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Use of the UCL Seal

The list of UCL Officers on the Sealing List.

UCL Regulation for Management 18 sets out how the UCL Seal must be affixed to any deed or document. A summary of Regulation 18 is set out below:

Unless an exception applies, the Seal shall not be affixed to any deed or document except in the presence of (i) one Member of the Council or any UCL Officer that is instructed and authorised in writing to do so by one Member of Council, (ii) and one UCL Officer or a solicitor or notary.

The exceptions are:

Sealing of UCL Diplomas and Certificates signed by the Registrar: The Registrar as sole authorised signatory of UCL Diplomas and Certificates may authorise designated staff of Student and Registry Services on the Sealing List to execute the Sealing. 

Building and related contracts of a value not more than £5,000,000: The Executive Director of Estates Development or the Executive Director of Operations or the Vice-President (Operations) may sign and administer the Sealing or sign and authorise a UCL Officer in writing to sign and administer the Sealing in the presence of a UCL Officer or solicitor or notary.

Commercial contracts of a value of not more than £5,000,000: The Chief Financial Officer or the Vice-President (Operations) may sign and administer the Sealing or sign and instruct and authorise a UCL Officer in writing to sign and administer the Sealing in the presence of a UCL Officer or solicitor or notary.

UCL Officers on the Sealing List:

Executive Director of Operations
Ian Dancy

Executive Director of Estates Development
Julie Whetton

Estates Division
Helen Bonneville (Director of Property and Asset Management)
Adrien Cooper (Director of Campus Infrastructure and Operations)
Tom Porter-Williams (Assistant Director, Property and Asset Management)
Neil Turvey (Interim Director of Capital Projects)
Emma Warren (Head of Commercial)

Finance
Charu Gorasia (Chief Financial Officer)

Office of the General Counsel
Natasha Lewis (General Counsel)
David Pacey (University Secretary)
Alex Hall (Director of Legal Services)
Nick McGhee (Head of Governance)
Anne Marie O'Mullane (Assistant Secretary to Council) 

Student and Registry Services
Sarah Cowls (Executive Director of Student Services and Registrar)