Meet the Members

There are 32 members of Council, with a lay majority. The full list  of members and their membership category are listed in the table below. Elected and appointed members serve for renewable three-year terms.

Constituency Member Initial appointment date End date of current term of office Photo
Treasurer - Lay Member (Class 1) Mr Andrew Poolman 01/01/2013 31/12/2015
One person appointed by Bristol City Council (Class 1) Councillor Simon Cook 01/07/2011 31/07/2014
One person appointed by the Society of Merchant Venturers (Class 1) Mr Andrew Garrad 01/01/2012 31/12/2014
One person appointed by Convocation (Class 1) Mr Bill Ray 01/08/2009 31/07/2015
Fifteen persons elected by Court, on the nomination of the Nominations Committee of Court Mr Roy Cowap 01/01/2010 31/12/2015
Mrs Sharon Goymer 01/01/2013 31/12/2015
Mr Colin Green 01/01/2007 31/12/2015
Dr Moira Hamlin 01/01/2011 31/12/2013
Sir Ronald Kerr 01/01/2010 31/12/2015
Dr John Manley 01/01/2011 31/12/2013
Mrs Dinah Moore 01/01/2005 31/12/2013
Mr Bob Morton (Vice-Chair) 01/01/2007 31/12/2015
Mr David Ord 01/01/2005 31/12/2013
Mrs Cindy Peck 01/01/2007 31/12/2015
Mr Mohammed Saddiq 01/01/2011 31/12/2013
Ms Victoria Stace 01/01/2011 31/12/2013
Ms Anne Stephenson 01/01/2009 31/12/2014
Mr Denis Burn (Chair) 01/01/2006 31/12/2014
Mr James Wetz 01/01/2009 31/12/2014
The Vice-Chancellor (Class 2) Professor Eric Thomas Ex Officio
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (nominated by the Vice-Chancellor) (Class 2) Professor David Clarke Ex Officio
Two Pro Vice-Chancellors (nominated by the Vice-Chancellor) (Class 2) Professor Guy Orpen Ex Officio
Professor Nick Lieven Ex Officio
Two Professors (elected by Ordinance 5) (Class 2) Professor Gary Foster 01/08/2011 31/07/2014
Professor Roger Middleton 01/08/2012 31/07/2015
Two members of the non-professorial academic staff (elected by Ordinance 5) (Class 2) Dr Trevor Thompson 01/08/2011 31/07/2014
Dr Esther Crawley 01/08/2012 31/07/2015
Two members of the non-academic staff (elected by Ordinance 5) (Class 2) Ms Pru Lawrence-Archer 01/08/2012 31/07/2015
Mr Tony Macdonald 01/08/2012 31/07/2015
The President of UBU (Class 3) Mr Paul Charlton Ex Officio
Vice President of UBU (Class 3) Mr Tom Flynn Ex Officio
Vice-President of UBU (Class 3) Ms Alessandra Berti Ex Officio