Membership of Court

Simon Fanshawe (2024-2027) The Rector

Janet Legrand (2020 - 2026) Senior Lay Member

Peter Mathieson The Principal

Alastair Dunlop  (2019 - 2027) Chancellor's Assessor

Co-opted Members

Rushad Abadan (2023 - 2027) Senior Executive/Director

Frank Armstrong (2017 - 2025) Non Executive Director

Ruth Girardet (2021 - 2025) Non Executive Director

Douglas Millican (2022 - 2026) Non Executive Director

Hugh Mitchell (2020 - 2028) Non Executive Director

Alistair T H Smith (2021 - 2025) Professional Real Estate Executive

Kavi Thakrar (2023 - 2027) Entrepreneur and Business Leader

General Council Assessors

Jock Millican (2019 - 2027) Business Angel and Mentor

Sarah Wolffe (2019 - 2027) Hon Professor and Professor of Practice, respectively, in the Law Schools of the Universities of Edinburgh and Strathclyde

Senatus Assessors

Shereen Benjamin (2022 - 2026) Senior Lecturer in Primary Education   

Richard Blythe  (2022 - 2026) Professor of Complex Systems

Academic Staff Member

Tobias Kelly (2022 - 2026) Professor of Political and Legal Anthropology 

Professional Services Staff Member

Sarah McAllister (2020 - 2028) Head of Student Support Operations

Trade Union Academic Staff Member

Kathryn Nash (2020 - 2028) Chancellor's Fellow

Trade Union Professional Services Staff Member

Mark Patrizio (2023 - 2027) Laboratory Manager

City of Edinburgh Council Assessor

Robert Aldridge (2022 - 2027) Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh

Student Members

Dora Herndon (2024 - 2025) President, Edinburgh University Students' Association

Ruth Elliott (2024 - 2025) Vice-President Community, Edinburgh University Students' Association

In attendance

Gale Macleod (2024 - 2027) Rector’s Assessor 

Claire Sarafilovic (2025) Governance Apprentice