Tony Medhurst is Principal and Chief Executive of Hertford Regional College since August 2015, having previously held the same position at Harrow College for seven years. He is Chair of the Association of Colleges’ Curriculum Reform Policy Group. He has led successful international partnerships in many countries including South Africa, Tunisia and Vietnam, and was a recipient of the London Development Agency’s Education Partnership Award for his work in China prior to the London 2012 Olympics.
Hugh Greenway is the CEO of the Elliot Foundation, which he has grown from concept to one of the more successful primary academy trusts in the country. Prior to this he ran education businesses internationally including turnaround and start-up projects in the UK, France, Sweden, Russia and the Netherlands; forging partnerships with Google, chartered sector bodies and respected international universities. He is also a council member of the Foundation for Education Development.
Professor Sir Ian Greer is Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast, championing innovation to drive regional economic growth. He co-founded the Health Innovation Research Alliance for NI and the Northern Health Science Alliance, England, and leads the Belfast Region City Deal's innovation pillar. An advocate for social responsibility and widening participation, he is also a Non-Executive Director of Dubai Academic Health Corporation and a past Chair of Universities Ireland.
Robin Grimes is Steele Chair of Energy Materials at Imperial College London. He was Chief Scientific Adviser to the FCO from 2013–2018, during which time he worked extensively with the British Council. In April 2017 he became Chief Scientific Adviser (nuclear) to the MoD. In his research, he uses computer simulation techniques to predict the behaviour of materials for energy applications. Professor Grimes is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Adam Habib is an academic, activist, and public intellectual. He is Vice-Chanellor of SOAS University of London and was previously Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa. He holds qualifications in Political Science from the University of Natal, Wits and City University of New York. Professor Habib is a co-founder of the African Research Universities Alliance, an affiliation of research-intensive universities on the continent.
Chris Millward is Professor of Practice in Education Policy at the University of Birmingham. He is a Marshall Scholarships Commissioner, Trustee of the Academy of Social Sciences, and board member of MEDR, the Welsh Commission for Tertiary Education and Research. Before joining the University of Birmingham in 2022, he was England’s Director for Fair Access and Participation, Director of Policy at HEFCE, and Head of Research Programmes at the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Rajani Naidoo is Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (People and Culture) and Professor of Higher Education and Social Change at the University of Exeter. She is Visiting Professor at Nelson Mandela University and the University of Bath and a UNESCO Chair in HE Management. She serves on the research committee of the European Foundation for Management Development. Her research explores competition in HE, social justice, and universities’ contribution to the global common good.
Professor Sheila Rowan is, since 2009, Director of the Institute for Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow, having previously held research positions split between Stanford University and Glasgow. She is, (2021-23) President of the UK Institute of Physics and a former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government (2016-21). She received a CBE in 2021 for ‘services to science’ and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Andy Westwood is Professor of Public Policy, Government and Business and a director at the Productivity Institute, University of Manchester. He is a governor at NIESR and the University of Wolverhampton and serves on the Bennett Institute’s advisory board at Cambridge University. He advises organisations including the IMF, OECD, EU, and the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee. During the last Labour government, he worked as a special adviser for innovation, education and skills.