Council: membership

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

• Download the role description for members of UCL Council

  Download the role description for members of UCL Council

• Download the role description for Chair and Secretary of UCL Council

  Download the role description for Chair and Secretary of UCL Council

Register of member interests

• Download the register of UCL Council member interests

  Download the register of UCL Council 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.

• Dr Alun Coker (since 2019)

• Dr Martin Fry (since 2020)

• Professor Helen Roberts (since 2019)

Secretary

Ms Wendy Appleby