Council Members

He served in six ministerial posts from 1992-2019, including Minister for People with Disabilities, Minister of State for Health and Social Care, and Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa. He is now the UK Commissioner on the International Commission for Missing Persons (ICMP), a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a Council member of the European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR), and on the Advisory Council of Chatham House. He chairs the Dept of Health and Social Care Global Workforce Advisory Committee. He remains associated with a number of charities and local organisations in Bedfordshire and social enterprises engaged in the Middle East.

In addition to her senior management roles at Newcastle she has worked extensively across the sector advising universities on governance, values, widening access and internationalisation. She is a member of the European Higher Education Area Global Policy group and an ambassador for the Magna Charta Observatory.

Outside of academia Ella is on the Board of the National Centre for Children’s Books and Urban Green a charity running all parks and allotments in Newcastle. She is also an expert on mid-20^th century British, Scandinavian and North American costume jewellery.

Ella has been a Council Member of Lancaster University since 2014 and in 2019 became Deputy Pro-Chancellor. She is currently Chair of the Strategic Health and Safety Committee and Estates Committee and is a member of the Nominations Committee.

Andy studied at the University of Cambridge for his undergraduate degree and PhD and subsequently worked at Rutgers University (USA), the University of Cambridge and then, for more than twenty years, at the University of Birmingham. He assumed his present position in May 2020. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.

In his current role as Deputy Vice-Chancellor he has specific responsibility for EDI, fee setting and scholarships, student recruitment, widening participation, as well as being co-chair of the University’s approach to the Race Equality Charter.

His research interests fall into two areas: Education Economics; and Labour Economics. He has published widely on issues related to the operation and impact of introducing a quasi-market in the secondary education sector, and the econometric analysis of educational policy. Published work in the field of Labour Economics includes the employer selection and recruitment, tests of theories of labour market matching, and the effect of employment protection on work effort.

Professor Bradley's current research interests focus on the determinants of youth unemployment and economic inactivity, and the analysis of impact of EU structural funding on youth unemployment in Britain, Italy and Spain.

Cerys is passionate about accessibility in education and uses her experience as a disabled student to highlight and challenge systemic barriers. She is committed to empowering every student to reach their full potential by campaigning for equitable opportunities at every level.

David trained in hepatology and immunology in Birmingham and the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA. He has served on governing boards of national and international associations and currently chairs research committees for Diabetes UK and the British Heart Foundation. He is a non-executive director of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Having been elected to the fellowship in 2000 David was appointed Registrar of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2023.

She previously held senior roles at Nominet, the UK’s domain name registry, and the International Chamber of Commerce where she led the UK’s operations, its relations with governments, members and institutions. The formative stages of Tania’s career were in international trade and development in Australia where she grew up and gained her Bachelor's in International Business and a Master's in International Commercial Law.

Hazel was the MP for Salford for almost 20 years and was Health Minister, Police and Counter Terrorism Minister and Secretary of State for communities.

She helped take the Social Value Act through Parliament and remains deeply involved in Social Value Policy and Practice. She is an adviser on Social value for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Hazel lives in Grange over Sands and is a trustee and champion for the campaign to Save Grange Lido. She is committed to supporting Arts and Culture to drive regeneration across Cumbria.

His previous roles include Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking Asia (ex Japan) for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, a Partner of Actis, the emerging markets private equity firm, and Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance APAC for UBS Wealth Management. Alun has also been involved with Lancaster as a Philanthropy Ambassador, Philanthropy Chapter President and as part of the Entrepreneur in Residence programme.

Hanah has spent the last ten years working for large UK charities leading on finance, governance and strategy and has held a number of trustee roles. She is currently a trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee for Affinity Trust, a national charity that supports people with learning disabilities.

Prior to joining the Council of Lancaster University, Anthony was chair of the audit committee at Cranfield University and was also previously chair of the Finance Committee at the Higher Education Academy. Anthony’s other appointments include being a board member of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

Adrian is also a Salzburg Global (Sciana) Health Leadership Fellow and a Non-Executive Director at a Multi Academy Trust in Greater Manchester.

Prior to joining NHS England, Adrian spent 3 years leading data and analytics at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [NICE], where he still acts as an advisor. Before this he held a variety of roles across central government, including being Principal Analyst for Home and Foreign Affairs (Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit) & Head of Profession for Operational Research within the Cabinet Office; and before that the Head of Analysis within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

In 1997 Marcia moved to Cumbria, UK. Marcia, along with her husband, was the owner/Director of two dental practices managing all administrative aspects including customer services, CQC, human resources and quality management. She became a psychologist/family therapist for NHS, Cumbria at Portland Square. She provided outpatient family therapy, within CAMHS and Psychology, working with referred children, family and adults with a variety of complex life and community issues. Marcia initially agreed to work for a year for the NHS; she retired 10 years later.

In 2001, Marcia became a JP. As a Magistrate, Marcia sits in the Adult Courts (crime) and Family Court Panels. She was an appraiser and Training & Development Committee Member. She became Carlisle Bench Deputy Chair; and was Chair of North & West Cumbria Bench. Marcia became the North West Regional Representative to the National Bench Chair Forum and National Representative to the Probation Sentencing Board. She took a year’s leave of absence while being Cumbria’s High Sheriff and had a most successful year promoting Cumbria and Cumbrians. Marcia retired as a Magistrate, after 20 years, in August 2021.

For 5 years, Marcia was a Board member of Safety Net (an agency providing mental health services and support to complex families with a history of sexual/physical abuse).

1997 to 2015, Marcia and her husband maintained two dental practices, as Directors. After 2015 to present, she and her husband continue being owner/director of one of the dental practices, in Alston, Cumbria.

In 2017, Marcia became a Board member of Tullie House Museum, Carlisle. In 2020, Marcia joined the Cumbria Victims Charity Trust Board, the Cumbria Community Foundation Board, the Multicultural Cumbria Board, the Cumbria Opera Company and the Grasmere Sports Board. She is the founder and co-chair of Cumbria Race Equality Network. And became the Patron for the British Energy Coast Business Cluster and AWAZ.

In 2020, Marcia became a Deputy Lieutenant of Cumbria.

He was President of the Law Society of England and Wales from 1997-1998, becoming a Circuit Judge in 2001 and a Chamber President in 2008.

He was a Senior Judicial Appointments Commissioner from 2014-2020.

His current appointments include:

• Member of the Judicial Appointments Commission Targeted Outreach Programme (as a former Senior Commissioner)
• Member of the General Dental Council’s Statutory Panellists Assurance Committee
• Member of the Council of Lancaster University

He is a Sports Arbitrator (Sport Resolutions (UK) Panel of Arbitrators and a Specialist Panel Member, Judicial Panel of the Football Association).

She is also a Non-Executive Director at a large Multi Academy Trust in Manchester and an associate charity Trustee at Groundwork Greater Manchester.

Maureen is a Lancaster alumna with a PgDl in Business Law from the University of Law in Chester.

Before arriving in Lancaster, Professor Leitch held posts at Queen’s University Management School, Belfast and the University of Ulster. She has an international research reputation in gender, leadership and learning in entrepreneurial contexts and was responsible for leading the Faculty’s successful Athena Swan Bronze submission in April 2021. Since appointment she has led the Faculty’s successful AACSB re-accreditation (September 2022), ensuring that LUMS continues to hold the coveted ‘Triple Crown’ of business school accreditations putting it in the top 1% of business schools worldwide. Currently, she is co-director of LUMS’s Academy for Gender, Work and Leadership and is a strategic advisor on a major EU project addressing gender inequality in management schools, thus placing the University at the heart of the European EDI agenda.

Alison holds 3 degrees, the most recent of which is an MBA in Higher Education Management from UCL. She is passionate about the transformational nature of education and is committed to supporting people from all backgrounds to reach their full potential.

Funding for her research has come from a variety of sources including EU/FP7 Programme, National Institute for Health Research, Economic & Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, and Australian Health and Medical Research Council. Jo was named as a highly cited researcher.

Jo also has considerable experience in research and policy contexts including as Director of the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme, member of the NIHR Strategy Board, Urgent Public Health oversight group member, and as Chair of the National Institute for Care and Health Excellence (NICE) Implementation Strategy Group.

Jo is an emeritus Welsh Senior Research Leader and was also a REF2021 sub-panel member for Unit of Assessment 3 – Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy. Jo was awarded an OBE for services to health and care research in the Kings New Year’s Honours List in 2023.

Ensuring campus is welcoming and accessible to all, regardless of background, by breaking down systemic and cultural barriers.

He graduated in 2023 with a BSc in Business Economics with Honours and volunteered throughout his degree in the Students’ Union on JCR, Societies, Forums, and as LGBTQ+ Officer.