Baroness Sally Morgan has been Master of Fitzwilliam College since 2019.
Sally was born and went to school in Liverpool. She read Geography at Durham University, completed a PGCE at King’s College London and later received an MA in Education from the Institute of Education.
A former teacher, she became a peer in 2001, was Director of Government Relations in 10 Downing Street from 1997- 2005 and was Minister for Women and Equalities.
She served on the Olympic Delivery Authority board for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is a former Chair of Ofsted and vice-chair at King's College London.
Since 2005 Sally has been Chair or advisor to charities serving disadvantaged young people including ARK, Ambition Institute and Frontline. She is currently a trustee of the Education Policy Institute and is also Chair of the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS hospitals in London.
Since moving to Cambridge, Sally has joined the board of the Bennett Institute, the PTI (Professional Teaching Institute) and the advisory board of the Centre for Science and Policy.
Sally has particular interests in widening access to Cambridge University, public policy and strategic communications.