Our Governing Body and Officers of the University for 2024-25

Governing Body

  • Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Governing Body: Judith Armitt, DL
  • Vice-Chancellor: Professor Rama Thirunamachandran, OBE, DL
  • Deputy Pro-Chancellor and Vice-Chair of the Governing Body: Clive Stevens, DL
  • Governor: Nadra Ahmed, CBE, DL
  • Governor: Sue Appleby
  • Governor: Revd Dr Jonathan Arnold
  • Governor: Professor Graeme Dewhurst
  • Governor (Staff – Academic Board): Dr Ali Eyden
  • Student Governor: Ali Ghega to 30 June 2025; Joe Butler-Moor from 1 July 2025.
  • 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: Angela Newey, DL
  • Governor: Revd 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 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 and Provost: Professor Becky Huxley-Binns
  • Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research, Enterprise and Business Development): Professor Mike Weed
  • Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education, Student Growth and Global Engagement): Professor Mohamed Abdel-Maguid
  • Pro Vice-Chancellor (Medway and Tunbridge Wells): Professor Jane Perry
  • Chief Digital and Student Experience Officer: Sarah Cockrill
  • Chief Estates Officer: Simon Gwynne
  • Chief People Officer: Margaret Ayers
  • Director of Finance: Steve Mattingley
  • University Solicitor and Clerk to the Governing Body: Alison Sear