Advisory Group

Lord Bob Kerslake, Chair

Lord (Bob) Kerslake is Chair of the Board of Governors for Sheffield Hallam University. He also chairs the UK2070 Commission into city and regional inequalities as well as recently leading the UPP Foundation’s Civic University Commission. Before joining the Civil Service, Lord Kerslake received a knighthood for his services to local government, spending eight years serving the London Borough of Hounslow and then a further 11 years leading Sheffield Council.

Advisory Group

Advisory Group

Lord Bob Kerslake, Chair

Professor Mary Stuart, Vice-Chancellor University of Lincoln

John Goddard, Professor of Universities and Cities, University of Birmingham

Amatey Doku, Consultant Nous Group

Michael Wood, Head of Economic Partnerships, NHS Confederation

Omar Khan, Director, TASO

Mike Hawking, Policy and Partnerships Manager, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Chris Hale, Director of Policy Universities UK

Rachel Garner, Corporate Partnerships Officer, ACF

Helen Goulden, Chief Executive Office, The Young Foundation

Rachel Wolf, Founding Partner, Public First

Charlotte Alldritt, Director, Centre for Progressive Policy

Lord David Willetts, President, Resolution Foundation

Sarah Pickup, Deputy Chief Executive, Local Government Association

David Hughes, Chief Executive, Association for Colleges

Sarah Dance, Chair, Kent Cultural Transformation Board

Emran Mian, Director General, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Dominic Gray, Projects Director, Opera North

Dominic Gray, Projects Director, Opera North

Professor Colin Bailey CBE, President and Principal, Queen Mary University of London

Alison Bryan, Head of HE Strategy, Policy and Delivery, Welsh Government

Baroness Deborah Bull, Vice President & Vice-Principal (London) and the Senior Advisory Fellow for Culture at King’s College London