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 and Professor of Classics and Ancient History
Email:
master@corpus.cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Corpus Christi College and Faculty of Classics
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Professor Pippa Rogerson
Position(s):
Master of Gonville and Caius College
Email:
pjr1000@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Faculty of Law
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Class (b) - Professors and Readers

Professor Anthony Davenport
Position(s):
Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Email:
apd10@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Department of Medicine
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Professor Maria Manuel Lisboa
Position(s):
Professor of Portuguese Literature and Culture
Email:
mmgl100@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Faculty of MMLL
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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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Professor Jason Scott-Warren
Position(s):
Professor in 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 Zoe Adams
Position(s):
Affiliated Lecturer in Law
Email:
zla20@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Law Faculty
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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 Nicholas Holmes
Position(s):
University Senior Lecturer in Molecular Immunology
Association(s):
Department of Pathology
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Dr Ann Kaminski
Position(s):
Head of Scientific Administration
Email:
ak10000@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
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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
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Dr Mike Sewell
Email:
mjs1001@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Pieter van Houten
Position(s):
Senior Lecturer
Email:
pjv24@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Department of Politics and International Studies
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Class (d) - Student members

Zak Coleman
Position(s):
Undergraduate President for Cambridge Students' Union
Email:
zakary.coleman@cambrid...
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Anjum Nahar
Position(s):
President (Postgraduate) of the Cambridge Student Union
Email:
anjum.nahar@cambridges...
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Freddie Poser
Email:
fp363@cam.ac.uk
Association(s):
Gonville & Caius
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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: Dr 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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