Council membership
| Class 1: Ex Officio | Register of Interests | ||
| Pro-Chancellor | Mike Farrar | 2022-2026 | MF Health and Sport (Director and shareholder) - 2015-date |
Deputy Pro-Chancellor | Richard Callaway | 2021-2025 | Nike UK |
| Deputy Pro-Chancellor | Sally Bucknell | 2023-2027 | EY LLP - Employee; Director, Diversity & Inclusiveness, UK&I. |
| Deputy Pro-Chancellor | Simon Greenhalgh | 2024-2028 | Credera Limited - Director - 2015-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 |
| 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 |
| Class 3: Lay Members Appointed by the Council | |||
Ruth Bagley | 2022-2026 | Warwickshire Rural Housing Association - Chair and board member - 2017-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 | |
Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal | 2024-2028 | Westminster Academy - Governor - 2021-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 | ||