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 Ian Greer is Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s University Belfast. He champions university innovation driving regional economic growth, co-founding both the Health Innovation Research Alliance for NI, and the Northern Health Science Alliance in England. He leads the Belfast Region City Deal’s innovation pillar. He is an advocate for University social responsibility including widening participation. He is a member of the Research England Council, & past President 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 Director 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. From 2018-21, he was England’s Director for Fair Access and Participation. He has also served as Director of Policy at England’s Higher Education Funding Council and Head of Research Programmes at the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. Chris grew up in Stockport and attended his local comprehensive school before studying at the universities of Warwick and Manchester.
Rajani Naidoo is Professor in Higher Education Management and Director of the International Centre for Higher Education Management. Professor Naidoo holds a UNESCO Chair in Higher Education Management, sits on the research and development committee of the European Foundation for Management Development and is Visiting Professor at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. Her scholarship and research grants have focussed on higher education, social justice and the public 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.