Members of the QAA Board represent a wide range of interests. The Board of Directors has corporate responsibility for the strategic direction of QAA, and for the way in which QAA manages its business.
The Board is responsible for policy development, and for monitoring performance against agreed targets at a corporate level. The Board has overall responsibility for the conduct of QAA's finances.
The Board has 15 members. Four are appointed by the representative bodies of the heads of higher education institutions; four are appointed by the funding bodies in higher education; six are independent directors who have wide practical experience of industry, commerce, finance or the practice of a profession, and are appointed by the Board as a whole; and one is a student, also appointed by the Board as a whole.
Members of the Board of Directors
Mr Sam Younger (Chairman)
Chairman, The Electoral Commission
Biography
Dr Susan Atkins
Service Complaints Commissioner
Biography
Professor Paul Curran
Vice-Chancellor, Bournemouth University
Biography
Will Haywood
Student, Sheffield Hallam University
Biography
Professor Tony Hazell
Former Chairman, Velindre NHS Trust
Biography
Mrs Beverley Hunt
Director and Independent Consultant, B G Hunt Associates
Biography
Professor Nick Kuenssberg OBE
Chairman, The Glasgow School of Art
Biography
Mr John Latham
Chief Executive Officer and Principal, Cornwall College
Biography
Professor Noel Lloyd
Vice-Chancellor, Aberystwyth University
Biography
Professor Arthur Lucas AO CBE
Former Principal, King's College London
Biography
Professor Michael Pittilo
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Biography
Mr Andrew Ramsay
Chief Executive Officer, Engineering Council UK
Biography
Mr Andrew Summers CMG
Chairman, Companies House
Biography
Professor Elaine Thomas
Vice-Chancellor, University for the Creative Arts
Biography
Mr Robin Vaughan
Director of Professional Standards, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Biography
Observers
Professor Paul Ramsden
Invited observer representing the Higher Education Academy
Mrs Mary Degg
Invited observer representing government education departments
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