Court Office

COURT MEMBERS

Register of Interests 2025-2026

Position

Name

Rector

Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah

(Student Experience Committee)

(1 April 2024 - 30 March 2027)

Principal and Vice Chancellor

Professor Andy Schofield

(Estates & Sustainability Committee, Finance Committee, People & Organisational Development Committee, Nominations Committee, Remuneration Committee)

(1 October 2025 - 30 September 2030)

Senior Lay Member (Convener of Court)

Gavin Stewart 

(Finance Committee, Nominations Committee, Remuneration Committee)

(Co-opted Member April 2017 - July 2024) Appointed Convener of Court (August 2024 - July 2028)

Chancellor's Assessor

Dr Bo Hu

(Information Policy & Strategy Committee)

(1 July 2023 - 1 July 2027) 

Assessor of the City of Glasgow Council

Cllr Susan Aitken

(June 2017 - May 2027)

Two General Council Assessors

The General Council is a statutory body comprising all the graduates of the University of Glasgow.

Dr Christine Middlemiss  

(Organisational Change Governance Committee)

(1 August 2022 - 31 July 2026)

Stuart Hoggan

(Estates & Sustainability Committee, Audit & Risk Committee)

(1 August 2022 - 31 July 2026)

Five Elected Academic Staff Members (Senate Assessors)

One Elected Professional Services (Support) Staff Member

Professor Sarah Armstrong

(Audit & Risk Committee*, Finance Committee, People & Organisational Development Committee)

(1 August 2023 - 31 July 2027)

Professor Tara Brendle

(Organisational Change Governance Committee)

(1 January 2024 - 31 December 2027)

Professor Ben Colburn

(Estates & Sustainability Committee, Student Experience Committee)

(1 August 2025 - 31 July 2029)

Professor Dan Haydon  

(Finance Committee, Nominations Committee, Organisational Change Governance Committee)

(1 November 2022 - 31 October 2026)

Professor Richard Reeve 

(Information Policy & Stratey Committee, Estates & Sustainability Committee)

(1 August 2025 - 31 July 2029)

Christopher Kennedy

(Audit & Risk Committee, Estates and Sustainability Committee, Health Safety & Wellbeing Committee,  Organisational Change Governance Committee)

(1 August 2019 - 31 July 2027) 

Two Trade Union Nominees

Duncan Lowther

(People & Organisational Development Committee, Remuneration Committee)

(1 August 2025 - 31 July 2029)

Paula McKerrow 

(Nominations Committee, Organisational Change Governance Committee, Health Safety and Wellbeing Committee)

(1 September 2021 - 31 August 2029)

President of Students’ Representative Council

Duncan Calvert

(Student Experience Committee, Estates and Sustainability Committee, Finance Committee, Nominations Committee, Remuneration Committee, Information Policy & Strategy Committee)

(1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026)

Assessor of Students’ Representative Council

Vacant

(1 November 2025 - 31 October 2026)

Eight Co-opted members

Mary Jane Brouwers

(Finance Committee, Student Experience Committee)

(1 October 2024 - 30 September 2028)

Kerry Christie

(People & Organisational Development Committee, Remuneration Committee, Organisational Change Governance Committee) (Vice-Convener of Court)

(1 October 2023 - 30 September 2027)

(Student Experience Committee, Nominations Committee)

(Oct 20217 - Oct 2025)

Professor Nicola Dandridge

(Student Experience Committee, Nominations Committee)

(July 2022 - July 2026)

Laic Khalique

(Information Policy & Strategy Committee, Organisational Change Governance Committee) 

(1 April 2021 - 31 March 2029) 

Jonathan Loukes

(Finance Committee, Nominations Committee) 

(December 2021 - December 2025)  

Lorraine McMillan

(Audit & Risk Committee, Estates & Sustainability Committee, Nominations Committee)

(1 August 2024 - 31 July 2028) 

Shan Saba

(People & Organisational Development Committee, Remuneration Committee)

(April 2022 - April 2026)

Martin Sinclair

(Audit & Risk Committee, Information Policy & Strategy Committee) 

(1 October 2025 - 30 September 2029) 

Chief Operating Officer and University Secretary

(In attendance)

Dr David Duncan