Senior Management team for 2014-15

Friday, 01 August 2014

The University is pleased to welcome a number of colleagues from outside and within the University to new roles in the senior leadership team.

The University Executive Board (UEB) sees several changes:

There are two new Pro-Vice-Chancellors: Vincenzo (known as Enzo) Raimo joins the University from the University of Nottingham, and Professor Robert Van de Noort joins us from the University of Exeter.

A Reading graduate, Enzo Raimo has been Director of the International Office at the University of Nottingham for the past eight years. His new role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) will involve leading Reading's global strategy, including developing new markets; building academic and business partnerships overseas; and raising the University's profile internationally.

An archaeologist by profession, Robert Van de Noort has been the Dean of the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter since 2011. In his new role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor  (Academic Planning and Resource), Robert will oversee all academic resource planning at Reading - including staff deployment; the overall course programme; and, shaping the capital investment programme in teaching and research facilities.

Professor Steven Mithen, formerly Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International and External Engagement), becomes Deputy Vice-Chancellor following Professor Tony Downes' move to Malaysia as Provost and Chief Executive Officer of University of Reading Malaysia.

Dr Richard Messer, previously Head of the University Administration, takes on the new role of Chief Strategy Officer and University Secretary.

In addition to the Vice-Chancellor, Sir David Bell, the other members of UEB who will continue in post from last year are: Professor Gavin Brooks, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), and David Savage, Chief Operating Officer.

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There also are a number of changes to senior positions outside of UEB, including:

Dr Ben Cosh becomes Dean of the Faculty of Science, having previously been Head of the School of Systems Engineering.

Four Schools have new Heads: Law (Professor Susan Breau); Politics, Economics and International Relations (Professor Dominic Zaum); Agriculture, Policy and Development (Professor Julian Park); and Systems Engineering (Professor Virginie Ruiz).

A complete listing of members of UEB, Deans and Heads of School for the 2014/15 session is given below:

University Executive Board

• Sir David Bell KCB, Vice-Chancellor
• Professor Steven Mithen, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
• Professor Gavin Brooks, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning)
• Vincenzo Raimo, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement)
• Professor Robert Van de Noort, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Planning and Resource)
• Dr Richard Messer, Chief Strategy Officer and University Secretary
• Mr David Savage, Chief Operating Officer

Deans

• Professor Hugo Tucker, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
• Professor Richard Ellis, Faculty of Life Sciences
• Dr Ben Cosh, Faculty of Science
• Professor Dianne Berry, Dean of Postgraduate Research Studies

Heads of School

• Professor Jonathan Bignell, School of Arts and Communication Design
• Professor Andy Goodwyn, Institute of Education
• Professor Philip Stratton-Lake, School of Humanities
• Professor Ros Richards, International Study and Language Institute
• Professor Susan Breau, School of Law
• Professor Alison Donnell, School of Literature and Languages
• Professor Dominic Zaum, School of Politics, Economics and International Relations

• Professor Julian Park, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development
• Professor Mark Fellowes, School of Biological Sciences
• Professor Adrian Williams, School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy
• Professor Laurie Butler, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences

• Professor Roberta Gilchrist, School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
• Professor Stuart Green, School of Construction Management and Engineering
• Professor Simon Chandler-Wilde, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• Professor Virginie Ruiz, School of Systems Engineering