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The University of Manchester
• Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
President and Vice-Chancellor
• Mr Will Spinks
Registrar, Secretary and Chief Operating Officer
• Professor Luke Georghiou
Vice-President for Research and Innovation
• Professor Clive Agnew
Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students
• Mrs Diana Hampson
Director of Estates and Facilities
• Mr Stephen Mole
Director of Finance
President and Vice-Chancellor
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, FRS, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester,
leads by example. Her own research in the field of neuroscience has contributed towards major
advances in the understanding and treatment of brain damage in stroke and head injury.
She joined the Victoria University of Manchester in 1987, became Professor of Physiology in 1994 and
held an MRC Research Chair from 1998 to 2010. Concurrent with her Faculty posts she has also held
University roles as Vice-President for Research (2004-2007) and as Deputy President and Deputy ViceChancellor (2007-2010).
She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in June 2004 and made Dame Commander of the Order of
the British Empire in June 2005, in recognition of her services to science.
Professor Rothwell took up the post of President and Vice-Chancellor of the University in July 2010. She
is the first woman to lead The University of Manchester or either of its two predecessor institutions. She
is the founding President of the Society of Biology, a non-executive Director of AstraZeneca (and Chair of
the Board Science Committee, a member of the remuneration and nominations committees and the
Board member with oversight for Corporate Social Responsibility), co-Chair of the Prime Minister’s
Council for Science and Technology, a Deputy Lieutenant for Greater Manchester and a member of the
Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board.
Professor Rothwell takes a strong and active interest in public communication of science and regularly
gives talks to schools and the public and contributes to television, radio and press, particular on sensitive
issues in science. In 1998 she delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, televised by the BBC.
Registrar, Secretary
and Chief Operating Officer
Will Spinks
Will Spinks is the Registrar, Secretary and Chief Operating Officer at The University of Manchester
and took up the role in August 2011. In this capacity he is both Head of the Professional Support
Services for the University and Secretary to the Board of Governors.
Prior to joining Manchester, Will was the first Chief Operating Officer of Loughborough University for
three and a half years. In this role he was responsible for all of the service functions and the
commercial activities of the University. In addition, he chaired and served on a number of whollyowned subsidiary companies and the Manufacturing Technology Centre.
Will is a member of the Students' Union Evaluation Initiative panel. He is also a member of the
National Executive and Northern Convenor of the Association of Heads of University Administration
(AHUA), and a UUK nominated member of the USS Pension Fund Joint Negotiating Committee.
Before moving into the Higher Education sector, Will pursued a career in ICI, Zeneca and
AstraZeneca, working in a number of businesses and functions in both the UK and USA. This
culminated in him establishing a Business Services organisation providing HR, Finance, Purchasing,
Communications, SHE, Facilities Management and Site Services to all AstraZeneca's UK sites. From
2001-2007, he also acted as Site General Manager at AstraZeneca's R&D site at Alderley Park,
Cheshire.
Will's external activities include Trustee Directorships of a number of community groups. He is a
graduate of the Common Purpose 20:20 Programme.
Vice-President for
Research and Innovation
Professor Luke Georghiou
Luke Georghiou is Vice-President for Research and Innovation at the University of
Manchester and Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Management in the
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at Manchester Business School. He is
responsible for the University’s research strategy and its implementation and for business
engagement and commercialisation activities. He has been on the staff of its precursor
institute, PREST, since 1977 and was its Executive Director from 1990-2004.
He has chaired several international panels examining research and innovation issues
including the ERA Rationales group which first put Grand Challenges on the European
Agenda. He was rapporteur and panellist in the Aho Group which set a new direction for
European innovation policy with its report to European leaders Creating an Innovative
Europe. He serves on the editorial board of several ISI journals and has published
extensively in leading outlets including Science and Nature. He continues to be active in
research and policy advice to governments and business. In 2011 he was elected to the
Academia Europaea.
Vice-President for Teaching,
Learning and Students
Professor Clive Agnew
As Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students, Professor Clive Agnew is responsible
for strategy and policy development in this area. He was appointed to the Systems Department
of the Open University in 1979, and from 1981 to 1999 was a lecturer then senior lecturer in
Geography at University College London before moving to Manchester. In 2000, Clive was
appointed to Head of Geography and then from 2004 to 2009 as Head of the newly created
School of Environment and Development. He was appointed Vice-President for Teaching,
Learning and Students in 2011. He has written on interactive teaching for large groups and
developing numeracy skills and has held national positions as a curriculum and teaching
reviewer and training facilitator. The three main goals of his current position are the
enhancement of student experience, to support widening participation and to improve student
employability.
Clive Agnew holds a chair in Physical Geography. He researches and teaches in the fields of
water resources development and applied hydrology. His first degree was in Physical
Geography (BSc) from Newcastle University in 1976. His PhD was awarded in 1980 from the
School of Development Studies, UEA for work on water resources and drought in West Africa.
He has worked extensively in both the drylands and the wetlands of Africa, Europe and the
Middle East, developing strategies for the management of water shortages at local and regional
levels. His most recent book, Agnew C.T. and Woodhouse, P. 2011 Water Resources and
Development, Routledge, London examines stewardship of the water environment to give a
balanced treatment of the role of environmental, social and political priorities in the allocation of
water. Currently he is engaged in research projects investigating the management of water and
ecosystems in UK uplands and the impacts of climate change.
Director of Estates and Facilities
Diana Hampson
Diana Hampson is a chartered surveyor with over thirty years experience and has been
Director of Estates and Facilities at The University of Manchester since 1997.
During this time Diana has steered the Directorate through the merger with UMIST in 2004
and has successfully delivered the most ambitious capital build programme in the history of
UK Higher Education, creating new high quality facilities worth £750 million. The estate for
which Diana is responsible comprises over 850,000sq metres of academic, administrative,
commercial, and residential accommodation on 320 acres of land, mainly in the City of
Manchester but also some locations further afield. Diana is leading the £1 billion Estates
Masterplan which was recently announced by The University of Manchester.
Diana has been a member of the Executive of the Association of University Directors of
Estates (AUDE) for twelve years and has represented the Association on a number of
national groups during this time.
Director of Finance
Steve Mole
Steve Mole joined The University of Manchester in June 2010 as Director of Finance
after more than 30 years in manufacturing industry, latterly as Finance Director of a
number of listed plcs, including Filtronic and Sepura.
After a degree in Geological Sciences from Durham University, Steve Mole qualified
as a teacher and then as an accountant. He joined Unilever as a graduate trainee
and later worked for both ICI and Zeneca before undertaking Board roles in a
number of companies. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants.