The University Executive

University Executive Group

The University Executive Group (UEG) comprises the Vice-Chancellor and President, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Executive Deans, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief People and Culture Officer and the University Secretary and Registrar.

Vice-Chancellor and President, and Deputy Vice-Chancellors

Senior Officers

Executive Deans

  • Andrew has a broad humanities research portfolio. He is Professor of Modern History at the University and a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Higher Education Academy.

    Professor Andrew Thorpe
  • Karen is a Professor of Exercise Science and Fellow of the American College of Sport and Exercise Medicine. Her research interests include using exercise and physical activity to enhance fertility.

    Professor Karen Birch
  • A Professor of Operational Research, Julia holds various leadership roles in her research community. Her research focuses on developing optimisation models for logistics and transportation.

    Professor Julia Bennell
  • Paul is a professor in the School of Sociology and Social Policy. His research is concerned with the relationship between law, human rights and equality. Paul is the University's LGBT+ Champion.

    Professor Paul Johnson
  • A Professor of Computational Chemistry, Nora is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, an elected Fellow of The Learned Society of Wales and elected Member of Academia Europa.

    Professor Nora de Leeuw
  • Professor Mark Kearney – Faculty of Medicine and Health

    Mark is a British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research and clinical cardiologist with an interest in the mechanisms underlying diabetes related heart disease.

    Professor Mark Kearney
  • Alan is Professor of Palaeoclimate Modelling. He is a climate scientist, Fellow of the European Research Council, Philip Leverhulme Prize winner, and a former author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

    Alan Hayward portrait.