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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 50

  1. Professor Simone Elisabeth Buitendijk 2020-2023 Director View profile
  2. Professor Mark Edmund Smith 2019-2026 Director View profile
  3. Professor Stephen John Toope 2017-2022 Director View profile
  4. Baroness Nemat Talaat Shafik 2017-2023 Director View profile
  5. Professor Dame Louise Mary Richardson 2016-2022 Director View profile
  6. Professor Christopher Maxwell Snowden 2015-2019 Director View profile
  7. Professor Stuart Edward Corbridge 2015-2021 Director View profile
  8. Dame Janet Patricia Beer 2015-2022 Director View profile
  9. Professor Alice Gast 2014-2022 Director View profile
  10. Professor Edward Byrne 2014-2021 Director View profile
  11. Professor Patrick Gerard Johnston 2014-2017 Director View profile
  12. Sir Alan Robert Langlands 2013-2020 Director View profile
  13. Professor Colin Bryan Riordan 2012-2023 Director View profile
  14. Professor Craig Jackson Calhoun 2012-2016 Director View profile
  15. Professor Brian Cantor 2012-2013 Director View profile
  16. Professor Simon James Gaskell 2012-2017 Director View profile
  17. Professor Christopher Francis Higgins 2012-2014 Director View profile
  18. Professor Sir Steven Murray Smith 2012-2020 Director View profile
  19. Professor Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz 2010-2017 Director View profile
  20. Sir Robert Keith O'Nions 2010-2014 Director View profile
  21. Professor Dame Nancy Jane Rothwell 2010-2024 Director View profile
  22. Andrew David Hamilton 2009-2015 Director View profile
  23. Professor Donald Nutbeam 2009-2015 Director View profile
  24. Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli 2009-2025 Director View profile
  25. Professor Sir David Stephen Eastwood 2009-2022 Director View profile
  26. Sir David Greenaway 2008-2017 Director View profile
  27. Sir Howard Joseph Newby 2008-2015 Director View profile
  28. Sir Roy Anderson 2008-2009 Director View profile
  29. Professor Sir Keith Burnett 2007-2018 Director View profile
  30. Professor Chris Hendrik Brink 2007-2016 Director View profile
  31. Professor Michael John Howard Sterling 2007-2009 Director View profile
  32. Sir Muir Russell 2007-2009 Director View profile
  33. Dr John Antony Hood 2007-2009 Director View profile
  34. Sir Howard John Davies 2007-2011 Director View profile
  35. Professor Peter John Gregson 2007-2013 Director View profile
  36. Sir Eric Jackson Thomas 2007-2015 Director View profile
  37. Professor Richard Hughes Trainor 2007-2014 Director View profile
  38. Sir Professor Timothy Michael Martin O'Shea 2007-2018 Director View profile
  39. Professor Alan David Gilbert 2007-2010 Director View profile
  40. Professor Sir Nigel John Thrift 2007-2016 Director View profile
  41. Michael James Paul Arthur 2007-2021 Director View profile
  42. Sir Richard Brook Sykes 2007-2008 Director View profile
  43. Professor Alison Fettes Richard 2007-2010 Director View profile
  44. Professor Drummond Bone 2007-2008 Director View profile
  45. Sir Colin Murray Campbell 2007-2008 Director View profile
  46. Professor Christopher Edwards 2007-2007 Director View profile
  47. Professor Malcolm John Grant 2007-2013 Director View profile
  48. Sir David Grant 2007-2012 Director View profile
  49. Professor Bill Wakeham 2007-2009 Director View profile
  50. Professor Bob Boucher 2007-2007 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Incorporated
06/02/2007
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

23 directors on the board

5.8y median 5.1y
average tenure
12.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (20)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Education 25Other services 11Finance 4Professional services 3Property 3Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Health and social care 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
06086902
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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