LIVERPOOL - Key Persons


A Noble

Job Titles:
  • Director of Procurement

Abby-Elle Healy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team
  • Research Contracts Associate

Alison Cornmell

Job Titles:
  • Media Relations Manager - Health and Life Sciences

Andrea Crowe

Job Titles:
  • Office Administrator

Anthony Hollander

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Vice - Chancellor for Research & Impact
Anthony Hollander is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact and Professor of Stem Cell Biology. He provides strategic leadership for the development of research policy and for ensuring the impact of the University's research programmes in Liverpool and around the world. He is also responsible for commercialisation of research, for developing partnerships with companies and other external stakeholders and for the training of postgraduate research students. Anthony's research career has focussed on the development of stem cell therapies for treating diseases of cartilage. His spin-out company, Azellon Ltd, is developing a stem cell treatment for torn knee cartilage and he was previously part of a team that created the world's first tissue-engineered airway. He is former President of the International Cartilage Repair Society and is Chair of Utrecht University's International Scientific and Societal Advisory Board for Life Sciences.

Bibi Soomaiya Jumun

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team
  • Research Contracts Associate

Carmel Booth

Job Titles:
  • President of Council
  • President of Council ( Chair )
  • President of the Council
  • Vice - President of the Council

Caroline Wathern

Job Titles:
  • Head of Education & Student Experience, HSS

Cath McNamara

Job Titles:
  • Head of Postgraduate Affairs & International Partnerships, HLS

Catrin Owen

Job Titles:
  • Media Relations Manager - Humanities and Social Sciences

Claire Mallanaphy

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Daisy Igbinoba

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team
  • Research Contracts Officer

Daniel Lawrence - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Director of IT
  • Chief Digital Officer or Their Nominee

Danielle Stanley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team
  • Research Contracts Associate

David McVey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team
  • Head of Research Contracts

Deb Grainger

Job Titles:
  • the HR Management Services Coordinator

Debra Nicholls

Job Titles:
  • Executive Pro - Vice - Chancellor and Director of Operations

Dei Harries

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor

Dr Carol Costello

Job Titles:
  • Director of People and Services
  • University Secretary and General Counsel

Dr Gita Sedghi

Job Titles:
  • Director, English Language Centre

Dr James Howard

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Academy
  • Director of the Leadership, Organisational, Staff and Academic Development Academy

Dr Mark Carawan - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Dr Matt Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Science and Engineering

Dr Matthew Greenhall

Job Titles:
  • Director of Libraries, Museums and Galleries

Dr Paul Redmond

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Experience & Enhancement
  • Director, Academic Quality & Standards Division

Dr Paula Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Life

Dr Ross McGarry

Job Titles:
  • Faculity Director of PGR, HSS

Emma Carter Brown

Job Titles:
  • Head of Education & Student Experience, S & E

Emma Leonard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Nominations Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee
  • Secretary
  • Member of Committee
  • Minute Secretary

Fiona Beveridge

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Chairman of the Boards of the University of Liverpool Press
  • Professor of Law
Fiona is Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Liverpool. Fiona is a Professor of Law, specialising in international and EU law, in particular foreign investment law and gender equality law and policy. She has a particular expertise in gender mainstreaming (that is, the idea that gender concerns should be addressed systematically in all areas and by all actors), and how this is implemented in international institutions, the EU, and in individual states. In the UK this approach is best exemplified by the public sector equality duty, now contained in the Equality Act 2010. She has completed two studies for the European Parliament FEMM Committee, ‘A New Strategy for Gender Equality Post 2015' and ‘The EU Budget for Gender Equality'. Fiona is Chair of the Boards of the University of Liverpool Press and University of Liverpool in Singapore. Fiona is a Non-Executive Director for Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Fiona was also a Trustee of the Liverpool Football Club Foundation, the official charity of Liverpool Football Club from 2012-19.

Gaige Corvo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team
  • Research Contracts Officer

Gavin Brown

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • University of Liverpool in 2015 As Pro - Vice - Chancellor for Education
Gavin joined the University of Liverpool in 2015 as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education. In this role he supports the Vice-Chancellor in setting the academic direction of the University, provides strategic leadership and champions the enhancement of learning and teaching throughout the academic and student community. He is responsible for the University's Student Support Services, Academic Quality and Standards, Careers Service, the Centre for Innovation in Education, Registry, student Admissions, Recruitment and Widening Participation, Libraries, Museums and Galleries. Gavin is an enthusiast for technology-enhanced learning and has led on a number of IT initiatives that support the student experience. He is also keen on promoting social and geographic mobility in the student body, and is a keen advocate of study abroad programmes, having established numerous partnerships with universities around the world.

German Conference

Job Titles:
  • Agent Systems ( MATES ) ( Programme Committee ( Member ), 2005 - 2010 )

Gill Price

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Member of Committee

Hans van Mourik Broekman

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Chancellor
  • Vice - President of Council
  • Vice - President of the Council

J White

Job Titles:
  • Director of Campus Planning and Development

James Fox

Job Titles:
  • Director of Legal & Insurance Services

Janey Cabrera - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Jenny Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Media Relations Manager - Health and Life Sciences

Joanne Carr

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director of Communications and Public Affairs

Judge Wendy Beetlestone

Job Titles:
  • Judge
  • President of the Council

K Amoakohene

Job Titles:
  • Director of

Kathryn Cross

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Education Committee
  • Secretary
  • Member of Committee

Katie Blundell

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Member of Committee

Kelly Montana Williams

Job Titles:
  • Head of PGR Strategic Development, S & E

Kevan Ryan - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Secretary
  • Solicitor
  • Director of the University
  • University Secretary
  • University Secretary and General Counsel
Kevan Ryan is the University Secretary and General Counsel. As University Secretary, Kevan works to ensure the highest standards of governance in liaison with the President of Council, the Vice-Chancellor and the University's Senior Leadership Team. As Clerk to Council he is accountable to the Council through the President of Council and reports to the Vice-Chancellor. He provides strategic, independent advice and support to Council including on their powers and procedures. In his role as Director of Legal & Governance, Kevan is responsible for providing strategic legal advice to the University, as well as overseeing the provision of legal services, information governance and the administration of the corporate governance of Council, Senate and their respective committees. In addition, he manages communication to and from the Office for Students, as the principal regulator ensuring compliance with the public interest governance principles, ongoing registration conditions and advising on reportable issues. Kevan is a Director of the University's construction company ULCCO (SP) Ltd. Prior to joining the University, Kevan worked as a commercial solicitor with leading national law firms, Eversheds and Addleshaw Goddard and in-house with Royal & Sun Alliance and Pilkington PLC. Other individuals will be invited to attend for specific items of business at the discretion of the SLT.

Kirsty Rothwell

Job Titles:
  • Freedom of Information Officer / Data Protection Co - Ordinator

Lesley Smith


Lindsey Sergeant

Job Titles:
  • Provost and Deputy Vice - Chancellor

Liz McAleer

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Member of Committee

Louise Kenny

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health & Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool from 1 January 2018. Prior to joining the University Louise was Professor of Obstetrics and Consultant Obstetrician at Cork University Maternity Hospital. Louise was the founding Director of the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT www.infantcentre.ie). Louise has a longstanding clinical and research interest in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Her research group is supported by more than 30 million of peer-reviewed funding and her work has resulted in >200 peers reviewed original papers, reviews and book chapters. Louise has received numerous awards for her work, most recently the prestigious title of Researcher of the Year by SFI (2015) and 2015 Irish Tatler magazine Woman of the Year Award for STEM.

Lynn Evans

Job Titles:
  • the Strategic Director of Liverpool Online

Mark Neill

Job Titles:
  • Insurance Manager
  • Insurance

Mark Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Independent Member

Matt Black

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team
  • Senior Research Contracts Officer

Matthew Reed - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Mike Edge

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Secretary

Miss Lina Dubbins

Job Titles:
  • Director, Student Experience & Enhancement
  • Guild of Students Representative

Mr Alan Smithson

Job Titles:
  • Academic Quality Support Officer, XJTLU

Mr Iwan Williams

Job Titles:
  • Head of Careers and Employability

Mr Nick Greer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of OPOG

Mr Steve Bickerstaff

Job Titles:
  • Dean, XJTLU
  • PGR Strategy Unit, Student Experience & Enhancement

Mrs Joanne Billington

Job Titles:
  • Online Programmes Business and Quality Officer

Mrs Lisa Hawksworth

Job Titles:
  • Nominee

Mrs Liz Dixon

Job Titles:
  • Academic Quality Support Division
  • PGR Quality Officer

Mrs Nikki Keggin

Job Titles:
  • Nominee

Mrs Sarah Husain

Job Titles:
  • Head of Global Opportunities

Ms Gill Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Partnerships Officer, AQSD

Ms Jane Edwards

Job Titles:
  • XJTLU Chief Internal Moderator

Ms Michelle Dwyer

Job Titles:
  • Student Representative Officer

Ms Nicola Casson

Job Titles:
  • Nominee

Ms Trish Barker

Job Titles:
  • Director of Academic Quality and Standards Division
  • Head of Academic Quality and Standards Division

Nadia Abubakar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team
  • Research Contracts Officer

Nicky Schofield

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research Development & Delivery, HSS

Nicola Davies - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Director of People and Services
  • University Secretary and General Counsel / University Secretary and General Counsel
Nicola was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at the University of Liverpool in October 2017, and is responsible for all finance and procurement activity at the University, along with Strategic Planning and the Strategic Change team. She is also the executive lead for sustainability at the University and Chair of the Sustainability Board. Prior to her role at Liverpool, she held a number of roles at the University of Manchester including Deputy Director of Finance. Over the last five years, her roles have been focussed on delivery of change projects, including the design and implementation of new planning and reporting processes, and a finance restructure. She has been working within the HE sector for the last 15 years and is passionate about this sector. Nicola has a keen interest in staff performance and development and promotes continuous improvement as a way of working. Before joining the HE sector, Nicola qualified as an ACA chartered accountant and worked in a number of accounting firms including Ernst and Young and Grant Thornton. She has a BSc in Mathematics from Newcastle University and an MSc in Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics from The University of Manchester.

Phil Hopwood

Job Titles:
  • Director of Strategic Planning

Phil Leonard

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Member of Committee

Prof James Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director of PGR, S & E

Rowan Bradbury

Job Titles:
  • President of the Guild of Students or Their Nominee

Sarah Gartside

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Chancellor

Sarah Stamper

Job Titles:
  • Media Relations Manager - Science and Engineering

Sophie Aitchison

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor for Student Affairs

Sophie Boardman

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team

Stephanie Laidlaw

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Contracts Team
  • Research Contracts Officer

Stephen Davenport

Job Titles:
  • Property Solicitor

Tariq Ali

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Tim Jones

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Vasiliki Samuels

Job Titles:
  • Guild of Students Representative
  • Two Student Representative Officers ( Nominated by the Guild )

Wiebe van der Hoek

Job Titles:
  • Professor in the Area of Knowledge Representation
Wiebe van der Hoek is Professor in the area of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. He came to take up a Chair at the Department of Computer Science of Liverpool in 2002, and was Head of Department 2008 - 2012. In 2014 he became Head of the School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Computer Science. His research interest is in Dynamic Epistemic Logic, that is, logics to reason about information change. He also studied those logics in Game Theoretic settings. Since 2012 he is (co-) Editor-in-Chief of Springer-Nature flagship journal in the Philosophy of Science, and since 2002 he co-chairs LOFT, a biannual conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory. He sits on the Digital Steering Group at UoL, and chairs the Digital Alder Hey / University of Liverpool Steering group. He sits on the Boards of Sensor City, the Cockcroft Institute, the MIF, the Daresbury Labs Strategy Group, and the IBM/UoL partnership group.

William Evans

Job Titles:
  • Fellow

Zoey Armitage

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer / PA to Kevan Ryan
  • PA to the Director of Legal and University Secretary