Who sits on the Board of Trustees?
Chair of the Board of Trustees
The Chairmanship of the Board is held by a lay member. The Chair is responsible for the leadership of the Board and for its effectiveness. The Board also appoints an officer member (President) as Vice-Chair.
Register of Interests
A register of interests of all Board members is retained by the Chief Executive.
On this page you will find the profiles of the board members. Scroll to view all, or you can view Lay Trustees here, Officer Trustees here, and Student Trustees here.
Lay Trustees
Graeme Osborn (chair)
Graeme is a policy advisor at Defra, currently working on ivory policy. He previously worked for the postgraduate students’ union at the University of York, where he was responsible for managing the advice service and supporting elected student representatives. Graeme is also a Governor at Askham Bryan College, a land-based further and Higher Education College based in York. He has recently completed seven years as an External Trustee at Lancaster University Students’ Union, which included two years as Vice Chair of the Trustee Board. Previous roles include being the appointed as the Board Member with specific responsibility for the student interest at the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), which was the principal sector regulator and funding body for higher education in England. Having grown up on the Isle of Man, Graeme studied politics at the University of York. He then served two years as the Academic Officer and a trustee for the University of York Students’ Union. Outside of work Graeme enjoys music and theatre, and is a member of a brass band and a choir.
Liam Isaac
Rob Drury
Rachel Clark
Helen Cutting
Officer Trustees
Abi Taylor
Ellie Dinsdale
Fran Brandon-Higgs
Student Trustees
4 elected Student Trustees:
Rosin Cunningham
Oliver Davis
Liumeng Hong (Olivia)
Caleb Ross
