research Award Committee

Dr Masi Noor

Faculty of Natural Sciences

2021-2025 

Co-editor in Chief, European Journal of Social Psychology

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
Association of University Administrators - Member
The Technician Commitment - Peer Reviewer

Class 3: Lay Members Appointed by the Council

Ruth Bagley 

2018-2026

Warwickshire Rural Housing Association - Chair and board member
St Andrews Healthcare Trust - Non-Executive Director
Boundary Commission for England - Assistant Commissioner (resigned 2022)
Ardynt Consulting Ltd - Director
Palmers Leys Management Co Ltd - Director
Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce - Member and Associate
National Trust - Member
Archives and Records Association - Member
IoD - Member
RSA - Fellow
Solace in Business - Associate
V&A Museum - Member
St Andrew's College, Northampton - Chair of Governors 2022-

Simon Greenhalgh

2023-2027

Credera Limited - Director
The DMW Group Management Limited - Director
Credera Holdings Limited - Director
SNGF Limited - Director
Coram Committee - Member / Trustee

Sherree Schaefer

2020-2024

Pay.UK Ltd - HR Director
Women in Payments, Board Advisory Member - EMEA

David Brown

2023-2027

Oxford International Education Group - Shareholder & President; Non Exec Director
Association of Language Travel Organisations - Board Member
Oxford International Higher Education Board - Chair
Vanburgh Castle Ltd. - Director (resigned  )
Oxford International Education and Travel Ltd. - Director & Chair of Governing Body
Studytrips Travel Ltd. - Director (company in liquidation)
Bucksmore Education Ltd. - Director (resigned April 2018)
Upskillist Ltd - Director
Manor Academic Programmes Limited - Director

Lesley Thompson

2023- 2027

Oxford Local Enterprise Partnership Business Sounding Board - Member
University of Oxford (husband is an employee)
Elsevier Academic & Government Strategic Alliance - Director

Tim Forman

2022-2026

Rolls Royce (Employee, Financial Controller)

Tracy Bullock

2021-2025

University Hospitals of North Midlands (Chief Executive)
North Staffordshire Colleges Group - Governor

Jane Burns

2021-2025

Cheshire East Council (Employee – Executive Director of Corporate Services) (retired May 2023)
SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) (NED)
Jane Burns - Sole Trader

Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal

2021-2025

Department of Education (Regional Prevent Lead) (resigned October 2022)
Westminster Academy (Governor)
Nisa-Nashim (Trustee)
Labour Party (Stakeholder Engagement Officer) (September 2022 - January 2023)
Re-Engage HI Ltd (CEO)

Class 4: Students    

Jade Cioffi

Union Development & Democracy (UDD) Officer

2023-2024

Keele Students Union (Company Director, Trustee & Member of Executive Committee)

Rachana Dhaka

President, Keele Postgraduate Association

2023-2024

Keele Postgraduate Association (President & Trustee)
Rajasthan Charitable Trust UK (Trustee)
Scouts (Volunteer)

Secretary:

Clare Stevenson
Director of Legal, Governance and Compliance
Solicitor 

 Governance Apprentices      
 Waleed Backler   2023-2024

Department for Transport (Employee)
Ark Franklin Primary Academy (Governor)
Attorney General's Office (Employee) (resigned May 2023)

 Tariq Khan   2023-2024 Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces (Chief Operating Officer)