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View the University Structure Organogram (For accessible version, view text below)

Principal & Vice Chancellor

• Professor Peter Edwards

Chief Governance Officer and University Secretary (SMT member)

• Dr Christine Milburn

1. Governance
2. Strategic Planning
3. Risk
4. Compliance

Chief Operating Officer (SMT member)

• Fraser Bell

1. 1. Digital Strategy

Directors

• External Affairs, Global Engagement Marketing & Recruitment - Ashar Ehsan
• Estates & Commercial Services - Morag Beers
• Digital & Information Services - Ian Robotham (Interim)
• Academic Administration - Dr Casey Cross (from 2 Nov 2026)
• Strategy, Planning & Data Insights - Iain Grant (Interim) 
• Research, Innovation & Enterprise - Dr Lucy Leiper
• Associate Director of Public Affairs & Strategic Communications - Jennifer Phillips (Interim)
• Development & Alumni Relations - Clare Livingston 

Chief Financial Officer (SMT member)

• Mark White

Chief People & Student Officer (SMT member)

• Nicholas Edwards

Vice-Principals

• Education (SMT member) - Professor Jo-Anne Murray

1. Learning & teaching strategy & policies
2. Student retention and employability progression
3. Teaching quality & enhancement
4. Widening participation
5. Student experience & support
6. Equality, diversity & inclusion strategy

• Research (SMT member) - Professor Ben Tatler

1. Institutional research strategy
2. REF strategy
3. Leadership of institutional research activity
4. Graduate school
5. Establishment licence holder

• Regional Engagement & Innovation (SMT member) - Dr Heather May Morgan

1. Regional Engagement
2. Civic University
3. Innovation start-ups & spin-outs
4. Commercialisation

• Global Engagement & Partnerships (SMT member) - Jason Norris

1. Student recruitment strategy (all markets)
2. Online marketing and recruitment strategy
3. Widening access
4. International partnerships
5. Strategic partnership with AFG

Provost (SMT member)

• Professor Nicholas Forsyth

1. Estates strategy
2. Sustainable development
3. People strategy

Heads of School

• Biological Sciences - Professor Graeme Paton
• Business School - Professor John Skatun
• Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History - Professor Beth Lord
• Education - Mrs Catriona MacDonald
• Engineering - Professor Ekaterina Pavlovskaia
• Geosciences - Professor David Muirhead
• Language, Literature, Music & Visual Culture - Professor Michelle MacLeod
• Law - Professor Justin Borg-Barthet
• Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition - Professor David Blackbourn (Interim)
• Natural & Computing Sciences - Professor David McGloin
• Psychology - Dr Douglas Martin
• Social Science - Professor Joanne McEvoy