Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Currently interim Vice-Chancellor until the end of 2025. Experienced Chief Operating Officer. 28 years’ experience of working at a senior level in Higher Education, leading and managing a range of professional services in both research intensive and teaching intensive institutions. 2014 Led the merger of the Institute of Education with University College London. 2008 Led the “demerger” of Leeds Metropolitan University further education operations to the Hull College Group. Responsible for managing multi-million pound budgets. Commercial acumen. Experience in developing new business and income streams, including improving conferencing income and profitability. Substantial experience in change management, including restructuring, cost reduction programmes, business process review, leading to enhanced service delivery and cost efficiency. Responsible for introducing a number of student facing initiatives, such as “one stop shops”. Significant estates management experience, from developing master plans through leading major building and refurbishment projects. Extensive national network through Association of Heads of Administration, and participation in sector reviews and working groups. Undertaken consultancy work for the LFHE and HEA
Strategy Finance HR Estates IT Registry Marketing and Communications
Chief Operating Officer and head of the unitary administration. Reporting to the Director (Chief Executive) and Chair of Council, responsible for all of the Institute's professional and administrative support activities, including Finance, Estates, IT, Library Services, Registry, HR, Research and Consultancy and Marketing and Communications 11 direct line reports, responsible for leading and managing around 500 staff, and managing a revenue budget of c£30m. Also Secretary to Council and Senate. Throughout 2014, I led on all strategic, operational and legal aspects of negotiation and implementation of merger between the IOE and UCL, and from January to April 2015 on implementation and integration I have also undertaken a number of Institute wide change initiatives, including: • Formulation and approval of a new Strategic plan, and streamlining of underpinning operational planning processes; • Significant estates changes to improve the quality of facilities for teaching and post graduate students; • Process review leading to improvements in the management of student applications and enrolments; • Major review and implementation of organisational structure to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Head of administration and operations. Reporting to the Vice-Chancellor and Chair of the Board, responsible for a range of professional services, including strategic and operational planning, governance, legal and regulatory matters, the academic registry, pastoral support services to students, communications and marketing, outreach and widening participation. Responsible for leading and managing around 200 staff, and managing a budget of c£13m. Achievements include; • “De-merger” and transfer of our FE operations at Harrogate to an FE college partner, concluded July 2008; • The introduction of helpzones, as first stop shops for student queries and advice; • Reviewed and restructured the communication and marketing and planning and registry functions;
Executive director on the University's management board and the University’s legal officer. I had responsibility and accountability for governance, equality and diversity, risk management and health and safety, student affairs and relationships with the Students’ Union. I was Secretary to the University’s Governing Body, Academic Board and subsidiary companies. At Thames Valley, I was also responsible for Human Resources, training and development and Estates Strategy. I reorganised the Human resources function to be client focused and achieving cost savings. I was a member of the small institutional recovery team, following major institutional reputation and financial crisis, and lead the reorganisation of the administrative staffing arrangements.