The HEFCE Board

Click on each Board member's name to see a biography and list of registered interests.

Chair
Tim Melville-Ross
Chief Executive
Sir Alan Langlands
Members
Professor Madeleine Atkins CBE	Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University
Rob Douglas	Business Advisor, Douglas Associates Ltd.
Professor Anne Greenough	Head of King's College London, School of Medicine
Professor Ruth Farwell	Vice-Chancellor, Buckinghamshire New University
Professor Malcolm Grant	President and Provost, University College London
René Olivieri	Former Chief Executive, Blackwell Publishing
Professor Shirley Pearce	Former Vice-Chancellor, Loughborough University
Mark Robson	Head of Monetary and Financial Statistics, Bank of England
Hugh Ross	Director of the Hehir-Ross Partnership
Anil Ruia	Director of Wrengate Ltd; Chair, University of Manchester
Dr Suzy Walton	Deputy Chairman of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), the University of Westminster and the Internet Watch Foundation
Sara Weller	Former Managing Director, Argos
John Widdowson CBE	Principal, New College, Durham
Assessor
Professor Sir John O’Reilly	Director General, Knowledge and Innovation, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Observers
Mark Batho	Chief Executive, Scottish Funding Council
Liam Burns	National President, National Union of Students
Nuala Kerr	Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland
Dr David Blaney	Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
James Henry	Training and Development Agency for Schools
Clerk to the Board
Louisa Baker