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: Steve Carey
• Governor: Professor Graeme Dewhurst
• Governor (Staff – Academic Board): Dr Ali Eyden
• Student Governor: Alice Lundy (to February 2024)
• 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 Kenneth Fox
• 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 and Student Experience): Professor Niamh Downing
  
• Pro Vice-Chancellor (STEM, Global Engagement and Internationalisation) 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: Marco Keir
  
• Dean of Chapel: Reverend Dr Jeremy Law
  
• University Solicitor and Clerk to the Governing Body: Alison Sear