Membership
The Instrument of Government of the University College determines the overall size of the Board, its categories of membership and it limits the numbers within each defined category. Its composition is as follows:
Fergus Howie
(Chair of the Board)
Committees:
Chair of the Finance & General Purposes Committee
Served as governor since:
June 2014
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Professor Tim Middleton
Profession:
Vice-Chancellor of Writtle University College
Committees:
Member of the Finance & General Purposes Committee
Member of the Search & Governance Committee
Served as governor since:
August 2017
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Ian Parrett
Independent Governor
Profession:
CFO and COO at The London Institute of Banking and Finance
Served as governor since:
July 2023
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Kimberley Bedford-Straw
FE teaching staff
Served as governor since:
March 2023
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Alex Bols
Committees:
Vice Chair of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee
Member of the Personnel, Remuneration, Search & Governance Committee
Student Liaison Governor
Served as governor since:
October 2019
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Tracey Coop
Support Staff Governor
Profession:
Senior Warden
Committees:
Member of the Personnel, Remuneration, Search & Governance Committee
Served as governor since:
July 2019
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Sara Corcoran
Lead governor for safeguarding
Committees:
Chair of the Personnel, Remuneration, Search & Governance Committee
Served as governor since:
July 2021
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Caroline Flanagan
HE teaching staff
Committees:
Member of the Finance & General Purposes Committee
Served as governor since:
May 2019
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Shri Footring
Profession:
Senior product owner - data and digital capabilities at Jisc
Committees:
Members of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
Served as governor since:
March 2021
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Paul Marshall
Committees:
Member of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee
Served as governor since:
October 2019
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Emma-Jane Murray
Profession:
PhD (Health & Agricultural Sciences) Scholar studying the burden (animal health economics) of cattle diseases in Ireland with the University College Dublin School of Veterinary Medicine & Global Burden of Animal Diseases
Committees:
Member of the Finance & General Purposes Committee
Served as governor since:
October 2019
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Mark Pragnell
Committees:
Member of the Finance & General Purposes Committee
Served as governor since:
October 2019
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Suellen White
Senior Independent Governor
Profession:
Associate Dean, Quality, Policy & Regulation
The London Institute of Banking & Finance
Committees:
Chair of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee
Served as governor since:
October 2015
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Elliot Wollen
(SU President)
Committees:
Member of the Personnel, Remuneration, Search & Governance Committee
Served as governor since:
August 2022
View Elliot Wollen's full profile hereMinutes
Minutes from Writtle University College Board of Governors meetings
Documents in PDF format
Documents in Word format
Committees of the Board of Governors
The Governing Body of Writtle University College delegates some of its powers and some of its work to Committees of the Board of Governors.
The Articles of Government for the College specify that there will be a Personnel Committee and a Finance and General Purposes Committee, and the Board may also establish committees for any purpose or function. In addition, the Higher Education Funding Council for England requires the College to have an Audit Committee to provide independent and authoritative advice to the Board of Governors.
The University College has established the following committees:
- Personnel and Remuneration Committee
- Finance and General Purposes Committee
- Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee
- Search and Governance Committee
Trustees
As at January 2023, also indicating other charities of which they are trustees:| Alex Bols | Board of Directors and Vice Chair, University College of Osteopathy Board Observer, Advance HE Deputy CEO of Guild HE |
|---|---|
| Tracey Coop | None reported |
| Sara Corcoran | None reported |
| Martin Dineen | None reported |
| Caroline Flanagan | None reported |
| Shri Footring | None reported |
| Dan Hewitt | None reported |
| Fergus Howie | None reported |
| Paul Marshall | None reported |
| Professor Tim Middleton | National Director of Landex Chair of Higher Education Committee, Landex Board member of Land Based Assessment Ltd |
| Emma-Jane Murray | Publication Committee of the British Society of Animal Science |
| Mark Pragnell | None reported |
| Nick Spenceley | Lay Member, Audit at Basildon and Brentwood CCG & Vice-Chair Maldon Liberal Democrats |
| Suellen White | None reported |
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