Principal Officers of the University

Chancellor
Lord Naren Patel KT, MBChB, LLD, FMedSci, FRSE

Chairperson of Court
Eric Fenton Sanderson LLB, FCIBS

Principal and Vice-Chancellor
Professor Charles Peter Downes, PhD (Birmingham), OBE, FRSE

Rector
Dr Brian Cox LLD, CBE

Vice-Principal & Head of the College of Art, Science & Engineering
Vacant

Vice-Principal & Head of the College of Arts & Social Sciences
Professor Christopher Allan Whatley, BA, PhD (Strathclyde), FRHistS, FRSE

Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Vice-Principal & Head of the College of Life Sciences
Professor Doreen A Cantrell, BSc, PhD, FRS, FRSE, FMedSci

Vice-Principal & Head of the College of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
Professor Irene May Leigh, BSc, MB BS, MD, DSc (London), OBE, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci

Deputy Principal
Professor Georgina Louise Patricia Follett, BA (CNAA), MDes (RCA), OBE

Deputy Principal (Learning & Teaching)
Professor David Coates

Secretary
Dr James McGeorge, BSc (Liverpool), PhD (Stirling), CBiol, FSB, FRSA

Director of Finance
Vacant