Information regarding the membership of the UCL Council, including roles and responsibilities and registered interests.
The Chair is appointed from among the Council's appointed members for a term of office to be determined by the Council. The term of office of the Chair shall not normally exceed five years.
Roles and responsibilities
Register of member interests
Ex Officio members
President and Provost (since 2021)
Education Officer, Students' Union UCL (since 2020)
Democracy, Operations and Community Officer, Students' Union UCL (since 2019)
Appointed members
11 members (not employees of UCL or students) are appointed by Council.
Mr Mintoo Bhandari (since 2019)
Mr Dominic Blakemore (since 2015)
Mr Victor Chu CBE (since 2019)
Dr Andrew Gould (since 2015)
Ms Lindsay Nicholson MBE (since 2014)
Mr Turlogh O'Brien CBE (since 2018)
Lord John Sharkey (since 2017)
Mr Philip Sturrock MBE (since 2015)
Dr Justin Turner QC (since 2017)
Baroness Jo Valentine (since 2014)
Ms Sarah Whitney (since 2017)
Elected members
3 Professors elected by and from the professorial members of Academic Board.
Professor Lucie Clapp (since 2015)
Professor Annette Dolphin (since 2016)
Professor Ralf Schoepfer (since 2020)
3 non-professorial academic staff elected by and from the elected non-professorial academic staff members of Academic Board.
Secretary
Ms Wendy Appleby