Sir Alan Langlands FRSE

HEFCE Board member
Biography and registered interests

Alan Langlands is the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, responsible for promoting and funding high-quality education and research in universities and colleges with higher education programmes.

He was formerly the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee (2000 to 2009) and Chief Executive of the NHS in England (1994 to 2000). He also has a particular interest in the scientific basis of health services, and until 2012, he chaired the board of UK Biobank – a major genetic epidemiology study funded principally by The Wellcome Trust and The Medical Research Council. He continues to chair the board of the Health Foundation, a UK-wide charity committed to improving the quality of healthcare. He is also a co-opted member of the Office for the Strategic Coordination of Health Research. Alan was knighted in 1998 for his services to the NHS, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and an Honorary Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Alan is a science graduate of the University of Glasgow and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University in 2001. He also has honorary degrees from the Universities of Dundee and Edinburgh and the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India. He has been awarded Honorary Fellowships by the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow), the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, the Institute of Actuaries and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance.

Date appointed to the Board: 1 April 2009

Organisation in which interest exists	Nature of interest (directorship, shareholding, membership, etc.)
Office for the Strategic Coordination of Health Research	Co-opted member representing HEFCE
University of Warwick Business School	Honorary Professor
The Health Foundation	Chair
Cancer Research UK	Member
Biomedicine Forum	Member
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)	Non Executive Director