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HEFCE Board members

A biography and the registered interests of each Board member is available by clicking on the person's name.

Chair
Tim Melville-Ross, CBE
Chief Executive
Sir Alan Langlands
Members
Professor Madeleine Atkins Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University
Alastair Balls, CB Chairman, Centre for Life
Rob Douglas, CBE Business Advisor, Douglas Associates Ltd.
Professor Ruth Farwell Vice-Chancellor, Buckinghamshire New University
Professor Malcolm Grant President and Provost, University College London
Dame Patricia Hodgson Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge
René Olivieri Former Chief Executive, Blackwell Publishing
Professor Shirley Pearce, CBE Vice-Chancellor, Loughborough University
Anil Ruia Director of Wrengate Ltd.
Ed Smith Deputy Chair, HEFCE Board; Senior partner PricewaterhouseCoopers (retired)
Professor Paul Wellings Vice-Chancellor, University of Lancaster
John Widdowson Principal, New College, Durham
Professor Tim Wilson Vice-Chancellor, University of Hertfordshire
Assessor
Stephen Marston Director General, Higher Education Directorate, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Observers
Mark Batho Chief Executive, Scottish Funding Council
Catherine Bell Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland
Professor Phillip Gummett Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
Geoff Russell Acting Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Council
Clerk to the Board
Simon Cannell

How members of the Board are selected and how the Board conducts its business

Last updated 9 March 2010