Governing Body

Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Governing Body: Judith Armitt, DL

Vice-Chancellor: Professor Rama Thirunamachandran, OBE, DL

Governor: Nadra Ahmed, CBE, DL

Governor: Sue Appleby

Governor: Reverend Jonathan Arnold

Governor: Professor Graeme Dewhurst

Governor (Staff – Academic Board): Dr Ali Eyden

Student Governor: Ali Ghega

Governor: Judith Harding

Governor (Staff – Professional Services): Robin Higgins

Senior Independent Governor: The Rt Revd Bishop Rose Hudson Wilkin, MBE

Governor: Pam Jones, OBE

Governor: Lady Angela Newey, DL

Governor: Clive Stevens, DL

Governor: Reverend Robert Stevenson

Governor: Jeremy Stockwell

Governor (Staff – Academic): Dr Ruth Rogers

Governor: Professor John Wood, CBE

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Officers of Canterbury Christ Church University

Chancellor: The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

Vice-Chancellor: Professor Rama Thirunamachandran, OBE, DL

Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Governing Body: Judith Armitt, DL

Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Professor Alison Honour

Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research, Enterprise and Business Development): Professor Mike Weed

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education: Dr Lynnette Turner

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care: Professor Jane Perry (Interim)

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education & Student Experience): Prof. Niamh Downing

Pro Vice-Chancellor (STEM, Global Engagement and Internationalization) and Dean of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences: Professor Mohamed Abdel-Maguid

Chief Finance and Operating Officer: David Leah

Director of Digital Strategy and Information Technology: Sarah Cockrill

Director of Estates and Facilities: Simon Gwynne

Director of HR and Organisational Development: Margaret Ayers

Director of Marketing and Communications: Ella Hall (Interim)

Dean of Chapel: Reverend Dr Jeremy Law

University Solicitor and Clerk to the Governing Body: Alison Sear