Executive Board
Independent Chair

Dame Alexandra Burslem

Universities UK representative

Professor Paul Wellings, Lancaster University

Higher education sector

Jo Purves, Northumbria University

Non-higher education sector

Craig Wilson, Stevenson College Edinburgh

British Council

			Mark Robson, Director Operations
			Gordon Slaven, Director Education, Science & Society

Operating Board
Independent Chair

Dame Alexandra Burslem

Universities UK representatives

			Professor Paul Wellings, Lancaster University
			Professor Joan Stringer, Napier University

Higher education sector, England and Northern Ireland

			Mike Gibbons, University of Manchester
			Richard Harvey, University of East Anglia
			Jo Purves, Northumbria University

Higher education sector, Scotland

Michelle Stewart, University of Strathclyde

Higher education sector, Wales

Iwan Roberts, University of Wales, Bangor

Further education sector

			Craig Wilson, Stevenson College Edinburgh
			Helen McClure, Swansea College

Independent college sector

currently vacant

Independent school sector

Henrietta Lightwood, Badminton School

British Council management and development

			Desmond Lauder, Director Contracts & Projects
			Gordon Slaven, Director Education, Science and Society

British Council overseas staff

			Ruth Gee, Director, British Council Hong Kong
			currently vacant

FCO observer

Richard Jones, Head, Scholarships and Education Service