Steve Egan

Deputy Chief Executive and Director (Finance and Corporate Resources)

Biography and registered interests

Steve Egan has been Director of Finance and Corporate resources at HEFCE since 1996 and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in September 2006.

In these roles he has been responsible for the Council's work in leadership governance and management. This has included the Rewarding and Developing Staff initiative, designed to improve the sector's approach to HR management; creating the Equality Challenge Unit and Leadership Foundation; supporting the Committee of University Chairs in developing and implementing a code of governance; the transparency review (activity-based costing system); capital funding; and improving the condition and use of the sector's physical estate and sustainable development (including carbon reduction and corporate social responsibility).

Prior to joining HEFCE, Steve was Director of Finance at the National Rivers Authority. Before this he worked his way from graduate trainee to Chief Financial Accountant of British Gas, during which time he obtained an MBA at the University of Bath to supplement his first degree in Banking and Finance which he also received from the University of Bath. Steve is a fellow of the Institute of Management Accountants.

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Organisation in which interest exists	Nature of interest (directorship, shareholding, membership, etc.)
National Centre for Social Research	Trustee
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Research Advisory Committee	Member
OECD Institutional Management in Higher Education group	Vice-Chair
St Brendan's Sixth Form College	Governor
Parochial Church Council of St Michael with St Paul, Bath	Member