Council members

Council is made up of a majority of independent members as well as staff and student members.

Ex officio

Name	Role	End of current term of office
Patrick Younge	Chair	31/12/2029
John Shakeshaft	Vice-Chair	31/07/2027
Professor Wendy Larner	Vice-Chancellor	31/08/2028
Professor Damian Walford Davies	The Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor	31/07/2028

Lay members

Name	Role	End of current term of office
Patrick Younge	Independent member/Chair of Council	31/12/2029
John Shakeshaft	Independent member/Vice-Chair of Council	31/07/2027
Beth Button	Independent member	31/12/2027
Dr Mario Gualano	Independent member	31/07/2029
Stephen Mann	Independent member	31/12/2027
Dr Jonathan Marlow	Independent member	31/07/2030
Liz McKenzie	Independent member	31/07/2029
Dr Ana Oliveira	Independent member	31/07/2029
Dr Siân Rees	Independent member	31/12/2027
Craig Watkins	Independent member	31/07/2029
Dr Robert Weaver	Independent member	23/07/2027
Jennifer Wood	Independent member	31/07/2030

College Pro Vice-Chancellor

Name	Department	End of current term of office
Professor Gavin Shaddick	College of Physical Sciences and Engineering	31/07/2029

Head of School

Name	Department	End of current term of office
Professor Luke Sloan	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	31/07/2029

Member of Academic Staff (excluding those from the Professional Services)

Name	Department	End of current term of office
Dr Wayne Nishio	College of Biomedical and Life Sciences	31/07/2029

Members of Professional Services staff

Name	Department	End of current term of office
Dr Andrew Glanfield	Cardiff Business School	31/07/2028
Vacant		31/07/2029

Student members

Name	Role	End of current term of office
Joshua Tandy	President of the Students' Union	30/06/2027
Sean Strong	Vice President Postgraduate	30/06/2027

Secretary

Name	Role
Dr Paula Sanderson	Chief Operating Officer and University Secretary