Executive Board
The Executive Board is the senior advisory body that assists the President and Vice-Chancellor in discharging his executive authority to manage the operations and affairs of the University.
Members of the Executive Board
View our Executive Board structure (PDF).
Professor Tim Dunne
Interim President and Vice-Chancellor
Will Davies
Chief Operating Officer
Professor Annika Bautz
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Executive Dean (FABSS) and Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Education
Martine Carter
Vice-President, Strategic Growth
Professor Lisa Collins
Pro Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation
Patrick Degg
Vice-President, Global
Matthew Knight
Chief Financial Officer
Professor Roberto La Ragione
Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Executive Dean (FHMS)
Professor Bob Nichol
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Executive Dean (FEPS)
Emma Rowsell
Chief Student Officer (Interim)
Executive Board expenses
Expenses for Executive Board members are published quarterly, on a cumulative basis for the financial year to date. Expenditure comprises of directly reimbursed expenses, plus costs incurred on corporate credit cards and the cost of travel booked through the University’s travel management company.
Published expenditure reflects the different roles carried out by Executive Board members, with some members required to engage more widely outside the University, both within the UK and abroad, than others.
In December 2023 an incorrect version of the Executive Board expense summary was published on surrey.ac.uk in error. It included research and relocation costs for some Executive Board members that should have been coded elsewhere. This information was immediately removed from the website but we apologise for any confusion it might have caused at the time. This has now been rectified and the correct version of the information has now been published