Board members

Ann Allen

Image of Ann AllenAnn Allen is property portfolio manager at John Lewis. She is a chartered surveyor and has worked within the field of property for over 27 years.

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Chris Brooks

Image of Chris BrooksChris Brooks retired from BP in 2005 after a 34-year career. Since then, he has focused on supporting the third and public sectors through consultancy, mentoring and as a director.

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David Carter

Image of David CarterDavid Carter had an international career of 29 years working for ICI PLC, the multi-national chemical company.

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Stephen Cooksey

Image of Stephen CookseyStephen is the University's representative at Surrey County Council, where he has served as councillor for the past five years. He recently retired from his post as deputy director of Open University Validation Services.

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Dr James Denholm-Price

Dr James Denholm-PriceJames Denholm-Price is a principal lecturer in computing and mathematics in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing. He is serving on the Board of Governors as a representative of the Academic Board.

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Chris Dingle

Chris Dingle Chris has been elected as President of KUSU (Kingston University Students' Union) for the 2011/12 academic year.


Sara Drake

Image of Sara Drake Sara Drake is managing director of the Royal Town Planning Institute. She is also a non-executive director of Swan Media Ltd and Constant Air Systems Ltd. 

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Bruce Fraser

Image of Bruce Fraser Bruce's professional career has spanned a diverse array of sectors, including investment/ merchant banking and industry as well as education management.

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Lesley Granger (Vice Chair)

Image of Lesley GrangerLesley Granger is an independent consultant who has worked both in the public and private sector as an HR professional.

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Robert Green CBE

Image of Robert GreenRobert Green was a senior civil servant whose responsibilities included education policy and organisational change. He now works as a policy consultant in the public and not for profit sectors.

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Frank Kennedy

Image of Frank KennedyFrank has a career in finance and financial markets. After graduating from Oxford University, he spent over 25 years in the City of London, where he worked for Hambros, SG Warburg, Swiss Bank Corporation and UBS.

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Professor Peter Kopelman

Image of Peter KopelmanProfessor Kopelman is Principal of St George's, University of London. Prior to this he was Dean of the Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia; and Vice-Principal of Queen Mary, University of London and Deputy Warden of the Medical and Dental School.

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Sir Roderic Lyne KBE, CMG (Chair)

Image of Roderic LyneSir Roderic was a diplomat for 34 years, latterly serving as British Ambassador to Russia.  He now works as a company director, consultant and lecturer, principally advising businesses on Russia and the CIS.

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Neil MacIntosh

Neil MacIntoshNeil has had a 25-year career in human resources in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. He is currently HR director at the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), a science-based intergovernmental organisation (IGO) spanning 45-member countries and with global operations. 

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Nona McDuff

Image of Nona McDuffNona is the head of equality at the University, where her priorities are to raise awareness of equality issues among staff and students and to identify and remove any barriers which inhibit their success and progression. She is the Board's non-teaching staff governor.

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Dr Sunitha Narendran 

Board of Governors memberSunitha Narendran is the head of the Department of Leadership, HRM and Organisation in the Faculty of Business and Law. She is serving on the Board of Governors as a representative of the Academic Board.

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Cllr Derek Osbourne

Image of Derek OsbourneDerek Osbourne is leader of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council and the Council's representative on the Board.


Sue Rimmer

Image of Sue RimmerSue Rimmer is the principal of South Thames College of Further Education, a post she has held for nearly ten years. She has 30 years' experience in the Further Education sector, as well as seven years' industrial experience in research at Unilever.

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John Ripley

Image of Sue RimmerJohn gained broad and extensive experience through a 35-year career with the Unilever Group, working internationally across different businesses. His roles included head of strategy, divisional CFO and group deputy chief financial officer.

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Julius Weinberg

Image of Clarissa  WilksProfessor Julius Weinberg joined the University as Vice-Chancellor on 1 April 2011. Prior to this he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at City University London since 2006. 

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