Legal and Governance at Leeds Arts University

The Board of Governors is the governing body of the University, established in accordance with the University’s instrument and Articles of Government.

The Board of Governors normally meets six times during the year and is made up of 16 people. The majority of members are not employed by the University, and are known as independent members, but the Board does include representation from the staff and student bodies. The Board is responsible for determining the University’s educational character and mission and for overseeing its activities, including ensuring effective and efficient use of our resources and the framework for pay and conditions of our staff.

The Board of Governors is supported by an Audit Committee, a Remuneration Committee, a Governance and Nominations Committee.

Membership of the Board of Governors:

1. Professor Patsy Cullen, Independent Governor, Chair of the Board of Governors

2. James Boyes, Elected and co-opted Staff Governor

3. James Lord, Independent Governor

4. Sneha Khilay, Independent Governor

5. John Gribbon, Independent Governor and Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors.

6. Professor Simone Wonnacott, Vice-Chancellor and Governor ex officio

7. Professor Mykaell Riley, Independent Governor, Chair of the Governance and Nominations Committee

8. Noelle Rumball, Independent Governor, Chair of the Audit Committee and Lead Governor for Safeguarding

9. Richard Dawson, Independent Governor and Chair of the Remuneration Committee

10. Lisa Green, Independent Governor

11. Neil Parkinson, Independent Governor

12. Professor Sam Broadhead, Academic Board nominee Governor

13. Professor John Pymm, Independent Governor and Senior Independent Governor.

14. David Strachan, Independent Governor

15. Kerry-Anne Richardson, Student Governor