Transformation and Efficiency Taskforce

The taskforce will take an ‘all options on the table’ approach to how - after years of working to reduce costs individually – universities can partner, collaborate and deliver transformation and cost savings through new models and ways of working.

List of members

Chair:

Sir Nigel Carrington

Taskforce members:

Ada Burns, Chair of the Board of Governors, Teesside University

Professor Aleks Subic, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Aston University

Beth Lawton, Chief Digital and Information Officer, University of Strathclyde

Dame Clare Marchant DBE, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, University of Gloucestershire

Professor Dan Charman, Senior Vice-President and Provost, University of Exeter

Dr David Langley, Chief Transformation Officer, Cardiff University

Professor Jackie Dunne, Vice-Chancellor, Birmingham Newman University

Heidi Fraser-Kraus, Chief Executive Officer, JISC

Iain Cornish, Chair of the Board, Leeds Beckett University

James Smith, Chief Information Officer, Middlesex University

Malcolm Sweeting, Pro-Chancellor and Chair, Open University

Professor Martin Jones, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, University of Staffordshire

Nicola Owen, Deputy Chief Executive (Operations), Lancaster University, Chair of AHUA

Pam Flynn, Chief People Officer, Manchester Metropolitan University

Professor Parveen Yaqoob, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, University of Reading

Peter Pentecost, Independent Turnaround Director

Ryan Keyworth, Chief Finance Officer, Sheffield Hallam University

Dr Sally Howes OBE, Chair, University of East Anglia

Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, President, Universities UK

UUK staff:

Ed Castell, Head of Strategy and Insight, Universities UK

Julie Tam, Deputy Director, Policy, Universities UK

Sara Stephens, Transformation and Efficiency Programme Lead, Universities UK

Dr Steph Harris, Director of Strategy, Insight and Member Engagement, Universities UK 

Representatives from the Department for Education (DfE) and GuildHE sit as observers on the panel.