Council membership

The Council comprises the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, and twenty-three other members. The members comprise: (a) four elected heads of Colleges; (b) four elected Professors or Readers; (c) eight other elected members of the Regent House; (d) three student members (the Presidents of CUSU and the GU, and one elected student member); and (e) four appointed (external) members

The Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor (Chair)

The Chancellor - Lord Sainsbury
Position(s):
Chancellor
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The Vice-Chancellor - Professor Stephen Toope
Position(s):
Vice-Chancellor
Email:
vice-chancellor@admin....
Association(s):
Vice-Chancellor's Office
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Class (a) - Heads of Colleges

Professor Madeleine Atkins CBE
Position(s):
President of Lucy Cavendish College
Email:
lcc-pres@lists.cam.ac.uk
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Dr Anthony Freeling
Position(s):
President of Hughes Hall
Email:
president@hughes.cam.a...
Association(s):
Hughes Hall
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Professor Christopher Kelly
Position(s):
Master of Corpus Christi College
Email:
master@corpus.cam.ac.uk
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The Reverend Dr Jeremy Morris
Position(s):
Master of Trinity Hall
Email:
master@trinhall.cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Trinity Hall
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Class (b) - Professors and Readers

Professor Nick Gay
Position(s):
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Fellow of Christ's College
Email:
njg11@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Biochemistry and Christ's College
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Professor Fiona Karet
Position(s):
Professor of Nephrology; Honorary Consultant in Renal Medicine; Director of Organisational Affairs, School of Clinical Medicine
Email:
fek1000@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Medical Genetics and Darwin College
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Professor Richard Penty
Position(s):
Master of Sidney Sussex College and Professor of Photonics
Email:
master@sid.cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Sidney Sussex College and Department of Engineering
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Dr Jason Scott-Warren
Position(s):
Reader in Early Modern Literature and Culture
Email:
jes1003@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Faculty of English and Gonville and Caius College
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Class (c) - Members of the Regent House

Dr Ruth Charles
Position(s):
IT Director, Newnham College & Change Manager University Information Services
Email:
rc118@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
University Information Services and Newnham College
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Dr Stephen Cowley
Position(s):
Senior Lecturer
Email:
sjc1@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
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Dr Jennifer Hirst
Position(s):
Principal Research Associate
Email:
jh228@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
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Dr Nicholas Holmes
Position(s):
University Senior Lecturer in Molecular Immunology
Association(s):
Department of Pathology
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Dr Philip Knox
Position(s):
University Lecturer in Medieval English
Email:
pk453@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Faculty of English
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Dr Andrew Sanchez
Position(s):
University Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Email:
as2672@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Department of Social Anthropology and Trinity Hall
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Dr Mark Wormald
Email:
mrw1002@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Pembroke College
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Ms Jocelyn Wyburd
Email:
jmw234@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Director of the Language Centre and Fellow of Clare College
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Class (d) - Student members

Alessandro Ceccarelli
Position(s):
President of the Graduate Union
Email:
president@gradunion.ca...
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Ms Poppy Cockburn
Email:
pc609@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Robinson College
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Edward Parker Humphreys
Position(s):
President of CUSU
Email:
president@cusu.cam.ac.uk
See profile

Class (e) - External members

Ms Gaenor Bagley
Position(s):
External member of Council
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Ms Sharon Flood
Position(s):
External member of Council
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Professor Sir David Greenaway
Position(s):
External member of Council and Chair of Audit Committee
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Mr Mark Lewisohn
Position(s):
External member and Deputy Chair of Council
Email:
mark@lewisohn.net
Association(s):
Christ's College
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Council Secretary and attending officers

The Registrary - Ms Emma Rampton
Position(s):
Principal Administrative Officer of the University
Email:
registrary@admin.cam.a...
Association(s):
Unified Administrative Offices and Sidney Sussex College
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Head of the Governance and Compliance Division - Dr Regina Sachers
Position(s):
Head of the Governance and Compliance Division
Email:
regina.sachers@admin.c...
Association(s):
Registrary's Office, Unified Administrative Service
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The following University Officers also attend Council meetings:

The Academic Secretary: Mike Glover
The Director of Finance: Mr David Hughes
The Chief Financial Office: Mr Anthony Odgers
The University Draftsman: Ms Ceri Benton
The Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education): Professor Graham Virgo

The Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Director of External Affairs and Communications, the Senior Governance Manager, and two Proctors also attend. Other officers and individuals may attend on request.

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