Professional Services Trustees

Professional Services Trustee

 

• Current post-holder: Mrs Jilly Huggins (she/her)
• First appointed: 1 August 2023
• Current term of office ends: 31 July 2026

Biography

Jilly Huggins has a degree in Social Policy from the University of Bristol and an MBA from the Open University. She is currently the Head of Transactional Services in Finance, where she is driving various strategic initiatives to enhance the student experience of managing university fees and finances.

Prior to this, she led the internal side of the University’s co-sourced Internal Audit function, having previously worked in corporate governance, audit, and risk.

She was an executive board member of the Council for Higher Education Internal Audit until 2022. With a background in the Further and Vocational Education sector, Jilly is a passionate advocate for the transformative experience of education.

She has a keen interest in broadening access to higher education, having come to university herself as a mature student, and worked during her studies with the University’s Widening Participation team to engage with young people in the local community.

Jilly is also a member of the Honorary Degrees Committee.