Professor Wendy Alexander joined the Board of Trustees in October 2022. Wendy became Deputy Chair of the Board in December 2024.
Wendy is the Scottish Government’s Trade & Investment Envoy for Higher Education and Vice-Principal, International, University of Dundee. She chairs the Times Higher Education’s International Education Advisory Board, is a Venture Partner at Emerge Education and serves on ApplyBoard’s UK Advisory Board.
Wendy spent over a decade in government and public service. She served in the first three Scottish Cabinets, including as Minister responsible for Further and Higher Education, holding the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, Transport and Communities portfolios. She is a fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Patron of Social Investment Scotland.
Wendy Alexander trustee term dates
Second term: 01 October 2025 – 30 September 2028
First term: 01 October 2022 - 30 September 2025.