The University of Manchester Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell

The University of Manchester • Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell President and Vice-Chancellor • Mr Will Spinks Registrar, Secretary and Chief Operating Officer • Professor Luke Georghiou Vice-President for Research and Innovation • Professor Clive Agnew Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students • Mrs Diana Hampson Director of Estates and Facilities • Mr Stephen Mole Director of Finance

President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, FRS, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester, leads by example. Her own research in the field of neuroscience has contributed towards major advances in the understanding and treatment of brain damage in stroke and head injury. She joined the Victoria University of Manchester in 1987, became Professor of Physiology in 1994 and held an MRC Research Chair from 1998 to 2010. Concurrent with her Faculty posts she has also held University roles as Vice-President for Research (2004 -2007) and as Deputy President and Deputy Vice. Chancellor (2007 -2010). She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in June 2004 and made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 2005, in recognition of her services to science. Professor Rothwell took up the post of President and Vice-Chancellor of the University in July 2010. She is the first woman to lead The University of Manchester or either of its two predecessor institutions. She is the founding President of the Society of Biology, a non-executive Director of Astra. Zeneca (and Chair of the Board Science Committee, a member of the remuneration and nominations committees and the Board member with oversight for Corporate Social Responsibility), co-Chair of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, a Deputy Lieutenant for Greater Manchester and a member of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board. Professor Rothwell takes a strong and active interest in public communication of science and regularly gives talks to schools and the public and contributes to television, radio and press, particular on sensitive issues in science. In 1998 she delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, televised by the BBC.

Registrar, Secretary and Chief Operating Officer Will Spinks is the Registrar, Secretary and Chief Operating Officer at The University of Manchester and took up the role in August 2011. In this capacity he is both Head of the Professional Support Services for the University and Secretary to the Board of Governors. Prior to joining Manchester, Will was the first Chief Operating Officer of Loughborough University for three and a half years. In this role he was responsible for all of the service functions and the commercial activities of the University. In addition, he chaired and served on a number of whollyowned subsidiary companies and the Manufacturing Technology Centre. Will is a member of the Students' Union Evaluation Initiative panel. He is also a member of the National Executive and Northern Convenor of the Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA), and a UUK nominated member of the USS Pension Fund Joint Negotiating Committee. Before moving into the Higher Education sector, Will pursued a career in ICI, Zeneca and Astra. Zeneca, working in a number of businesses and functions in both the UK and USA. This culminated in him establishing a Business Services organisation providing HR, Finance, Purchasing, Communications, SHE, Facilities Management and Site Services to all Astra. Zeneca's UK sites. From 2001 -2007, he also acted as Site General Manager at Astra. Zeneca's R&D site at Alderley Park, Cheshire. Will's external activities include Trustee Directorships of a number of community groups. He is a graduate of the Common Purpose 20: 20 Programme.

Vice-President for Research and Innovation Professor Luke Georghiou is Vice-President for Research and Innovation at the University of Manchester and Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Management in the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at Manchester Business School. He is responsible for the University’s research strategy and its implementation and for business engagement and commercialisation activities. He has been on the staff of its precursor institute, PREST, since 1977 and was its Executive Director from 1990 -2004. He has chaired several international panels examining research and innovation issues including the ERA Rationales group which first put Grand Challenges on the European Agenda. He was rapporteur and panellist in the Aho Group which set a new direction for European innovation policy with its report to European leaders Creating an Innovative Europe. He serves on the editorial board of several ISI journals and has published extensively in leading outlets including Science and Nature. He continues to be active in research and policy advice to governments and business. In 2011 he was elected to the Academia Europaea.

Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students Professor Clive Agnew As Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students, Professor Clive Agnew is responsible for strategy and policy development in this area. He was appointed to the Systems Department of the Open University in 1979, and from 1981 to 1999 was a lecturer then senior lecturer in Geography at University College London before moving to Manchester. In 2000, Clive was appointed to Head of Geography and then from 2004 to 2009 as Head of the newly created School of Environment and Development. He was appointed Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students in 2011. He has written on interactive teaching for large groups and developing numeracy skills and has held national positions as a curriculum and teaching reviewer and training facilitator. The three main goals of his current position are the enhancement of student experience, to support widening participation and to improve student employability. Clive Agnew holds a chair in Physical Geography. He researches and teaches in the fields of water resources development and applied hydrology. His first degree was in Physical Geography (BSc) from Newcastle University in 1976. His Ph. D was awarded in 1980 from the School of Development Studies, UEA for work on water resources and drought in West Africa. He has worked extensively in both the drylands and the wetlands of Africa, Europe and the Middle East, developing strategies for the management of water shortages at local and regional levels. His most recent book, Agnew C. T. and Woodhouse, P. 2011 Water Resources and Development, Routledge, London examines stewardship of the water environment to give a balanced treatment of the role of environmental, social and political priorities in the allocation of water. Currently he is engaged in research projects investigating the management of water and ecosystems in UK uplands and the impacts of climate change.

Director of Estates and Facilities Diana Hampson is a chartered surveyor with over thirty years experience and has been Director of Estates and Facilities at The University of Manchester since 1997. During this time Diana has steered the Directorate through the merger with UMIST in 2004 and has successfully delivered the most ambitious capital build programme in the history of UK Higher Education, creating new high quality facilities worth £ 750 million. The estate for which Diana is responsible comprises over 850, 000 sq metres of academic, administrative, commercial, and residential accommodation on 320 acres of land, mainly in the City of Manchester but also some locations further afield. Diana is leading the £ 1 billion Estates Masterplan which was recently announced by The University of Manchester. Diana has been a member of the Executive of the Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) for twelve years and has represented the Association on a number of national groups during this time.

Director of Finance Steve Mole joined The University of Manchester in June 2010 as Director of Finance after more than 30 years in manufacturing industry, latterly as Finance Director of a number of listed plcs, including Filtronic and Sepura. After a degree in Geological Sciences from Durham University, Steve Mole qualified as a teacher and then as an accountant. He joined Unilever as a graduate trainee and later worked for both ICI and Zeneca before undertaking Board roles in a number of companies. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.