Council membership

Council member biographies

Class 1: Ex Officio			Register of Interests
Pro-Chancellor	Mike Farrar	2022-2026	MF Health and Sport (Director and shareholder) - 2015-date Project Rome Ltd (Director and Shareholder) - 2019-2023 Mike Farrar Consulting Ltd (Director and Shareholder) - 2013-2023 Spread Innovations Ltd (Director) - 2014-2022) Ondine Biomedical Inc (Board Member and Shareholder) - 2021-date Rugby League Players Welfare Forum (Chair) UK Active (Chair) - 2022-date Charity Bank Advisory Board (board member) (resigned 2023) Vincent Housing Association (board member) Visionable (advisor) Positive Practice Mental Health Collaboration (Chair) (resigned 2023) EFL Trust (Trustee) (resigned 2023) Rochdale FC Community Sports (Chair) (resigned 2023)
Deputy Pro-Chancellor	Richard Callaway	2021-2025	Nike UK
Deputy Pro-Chancellor	Sally Bucknell	2023-2027	EY LLP - Employee; Director, Diversity & Inclusiveness, UK&I. Kingston University, London - Advisory Board Member, MBA Programme
Deputy Pro-Chancellor	Simon Greenhalgh	2024-2028	Credera Limited - Director - 2015-date The DMW Group Management Ltd Director - 2017-date Credera Holdings Limited - Director - 2017-date SNGF Limited - Director - 2005-date Coram Committee - Member / Trustee - 2012-date Thomas Coram Foundation for Children - Trustee - 2024-date
Honorary Treasurer	David Hall	2018-2026	David Ross Educational Trust - Trustee & Director - 2017-date JCB Academy - Paid Consultant - 2018-date New Schools Network - Director - 2021-date
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Trevor McMillan	2015-	Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP - Director - 2020-2024 Research England - Knowledge Exchange Champion - 2016-2024 Network Staffordshire - Chair - 2015-2023 Midlands Innovation Partnership - Member - 2021-date Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Integrated Care System - Non-Executive Director & Vice-Chair - 2022-date National Centre for Universities and Business - Board Member - 2022-date Newcastle Town Deal Board - Chair - 2022-date Universities UK - Member - 2015-date Midlands Engine - Board Member & Vice-Chair - 2023-date Universities West Midlands - Member - 2015-date
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost	Professor Mark Ormerod	2015-	Harper Adams University - Governor - 2015-2023 Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Institute of Technology Limited - Director - 2023-date Borthwen Barns Management Company Limited - Director - 2016-date UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Network - Member of Science Advisory Board - 2012-date Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges - Member of Future Business Council - 2015-date Supergen Energy Network - Member of Industry Advisory Board - 2015-date UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) - Member of Environmental Sustainability in Research & Innovation Sector Working Group - 2021-date Research England - Member of REF Institutional Level Environmental Panel - 2019-2022 UKRI - Member of Environmental and Sustainability Advisory Group - 2021-date UKRI - Member of Future Leaders Fellowship College - 2016-date
Class 2: Members of University Staff
Members of the Senate appointed by the electoral roll of the Faculties
Dr Shalini Sharma	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences	2021-2025	University and College Union Black Members Standing Committee - Member - 2018-2021 University and College Union - Member - 2005-date
Dr Abigail Roberts	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	2021-2025	North Staffordshire Medical Institute - Chair of Research Award Committee & Trustee - 2023-date
Dr Chrystelle Egger	Faculty of Natural Sciences	2024-2028	Brighter2gether - Director - 2024-date
Appointed by the Professional Services Staff Electoral Roll
Emma Colley	Human Resources Directorate - Organisational Development	2023-2027	Midlands Staff Development Partnership - Member Staff Development Forum - Member The Technician Commitment - Peer Reviewer
Class 3: Lay Members Appointed by the Council
Ruth Bagley		2022-2026	Warwickshire Rural Housing Association - Chair and board member - 2017-date St Andrews Healthcare Trust - Non-Executive Director / Deputy Chair & SID - 2021-date Boundary Commission for England - Assistant Commissioner - 2021-2022 Ardynt Consulting Ltd - Director - 2017-date Palmers Leys Management Co Ltd - Director - 2017-date Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce - Member and Associate - 2017-date National Trust - Member - 1990-date Archives and Records Association - Member - 1981-date IoD - Member - 2010-date RSA - Fellow - 2018-date Solace - Member - 1997-date V&A Museum - Member - 2010-date St Andrew's College, Northampton - Chair of Governors - 2022-date
Sherree Schaefer		2024-2026	Pay UK Ltd - Executive Director - 2020-date Women in Payments - Board Advisory Member - EMEA - 2023-date
David Brown		2023-2027	Oxford International Education Group - Shareholder & President; Non Exec Director - 1991-date Association of Language Travel Organisations (ALTO) - Board Member - 2011-date Oxford International Higher Education Advisory Board - Chair - 2021-date Vanburgh Castle Ltd. - Director (resigned 2023) Oxford International Education and Travel Ltd. - Director & Chair of Governing Body - 2021-date Studytrips Travel Ltd. - Director (resigned 2021) Upskillist Ltd - Director & Shareholder - 2021-date Manor Academic Programmes Limited - Director - 2023-date Kings Education Group - Non Executive Director - 2024-date St Giles International Interlearn Global - Non Executive Director & Advisory Board Member - 2022-date
Lesley Thompson		2023- 2027	Elsevier - Employee - 2015-date
Tim Forman		2022-2026	Rolls Royce - Employee - 2005-date
Jane Burns		2024-2028	SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) - NED -2018-date Jane Burns - Sole Trader - 2023-date
Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal		2024-2028	Westminster Academy - Governor - 2021-date Nisa-Nashim - Trustee - 2018-date YMCA North Staffordshire - Director - 2023-date Re-Engage HI Ltd (CEO) - Owner - 2023-date Association of British Muslims - Director - 2024-date 386 London Road RTM Ltd - Director - 2024-date
Class 4: Students
Tom Robinson	Union Development & Democracy (UDD) Officer	2024-2025	Keele Students Union - Employee, Company Director, Trustee & Member of Executive Committee - 2022-date
Anne George	President, Keele Postgraduate Association	2024-2025	Keele Postgraduate Association - President & Trustee - 2024-2025
Secretary:	Clare Stevenson Director of Legal, Governance and Compliance Solicitor