Executive and Governance Office

Executive Board Members National Roles

Professor Chris Day
Vice-Chancellor and President 

  • Board member: N8 (approx four times a year)
  • Russell Group Chair (approx eight times a year)
  • Member Universities UK (six times a year)
  • Board member: North East Local Enterprise Partnership (4 times per year)
  • Trustee:  Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
  • Trustee:  Newcastle University Development Trust
  • Trustee:  Foundation for Liver Research
  • Council Member:  APPUG for Universities
  • Member:  UUP Foundation Advisory Board

Professor Brian Walker
Deputy Vice-Chancellor 

  • Chair: Medical Research Council - Population and Systems Medicine Board
  • Member: Russell Group Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s Group
  • Trustee: British Heart Foundation

Professor Ruth Valentine
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Education 

  • Rusell Group PVC Education Group
  • Higher Education Academy for PVC Education
  • Council of Deans, Health Education England
  • University Clinical Aptitude Test Research Panel

Professor David Burn
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Medical Sciences 

  • Medical Schools Council (four times a year)
  • Medical Schools Executive (four times a year)
  • Board member, North East & North Cumbria Academic Health Science Network (six times a year)
  • Chair, NIHR Translational Research Collaboration in Dementia (approx four meetings a year)
  • Director of Board, Newcastle Health Innovation Partners (four meetings per year)
  • Chair of Board, Northern Health Science Alliance (four meetings per year)
  • Chair, Publication Oversight Committee, International Movement Disorder Society (three meetings per year)
  • Member, International Executive Committee, International Movement Disorder Society (four meetings per year)

Professor Richard Davies
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Global and Sustainability

  • Board member of NE1 (four times a year)
  • NE1 Executive Committee (four times a year)
  • INTO Board (three times a year)

Professor Matthew Grenby
Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research Strategy and Resources

  • Chair, Collection Trust, Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books (2022-)
  • Trustee, Seven Stories: the National Centre for Children’s Books, Newcastle upon Tyne (2016-)
  • International Officer (and Past President), British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
  • Strategic Review and Peer Review College, Arts and Humanities Research Council (2009-)
  • Russell Group PVC Research group (2022-)

Professor Jane Robinson
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Engagement and Place

  • Civic University Network, Partners Board
  • Co-Chair, North East Cultural Partnership
  • Centre for Life Board
  • Centre for Cities Board
  • NewcastleGateshead Initiative
  • North East Local Enterprise Partnership
  • Blyth Town Board 

Professor Nigel Harkness
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • British Council Taiwan University Alliance
  • Research England Advisory Group for the School of Advanced Study 
  • Strategic Committee for Languages in Higher Education

Professor Stephanie Glendinning
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering

  • Institution of Civil Engineers

Dr Colin Campbell
Registrar

  • AHUA Conference (twice a year)
  • AHUA Northern Regional Group (three times a year)
  • Russell Group Registrars (three times a year)

Nick Collins
Executive Director of Finance

  • Russell Group Finance Directors Group (approx. 4 times per year)

Justin Cole
Executive Director of External Relations

  • Trustee Board Member Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Europe (four times a year)
  • University Marketing Forum (six times a year)

Jackie Scott
Executive Director of People Services

  • Russell Group HR Directors Forum (approx. 4 times per year)
  • Universities Human Resources Conference (once per year)
  • Northern Regional Group of HR Directors (three times a year)