Vice-Chancellor’s Office Professional Staff
The support team in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office provides an efficient, effective and confidential service for the Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellors, and the Chief Operating Officer.
The support team handles all correspondence, emails, telephone calls and meetings for the Vice-Chancellor’s Office. A key element of their role is as a channel of communication to and from all sections of the University, and the dissemination of information from outside bodies.
Staff also arrange University dinners and events, including the keynote lectures sponsored by the Vice-Chancellor’s Office.
The Vice-Chancellor’s Office maintains the University’s files of, and schedule of contents for, communications from organisations including Universities UK, HEFCW, Higher Education Wales, and the Welsh Government.
Vice-Chancellor's Office
Mr Rhys Thomas
Head of the Vice-Chancellor’s Office
Provides high-level and broad-ranging advice and support to the Vice-Chancellor and all members of the University Executive Board on operational and strategic issues, and undertakes special projects on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor.
Main Building
Cathays Park campus
Suzanne Morse
Administrative Assistant, General Diary and Enquiries
Mrs Su Ballantine
Administrative Assistant, General and Financial Enquiries
Mrs Sunita Farnham
PA to the Vice-Chancellor & Executive Officer
Provides high-level PA support to the Vice-Chancellor and co-ordinates administrative support in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office.
Mrs Jane Boughton
PA to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Elizabeth Treasure
Personal Assistants
Miss Siân Benwell
PA to Professor George Boyne, Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Pro Vice-Chancellors' Office
Room 0.46
Main Building
Cathays Park campus
Miss Kate Brown
PA to Professor Dylan Jones, Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences
Pro Vice-Chancellors' Office
Room 0.46
Main Building
Cathays Park campus
Mrs Gill Headland
PA to Mr Hugh Jones, Chief Operating Officer
Pro Vice-Chancellors' Office
Room 0.46
Main Building
Cathays Park campus
Ms Belinda Jones
PA to Professor Karen Holford, Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Physical Sciences
Pro Vice-Chancellors' Office
Room 0.46
Main Building
Cathays Park campus
Mrs Michelle Campbell
PA to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Enterprise
Pro Vice-Chancellors' Office
Room 0.46
Main Building
Cathays Park campus
Mrs Lisa Pearson
Diary secretary to Professor Patricia Price, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Student Experience & Academic Standards, and Professor Hywel Thomas, Pro Vice-Chancellor, International & Engagement
Pro Vice-Chancellors' Office
Room 0.46
Main Building
Cathays Park campus

