North Institutional Team

HEFCE's North institutional team supports higher education providers across the North West, North East and Yorkshire and Humber regions of England.

HEFCE contacts for the North

For contact details for HEFCE staff working with institutions in the North (including the team members listed below), use our searchable list.

The institutional team consists of:

Chris Millward
Associate Director, North

Chris, in his role as Associate Director, leads the institutional team for the north and HEFCE’s policy and funding approaches to postgraduate education and to strategically important and vulnerable subjects. He oversees the team as a point of contact for the Open University and for institutions in the North East, North West, and Yorkshire and Humber, and he provides strategic oversight and executive direction for HEFCE's work in these regions. He previously served as Associate Director for the Arts and Humanities Research Council and worked for the universities of Warwick, Edinburgh and Durham.

Tina Egan
Regional Consultant, North

Tina Egan is currently responsible for institutions in Yorkshire and Humber and in the North East. Prior to joining HEFCE Tina worked for fourteen years in the HE sector in the North West. Tina worked for eight years at the University of Manchester, initially as a Research Business Manager and latterly as Operational Manager for the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility. Most recently Tina was Deputy Director of the North West Universities Association.

Mark Allanson
Regional Consultant, North

Mark joined HEFCE in September 2009 and is the Regional Consultant for the North West. Prior to joining HEFCE he has held a number of senior university roles reporting to Governors on UK, EU and international student recruitment, admissions, student services, marketing and PR, enterprise and knowledge transfer, development and alumni. He also created and is a non executive director of a university spin-out technology business.

Lis Edwards
Regional Consultant and Senior Higher Education Policy Adviser, North

As Regional Consultant, Lis leads on the Council's interactions with a number of institutions in the North West and Yorkshire and Humber. As Senior Higher Education Policy Adviser, Lis is also responsible for the North institutional team management, team planning and resource allocation.