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Jonathan Air
Managing Director, Donor Strategy
Jonathan Air is Founder and Managing Director of Donor Strategy, which he established in 1994. Previously his career was in software development and technology training for blue chip companies across Europe and in the city. He spent a year as a Missionary in South Africa where he worked on numerous aid projects.

Jan Andrews
Acting Head of Alumni Relations, The Open University
Jan joined The Open University in 1995. Since 2003 she has worked as Senior Alumni Relations Project Officer. Her role has included the development and implementation of an integrated Alumni communications programme including regional events, monthly e-newsletter, graduate welcome and Alumni magazine. She is currently Acting Head of Alumni Relations.

Mark Ansell
Education Officer, University of Sheffield
Mark was the Education Officer 2006/7 at the highly acclaimed University of Sheffield Union of Students. Mark strengthened the relationship between the University and the Union which proved to be a benefit to both institutions. The highlight of which was a joint Union-University study skills survey.

Paul Baines
Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Programme Director, MSc Strategic Marketing at Cranfield School of Management
Paul is Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Programme Director, MSc Strategic Marketing at Cranfield School of Management. Previously he was Director of Business Development at Middlesex University Business School. He is author/co-author of more than eighty published articles, book chapters and books on marketing issues, particularly in mass consumer services environments, including politics, higher education and sport.

Susannah Baker
Director of Communications, Oxford Brookes University
Susie is responsible for communications activities that support Oxford Brookes University’s competitive position as the UK’s leading modern university. She directs the branding programme and PR, web, marketing and internal communications, and community relations activities. Susie previously worked at the University of Cambridge in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office as Director of Communications.

Tushar Balsara
Associate Director, Mediavest Manchester
Tushar joined MediaVest Manchester in October 2003, leading their search marketing division since 2004. Mediavest help forward-thinking companies transform their businesses online in the digital world, providing in particular search engine marketing, display media planning and buying, and strategic consultancy. Tushar is a regular speaker at digital marketing conferences.

Andrew Barke
Senior Agency Relationship Manager, Google UK
Andrew joined Google UK in 2005 from handbag.com (where he was the Head of Agency Sales), helping establish Google’s second UK office in Manchester. He is responsible for building and retaining key agency relationships within the Northern region and advises agencies on how best to grow strategic advertising revenue from FTSE Top 100 clients.

Gary Baverstock
CARE Higher Education Manager, CS Group
Gary has been with CS Group for over ten years. He began as a Business Development Executive and is now the CARE Higher Education Manager. He has assisted Higher Education clients in the specification, implementation and user training for their Contact Relationship Management (CRM) systems.

Cathy Bell
Director of Development and Alumni Office, University of Glasgow
Cathy joined the University of Glasgow in 1987, where she has worked for 20 years in the areas of Alumni Relations and Fundraising. She became Director of the Development and Alumni Office in 1998, and, heading one of the UK's most established development operations, she has managed numerous successful campaigns and the University's 2001 anniversary celebrations.

Amanda Bennett
Marketing Manager (Schools & Colleges), Brunel University
Amanda is the Marketing Manager (Schools & Colleges) for Brunel University in West London. She is responsible for delivering strategic communications to schools/colleges, prospective students and their parents. This activity includes the Brunel Podcasts which were launched primarily for the UG prospective student market in September 2006.

Irene Bews
Director of Finance, University of Aberdeen
Irene joined the University of Aberdeen as Deputy Finance Director, and was promoted to Director in 2001. Prior to this she spent 13 years with Shell, first as a trainee, then a qualified, accountant. Her final 2 years were spent working for Shell International in The Hague, as Financial Controller for the European wide IT operating company.

Joseph Beyel
Director of Development, University of Nottingham
Since the mid-1970’s, Joseph’s career has encompassed all facets of philanthropic development and relationship building for some of the United States’ most prestigious public and private academic institutions. In August 2006 Joseph moved to the UK after being appointed Director of Development at the University of Nottingham.

Peter Birmingham
Prospect Research Officer, University of Durham
Peter has over ten years experience in social and educational research, having worked for the National Foundation for Educational Research and the Department of Educational Studies at Oxford University. He is also an experienced lecturer on research methodology and has contributed to and co-authored research methods textbooks for students and practitioners.

Mary Blair
Director of Development and Alumni Relations, London School of Economics
Mary has held her current position since May 2000, having previously served 15 years in various capacities in the Development offices of Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Mary recently served on a government-appointed task force looking into increasing voluntary giving to Higher Education.

Nick Blinco
Director of Development & Alumni Relations, University of Birmingham
Nick joined the University of Birmingham as Deputy Director in 2001 and became Director in 2004, where he co-ordinates an extremely talented and relentlessly positive team of 25 staff. Nick began his career at Mansfield College, establishing the £10m “Access to Excellence” campaign that championed access to Oxford University for those from unconventional academic backgrounds.

Martin Bojam
Deputy Chairman, JWT Education
Martin started his career in FMCG marketing in the food industry before working in a number of marketing and advertising agencies. For the last 7 years he has been Deputy Chairman of JWT Education, providing research and planning, branding, and marketing communications services for educational institutions across the board in the UK and internationally.

Paula Borowiak
Head of media & Communications, University of Sheffield
Paula joined the University of Sheffield in 2006 as Head of Media and Communications after a lengthy and successful career with BT. She is currently responsible for university activities in relation to the management of community relations, events, ceremonies, PR and internal communications.

Pamela Briggs
Dean, School of Psychology and Sport Sciences and Director of the Psychology and Communications Technology (PaCT) Lab, Northumbria University
Pamela is Dean of the School of Psychology and Sport Sciences, and Director of the Psychology and Communications Technology (PaCT) Lab at Northumbria University. Her work on user-preferences and trust in the Internet has been cited in The Times and The Guardian and she works with a number of e-health web developers on these issues.

David Brook
Executive Director, Oe Media
David has spent the last 15 years as a director of some of the UK's leading media companies. Formerly marketing and development director at The Guardian, he was then launch director of Channel 5. From 1999 to 2003 he was director of strategy and development for Channel 4, and instrumental in the creation of channels E4 and FilmFour.

Claire Brown
Director of UK Student Recruitment, The University of Liverpool
Claire is the Director of UK Student Recruitment at The University of Liverpool and has responsibility for marketing, centralised enquiries, admissions and education liaison. Prior to joining the joining the University Claire worked for various FMCG organisations in consumer marketing.

Joel Burden
Development Director, Third Millennium Information
Joel was the first Alumni Relations Manager at the University of Stirling, and latterly Alumni Development Officer at Newcastle University. In 2006 he joined the publishing team at Third Millennium Information as Development Director, with a particular brief for developing business within the higher education sector. Joel has twice co-chaired the CASE Annual Conference Alumni Relations track.

Mark Butcher
Director, Mark Butcher Associates
Mark has worked as a fundraiser and fundraising consultant for nonprofit organisations in more than a dozen countries, including Shelter, Age Concern, Oxfordshire County Council and the European Cultural Foundation. He specializes in fundraising, strategic planning and is a published author on maximising personal effectiveness.

Sanna Camitz
Editor and Journalist, Information Office, Malmö University
Sanna gained her BA in Humanities at Lund University and has worked as a journalist on Swedish television. Since 2001, she has been working at Malmö University as an information officer and editor of a research magazine. Sanna is a trained singer in classical music and has been singing with choirs and jazz groups for many years. She is a soprano in the Malmö Academic Choir.

José Luis de Cea-Naharro
Assistant Director, Alumni Association, University of Navarra
José Luis became Assistant Director of the Alumni Association of the University of Navarra in 2005, having previously held positions in the University as Managing Director of the Fundacion Empresa (Foundation in charge of all company relations), and Director of Marketing. His current role encompasses services and benefits, development of a CRM, career opportunities and marketing. He received his degree in Economics and Business Administration in 1996.

Jane Chafer
Director of Student Recruitment, Admissions and Marketing, University of Sheffield
Jane has been the Director of Marketing at the University of Sheffield from September 2004, later taking responsibility for Student Recruitment and Admissions. Since joining the University Jane has introduced the systematic use of market research in decision making and rolled out a new University brand. Previous marketing roles in BT, Mars and English China Clays have given Jane an excellent grounding in many different aspects of marketing in various markets.

Phil Chapman
Head of Marketing & Communications and Deputy Director for Advancement, University of Central Lancashire
Phil is Head of Marketing & Communications and Deputy Director for Advancement at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), in Preston. Phil joined the HE sector in 2005 after a career in commercial sector Marketing and customer services, spanning the automotive, financial services, and retail distribution sectors.

Claudie Combelas
Alumni Relations Officer, University of Warwick
Claudie has been at the University of Warwick for the past seven years and has worked in Alumni Relations for the past three, first as Project Officer for the University of Warwick's 40th Anniversary celebrations and now as Deputy Alumni Relations Officer with primary responsibility for Young Alumni, Careers and International Alumni Relations.

Helen Clapham
Head of Student Recruitment and Marketing
Helen has worked at the University of Leeds for eight years in a number of different roles. In her current role she has responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate student recruitment both UK and overseas. She has recently taken over responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate taught admissions.

Peter Cobley
joined Yahoo! Search Marketing as Northern Sales Director in 2002 and successfully launched the sales office in Manchester. He oversees all agency and client sales from the Midlands to Scotland and provides support and advice to the account management team at Yahoo! Search Marketing’s London headquarters.

Maria Coyle
Press Officer, Social Sciences, University of Oxford
Maria Coyle trained as a journalist at the City University London, before a career in regional radio and television spanning nearly 20 years as a news reporter. She worked as a freelance producer of B Roll for a London PR agency, joining the University of Oxford in 2006 as a Press Officer.

Andrew Crisp
Director, CarringtonCrisp Ltd.
Andrew has considerable research and communication experience having worked in a number of branding agencies, as the Employment Correspondent for The European newspaper and as Marketing Director for an internet business. Clients have included London Business School, Citibank and Andersen. Andrew's research work ranges from focus groups for British universities through to major quantitative studies.

Sue Cunningham
Director of Development, University of Oxford
Sue became Director of Development for the University of Oxford in May 2006, after five years at Christ Church. She has sixteen years of professional development experience, spanning major gift fundraising and creating and running annual funds, multi-million pound campaigns, family programmes and donor membership schemes in both cultural and educational organisations.

Graeme Danby
Principal Bass, English National Opera
Born in County Durham, Graeme is one of the top Bass opera soloists in Europe. He is senior Principal at English National Opera and guest principal at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Graeme is also Professor of Music at Northumbria University where he hopes to develop music and the performing arts.

Cristina Davies
Development Director, Southern Europe, INSEAD
Before joining INSEAD in October 2005, Cristina worked in the lobbying and publishing industry in Madrid for International Press Services. Prior to that, Cristina spent three years in Beirut, Lebanon where, in coordination with her business partner, she set up a communications agency whose mission was to improve the image of emerging markets in the Mediterranean rim.

Young Dawkins
Vice-Principal, Development and Alumni, University of Edinburgh
With almost 25 years experience in the advancement field, Young Dawkins has worked at some of the world's great colleges and universities. Currently Vice-Principal, Development and Alumni, at the University of Edinburgh, Young has led fundraising efforts resulting in record-breaking performances at Dartmouth College, Oberlin College and the University of New Hampshire.

Mike Dickson
Director, Hudson
Mike has 12 years experience in recruiting Marketing, Communications and PR professionals for diverse private and public sector organisations. He has been a Director of Hudson, a global professional recruitment firm, since 2003. He graduated in Business Studies from The University of Stirling and holds a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Moyra Doyle
Managing Director, Richmond Associates
Moyra founded Richmond Associates, a specialist recruitment consultancy to the culture, education and charity sectors in 1999. Prior to this Moyra was at the South Bank Centre where she was Development Director. Her earlier career included managing an international sales and marketing team for BBC Worldwide.

Matt Dunn
Director, dh insight
Matt has extensive experience of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in education, the public and corporate sectors. His work has incorporated naming and merger studies, stakeholder research and the HE tuition fees and bursary market, and Matt has also managed major brand and corporate identity research projects.

Ian Edwards
Director and Senior Consultant, Iain More Associates
Ian joined Iain More Associates in February 2006 after spending nine years at INSEAD, the world’s leading international business school, latterly as Executive Director of Development. Prior to INSEAD, he was the first Director of Development at Shrewsbury School. Ian is a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Sean Figgis
Director of Public Relations & Communications, Northumbria University
Sean is well placed to communicate the benefits of University Education. He has been a journalist, an academic, a university administrative manager, Press Officer, Marketing Manager, and now Director of Public Relations & Communications at Northumbria University. Special areas of expertise include; Branding, Corporate Identity Management, Internal Communications and Communications Policy.

Liam Fisher-Jones
Senior Consultant, Iain More Associates
Liam joined Iain More Associates in August 2007 after 10 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Director of Development. He is widely acknowledged to be a leading practitioner in the arts sector and led the RSC's recent £100m campaign. Prior to Liam was Acting Director of Development at the London School of Economics.

Katy Giddens
Principal Consultant, Richmond Associates
Katy joined Richmond Associates with more than 6 years experience in fundraising in the education and arts sectors, from the British Museum where she was Head of Corporate Development. Prior to this, she was an Associate Director, Development in the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and a Development Officer at University College London.

Leyla Gilbey
Sales Director, Hobsons UK
Leyla joined the Hobsons sales team in 1994. In 2001 she became Publisher of Hobsons’ pan-European business, and in 2003 spent six months at Hobsons France where she led the product design and implementation of a CRM tool currently used by 40 grandes écoles. On her return to London she was promoted to Sales Director for Enrolment Management Technology, and in 2006 extended her role to cover the launch of the Service Centre for outsourced international student enquiries.

John J Glier
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Grenzebach Glier & Associates, Inc
John J Glier, President and Chief Executive Officer of Grenzebach Glier & Associates, Inc. (GG&A) and President of Grenzebach Glier Europe Limited (GGE), is a consulting professional long recognized for his work in providing strategic counsel to large-scale fundraising campaigns in higher education, academic healthcare, and major cultural not-for-profit institutions.

Carrie Goodbourn
CARE Managing Director at CS Group Carrie Goodbourn
Carrie Goodbourn, CARE Managing Director at CS Group Carrie Goodbourn, CARE Managing Director at CS Group has 17 years’ experience in CRM implementations with a broad range of clients of all sizes, from small specialist charities to large international organisations.

Carrie has worked in both sales and hands on implementation projects at CS Group, covering the whole breadth of customers, and actively takes part in product planning and development. Carrie is closely involved with CS Group’s existing Charity clients, ensuring that they are provided with excellent customer service and support.

John Grant
Marketing Author and Consultant
A co-founder of award winning advertising agency St Luke's, John has written four critically acclaimed marketing books. His latest 'The Green Marketing Manifesto' is out October 2007. Clients/projects include innocent, IKEA, Skype, Sony Ericsson, The Ecologist, The Green Awards, Demos, Young Foundation and various social ventures including 'The School of Everything'.

Ron Gray
Director of Development and Alumni Relations University of Warwick
Ron became Development Director at Daycroft School in Connecticut in 1987. Since then he has worked in Development roles at two US major research Universities, and in 2002 Ron joined the University of Warwick as Director of Development & Alumni Relations, tasked with expanding the Development & Alumni Relations office and implementing a major gift fundraising programme.

Amanda Gregory
Business Development Director, Heist
With over 17 years working within education marketing, Amanda is currently involved in developing 2 of Heists latest projects within research and prospectus delivery.

Daniel J. Guhr
Managing Director, Illuminate Consulting Group
Prior to founding ICG, Daniel served as a consultant with BCG and as a Director of Business Development with SAP. He holds a D.Phil. and an M.Sc. from Oxford, as well as an MA from Brandeis. Daniel also trained at Bonn, Harvard, Berkeley, and a Max-Planck-Institute. He served as an Oxford alumni branch president, and on the board of Bonn’s Universitätsgesellschaft.

Vivien Harrington
Director of Alumni Relations, Cranfield School of Management
Vivien has been Director of Alumni Relations since 2000, implementing an IT infrastructure delivering alumni services in innovative ways while supporting a growing international school. Previously she worked in IT services for more than fifteen years, developing systems to help organisations become more effective. In 1994 she set up her own strategic planning and change management consultancy.

Daniel Hansson
Artistic Director and Conductor, Malmö University
Daniel has conducted ensembles such as the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and given masterclasses in conducting at Universidad de Rio de Janeiro, Conservatorio Brasiliera Londrina University and Tirana Academy of Music. He has toured in Brazil, China, and throughout Europe. Daniel was previously in the Royal Swedish Armed Forces department of music and Artistic Director of the professional wind ensemble Tactus Sollefteå.

Faisal Hanjra
Media Officer, Federation of Student Islamic Societies
Faisal is currently studying at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the president of the Islamic Society and the former Head of Student Affairs. Faisal is also the current media spokesperson for the Federation of Student Islamic Societies, the representative body of over 90,000 Muslim students in Higher and Further Education. .

Robert Hawker
Educating Futures and Barkers
Robert Hawker set up Educating Futures in partnership with Barkers Education to offer conference and seminar services. His early career was in advertising before entering HE marketing and PR at London Guildhall, London Metropolitan and Roehampton universities.

Thomas Hayes
Professor of Marketing, Xavier University
Thomas has taught Marketing at Xavier University for the last 31 years. He has also served as Chair of the Department and as the Director of Institutional Advancement. He is a nationally recognized expert and consultant in services marketing, Higher Education marketing, and the development of ideas for new products and services. He now serves on the faculty of the CASE Summer Institute for Communication and Marketing and sits on CASE’s Commission on Communications and Marketing.

Barbara Hott
Press Officer, Access and Admissions, University of Oxford
Barbara is Press Officer at the University of Oxford, where she has worked for 10 years. Before coming to Oxford, Barbara was a sound editor and producer at the German public radio station NDR. She has drawn on this experience to help devise ‘PodOxford’, a podcast series for the Oxford Admissions Office.

Kate Hunt
Director, dh insight
Kate has experience in managing multi-faceted research projects for both education and public sector bodies throughout the UK, particularly researching a wide range of stakeholder groups from young people to senior managers. She has an interest in diversity research and working with ‘hard to reach’ client groups. Kate is a graduate of the universities of Nottingham and Durham.

Kate Hunter
Head of Communication (Corporate), Queen Mary, University of London
Prior to joining Queen Mary, Kate worked in arts public relations, latterly as Acting Head of Press & PR at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2001 she set up Queen Mary's communications function from scratch, establishing a proactive Press Office to promote academic research activity and developing internal communications and stakeholder relations functions.

Michele Ibbs
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Liverpool John Moores University
Michele established her professional reputation in private and public sectors, with senior and board appointments in international branded businesses. She was appointed as the first Marketing Director of Liverpool John Moores University in May 2002, and is currently the (first) Pro-Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Collaborative Partnerships with a UK and international.

Dominik Kimmel
Head of Marketing and External Relations, Römisch-Germanische Zentralmuseum
Dominik is Head of Marketing and External Relations at the Römisch-Germanische Zentralmuseum in Mainz, where he is also responsible for Development. Before, he was Director of the University of Vienna Alumni Association. He is presently Honorary Secretary of this association and Vice President of Alumni-clubs Net.e.V., the Association of Alumni Relation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Tricia King
Director of External Relations, Birkbeck College, University of London
Tricia has worked in marketing for nearly two decades, progressing from arts marketing (working with actors) through legal marketing (working with lawyers) to Higher Education marketing (working with academics). She is now very experienced at engaging with lively, challenging colleagues. Her current role encompasses Marketing, Communications, events, Alumni and development.

Chloe Kippen
Deputy Director, Development and Alumni, University of Edinburgh
Chloe has managed fundraising campaigns for medicine and veterinary medicine at Edinburgh for over five years. Chloe led Scotland's first successful bid to the US-based Kresge Foundation, resulting in a $1,000,000 challenge award, and she is part of a team at Edinburgh working on The Edinburgh Campaign, a £350 million fundraising drive.

Wouter te Kloeze
Campaign Supervisor and International Marketing Manager, Rux Burton Associates Ltd.
Prior to his appointment at RBA, Wouter worked at the Dutch immigration service, adjudicating cases. He was also a successful lobbyist and campaigner in his role as country coordinator for the Dutch Amnesty International. An International Relations graduate of The University of Groningen, Wouter now spearheads RBA’s introduction to the Netherlands as well as managing UK campaigns.

Joëlle du Lac
Director of Development, King’s College, Cambridge
Joëlle has been Director of Development at King’s College, Cambridge, since September 2006. Prior to this, she was Director of Alumni Relations at INSEAD for five years, having previously assumed the role of MBA Admissions Manager. Joëlle also holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Emma Leech
Head of Marketing and Communications, Manchester Metropolitan University
Emma is Head of Marketing and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). She chairs the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Education and Skills Group and sits on the Chartered Management Institute’s Corporate Affairs Committee. A Chartered Marketer and Accredited PR Practitioner, Emma has won a host of national awards.

Jacquie L'Etang
Lecturer and Director of MSc in Public Relations, Stirling Media Research Institute, University of Stirling
Jacquie has published over 30 book chapters and journal articles on public relations ethics, corporate social responsibility, professionalism and professionalisation, public relations education, rhetorical approaches to public relations, and the relationship between public relations and diplomacy. She is also author of a number of books including Public Relations in Britain: a History of Professional Practice (2004) and Public Relations: Concepts, Practice and Critique (2007 forthcoming).

Cheryl Liddle
Alumni Relations Officer, University of Coventry
Cheryl joined the University of Coventry in 2006 as Alumni Relations Officer to develop its communication channels. Cheryl previously worked in magazine publishing, helping multi-national organisations, such as ASDA and McDonald’s, create effective publications. Industry awards range from professional bodies such as the Communicators in Business (CiB) to The Guardian Media Award for the Best Student Newspaper.

John Lippincott
President, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
As President of CASE since 2004, John provides strategic and operational leadership for the world’s largest association of education-related institutions. John joined CASE in 1999 as Vice President for Communications and Marketing. Prior to this, he served for 12 years as Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement at the University System of Maryland. John began his career teaching humanities courses at community colleges in Connecticut, New York, and Oregon. John holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Wesleyan University, Connecticut.

Stephen MacDonald
CEO, Azorus Inc.
Stephen's career began in Toronto where he held a senior marketing role with one of the world’s pre-eminent consumer packaged goods companies. Stephen is now overseeing the expansion of Azorus throughout North America and Europe, and he also speaks at Higher Education conferences in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Siona Mackelworth
Director of Marketing, York St John University
Siona joined the University in April 2006 with a responsibility for admissions, external liaison, marketing and communications. Previous roles included stints in publishing and film, covering branding, PR and market research. Since joining York St John, Siona has overseen its branding and communication transition to University status.

Peter Mackie
Professor of Transport Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds
Peter is Professor of Transport Studies at the University of Leeds and Dean of the Faculty of Environment since 2002. Coming from a background in economics, he has been involved in the University’s approach to costing and pricing for research and learning and teaching and in the development of a distributed marketing function.

Lori Manders
Director of External Affairs, University of Aberdeen
Lori was appointed Director of External Affairs at the University of Aberdeen in 2003. She is an experienced marketing professional with over 18 years of experience. Her remit covers media relations, political relations, marketing, event management, development, alumni relations, student recruitment and admissions. Working with the Vice-Chancellor, she is leading the largest fundraising campaign in the University’s history to raise £150 million.

Ben Marks
Managing Director, Opinionpanel Ltd.
Ben set up Opinionpanel, operators of The Student Panel, in January 2004 with the objective of creating the most effective tool for independent quantitative research amongst students in UK higher education. Prior to Opinionpanel, Ben was Research Director at ClientKnowledge, a research and advisory firm and before that, Research Manager at Hobsons, the careers publishing specialists.

Sally Marlow
Head of HR Strategy and Change, Queen Mary, University of London
Sally’s human resource experience includes a comprehensive mixture of operational, strategic and people management gained over nine years with the Post Office. She has been at Queen Mary, University of London for approximately two and a half years; for all of this time, her primary focus has been implementation of the National Pay Framework.

Colin McCallum
Director of Development, Glasgow Caledonian University and Vice-President, Glasgow Caledonian University Foundation
Colin has over two decades’ experience in development and communications. He has held senior positions at St Hilda’s College Oxford, Edinburgh University, Strathclyde University and the National Museums of Scotland, and he has also spent several years in the Netherlands in publishing. Before joining GCU this year, Colin was Chief Executive of fundraising consulting firm Grenzebach Glier Europe. At GCU Colin works closely with the Principal and Vice-Chancellor to create a long-term, sustainable development and alumni relations programme.

Sean Montgomery
Managing Partner, Ten Nine Ltd.
Sean has spent nearly 20 years working in advertising, both for the media and on the advertising agency side. He set up Ten Nine 3 years ago, which is now established as the UK’s leading 6 sheet poster scheme in Secondary Schools. Sean is also a non executive director of several other Education focused businesses.

Ian Moore
Head of Alumni Relations, Coventry University
Ian joined Coventry University in 2005 to create a fully fledged Alumni Relations operation having left the The Open University as Acting Director of Alumni after 4 years there reshaping alumni communications and managing Affinity schemes such as the successful Credit Card scheme with Beneficial Bank. Prior to joining the world of academia, Ian worked for 7 years in magazine publishing with involvement in titles as diverse as What Car?, Vogue, Viz, Total Film and The Official Playstation Magazine.

Robert Moore
Managing Partner, Lipman Hearne, Inc.
Rob has worked to advance education institutions for more than 20 years. He has developed integrated marketing programmes for dozens of institutions, and is a frequent presenter at professional conferences. He has written articles for CASE Currents and other publications, and is a member of the CASE Industry Advisory Council.

Joanna Motion
Vice President for International Operations, CASE
Joanna was appointed CASE’s first Vice-President for International Operations in 2003. Her 25-year career in education has taken her from the UK to Australia and back. She has worked in the full range of advancement activities, including schools liaison, public relations and communications.

Joel Munson
Director of Development & Alumni Relations
University of Southampton
Joel Munson is the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the University of Southampton, as well as Executive Director of the Southampton University Development Trust. He has been working for Southampton since November 2005, and has nearly 17 years experience in Higher Education Fundraising in the UK and the USA.

Anton Muscatelli
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University
Anton has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University since February 2007. A Professor of Economics since 1992, he was Vice-Principal (Strategy, Budgeting and Advancement) at the University of Glasgow from 2004 until 2007. In both Glasgow and Heriot-Watt Anton has been involved in closely aligning Development and Fundraising activities with University strategy.

Susan Nettle
Head of Alumni Relations and Events, Queen Mary, University of London
Susan is Head of Alumni Relations and Events at Queen Mary, University of London. In April 2006, having complained to CASE Europe that Alumni Relations activities were undervalued, she hosted a one-day workshop on Bench-marking Alumni Relations. Sixteen months on, a survey, CASE support and 19 universities later, the first results will be shared.

Shona Nicholson
Head of Annual Fund, University of Oxford
Shona has over 20 years of fundraising experience. Formerly Manager of the Annual Fund at Aston University in Birmingham, she is currently Head of Annual Fund for the University of Oxford. Prior to coming to the UK, she spent over 18 years working as a direct marketing consultant in both the US and Canada.

Alistair Nicoll
Market Research Manager, University of Sheffield
Alistair is a Market Research Manager with extensive experience of creating new research departments, buying high quality research and maximising its effectiveness within client companies. His experience is as an internal consultant - not a provider of reports - who has worked in retail, FMCG, rail and banking (Saudi Arabia) before moving to the Higher Education sector in 2004.

Philip Nye
Higher Education Directorate, Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills
Philip has a professional background in education funding and was part of the team that devised the matched-funding scheme announced by the British Government in 2007. Philip’s responsibilities include facilitating institutional funding, and particularly in relation to increasing the range of funding streams available to higher education providers.

Mark O'Donoghue
Managing Director, Hotcourses
Mark has over 10 years experience working on web projects across sectors as diverse as pub retail, music, entertainment technology and education. He graduated from Oxford in 1992 and completed his MBA at INSEAD, Paris, in 1999.

Jeff O’Toole
European Sales Engineer
Jeff O’Toole has worked for Blackbaud for four years helping not-for-profit organisations by technically supporting their database applications, training their staff, and helping them evaluate online and offline technology solutions to meet their business needs.

Simon Oldknow
Managing Director, Heist
Since 2005 Simon has been the Managing Director for Heist, the specialist Education Marketing Services Agency where he drives the business to deliver against its mission: to offer specialist marketing and market research services to meet client needs intelligently, economically and effectively.

Dr Wendy Piatt
Director General, the Russell Group
Wendy is the first Director General of the Russell Group, which comprises the top 20 research intensive UK universities. She was previously deputy director and head of public service reform at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. She has published numerous newspaper and journal articles and reports, and worked on the White Paper The Future of Higher Education (2003).

Kate Potter
Head, Podium - The Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games
Kate has been Head of the Higher Education Communications and Coordination Unit – 2012 Games since March 2007. She has experience in the development of legacy associated with major sporting events having managed similar programmes for the Commonwealth Games 2002 and the 2005 Women’s European Football Championships. Kate has also been a Lecturer in Sports Studies and Sport Science at Preston College.

Lucie Rémillard
Chief Development Officer, American Hospital of Paris
Lucie has been working in fundraising since 1995. She led United Way’s annual campaign, was the Executive Director of External Affairs at McGill University’s Neurological Institute and President and CEO of a prominent teaching hospital foundation. As such, Lucie ran capital campaigns, annual funds, planned and major gifts, as well as communications and marketing.

Duncan Rice
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen
Professor C Duncan Rice has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen since September 1996. He was previously Dean of the Faculty (1985-91), and Vice-Chancellor (1991-96) at NYU, playing a key role in one of the most successful US higher education fund-raising campaigns, which raised over $1 billion.

Tom Rice
Head of Brand, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau
Tom is Head of Brand at Glasgow’s place marketing agency, and is responsible for the management and delivery of the Glasgow: Scotland with style brand programme. Launched in 2004, the brand provides a distinctive platform from which to articulate the confidence, values and aspirations of modern Glasgow as a dynamic location to visit, work, live, invest and study in.

David Roberts
Managing Partner, The Knowledge Partnership
David has over 20 years experience as a consultant and published researcher, and is the former CEO of Heist. The Knowledge Partnership is a strategic consultancy specialising in knowledge sectors with offices in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. His clients include Higher Education institutions, central education agencies and consortia, both in the UK and overseas.

Elizabeth Rose
Deputy Director of Development, Glasgow Caledonian University
Elizabeth first got involved with fundraising as a postgraduate student when she realised she had a natural talent for it. She was appointed to the position of Deputy Director of Development at Glasgow Caledonian University in August 2007, and prior to this, she was Development Executive, Planned Giving, at Durham University.

Gareth Rose
Education Reporter, Edinburgh Evening News
Originally from North Wales, Gareth studied a journalism degree at the University of Sheffield from 1998 to 2001. He has been education reporter at the Edinburgh Evening News since April 2005; and prior to this Gareth was crime reporter at the Peterborough Evening Telegraph.

Ian Rowley
Director of Communication and Public Affairs, University of Warwick
Ian has been at the University of Warwick since 2000, and is responsible for all external and internal communications. Before joining Warwick Ian worked within the creative industries, including as Head of Press and Public Relations at the Royal Shakespeare Company and as Head of Public Affairs for the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.

John Rux-Burton
Managing Director, Rux Burton Associates Ltd.
An Oxford prize-winner for English, John was a Telephone Fundraiser for his College. With over 15 years in educational fundraising, John is now the Managing Director of RBA, managing its 50 annual campaigns and overseeing international growth.

Xavier Sanchez
Alumni Director, ESADE Business School
Xavier has a Degree in Business Sciences and an MBA from ESADE, Barcelona, and in October 2005 he was appointed as Director of ESADE Alumni. Prior to joining ESADE, Xavier had worked for British Petroleum since 1997, first as Financial Analyst in Hamburg, afterwards as Retail Business Manger in Seville, later on as Risk Management Manager in London, and finally as Gas Supply Manager in Madrid.

Ray Satterthwaite
Associate Vice-Principal, Advancement, Queen’s University, Canada
Ray began his career as the Marketing Manager of the Alumni Association at McGill University. After spells as Association Director and Director of Annual Giving, he moved to Queen’s University as Director of Major Gifts in 1999. In 2002 Ray took up his current position, overseeing Major Gifts, Planned Giving, Corporations and Foundations and Donor Relations.

Mark Sinclair
Managing Partner, SMRS Ltd.
Mark is a founding partner of the advertising agency SMRS and with clients including Birkbeck, University of London and the Universities of Northumbria, De Montfort and Salford, they are one of the leading agencies working in the Higher Education Institution sector.

Krista Slade
Executive-Director, CASE Asia-Pacific
Krista was appointed as Executive Director of CASE Asia-Pacific in May 2007. She has spent more than a decade working in Alumni Relations and Fundraising. In 1994, Krista established the University of Toronto Foundation in Hong Kong, and served as Executive-Director. After a spell in Canada, she worked as senior strategic adviser for Advancement to the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne.

Peter Slee
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Northumbria University
Peter is Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Northumbria University. He is Chair of the Universities for the North East Executive Committee, Vice Chair of the North East Aim Higher Strategy Group and Chair of the Universities Marketing Forum. He previously held senior posts at Durham and Aston Universities and at the Confederation of British Industries.

Christine Keller Smith
Alumni Director, The Australian National University
Christine has worked in Alumni Relations for seventeen years, in her native New Zealand where she started the Alumni Program at The University of Auckland, and now at ANU. Christine holds an MA with Honours in English Literature and a postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies. Her prior career background is in community education in rural New Zealand.

Matt Smith
Head of Student Recruitment Marketing, University of Liverpool
Matt joined the University of Liverpool’s Student Recruitment Office in 2000 as an information analyst. Working on the complete overhaul of student recruitment literature in 2003 preceded a move into communications. In his current position, Matt has responsibility for on- and off-line student recruitment communications, developing faculty specific support initiatives and market research.

Joan Solà CEO,
Zinio - Acceso Group
Joan Solà is a member of the international associations ADC DirCom; Club de Roma, A.E.D, YPO, I.P.R.A, A.C.E.I. and I.A.B.C. He has degrees in Law from the University of Barcelona and Economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona as well as post-graduate degrees from the University of Nevada, Reno (USA) and E.S.A.D.E., Barcelona.

Rosemary Stamp
Director, Stamp Consulting
Rosemary works with a wide range of client organisations in the UK and EU providing strategic management, leadership, business and marketing direction through specialist consultancy. She has published and lectured extensively on strategic management and marketing issues in education and is sought-after for the pragmatism and clarity of her recommendations and solutions.

Linda Stephenson
Public Relations and Communications Officer, York St John University
Linda has practised PR for ten years since graduating in 1997 with a degree in Communications. Her career has taken her into both PR agencies and public sector organisations, specialising mainly in Higher Education. She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and is working towards completion of the CIPR Postgraduate Diploma.

Nick Stokes
Director of Marketing and Communications, University of Coventry
Following a successful career in FMCG and retail marketing, Nick joined the University of Coventry in 2005, with responsibility for all aspects of Advancement. In the last two years he has led the repositioning of the University, and has established a Development Office, which has already raised more than £1m.

Şule Tanju
Taray Consulting
Sule Tanju is a consultant specializing in management of alumni relations and fundraising for Universities and NGO's. She was the ex-secretary general of Bumed (Alumni Association for Bosphorus University, Istanbul) winning the National Quality Award in 2005.

Chris Taylor
Management Consultant, SMRS Ltd.
Chris is a consultant who has worked in market research, policy analysis, academia and spent more than 12 years in senior education marketing posts.

Marie Tewkesbury
HR Manager, Strategy and Change, Queen Mary, University of London
Marie’s experience has been project based, gained over 14 years as a human resource consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, primarily in the performance management and reward areas. During her time at Queen Mary, University of London, Marie has worked on implementing the National Pay Framework.

Eric Thomas
Member of Board and Former Chairman of Worldwide Universities Network and Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
Professor Eric Thomas has been Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol since 2001. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1976. Eric is the former Chair of the Worldwide Universities Network and he chaired the government Taskforce into Increasing Voluntary Giving in Higher Education which reported in 2004. Eric is chair of the Research Policy Committee of Universities UK, of which he is also a Board member.

Chris Thompson
Vice President of Research and Information, CASE
An expert in performance improvement through the strategic use of research data, Chris’s prime responsibilities at CASE this year are the cost-of-fundraising study and the new CASE Benchmarking Suite. His prior affiliations include the Institute for Policy Studies at Johns Hopkins University, the American Society for Training and Development, the National Governors’ Association, and the National Institute for Standards and Technology.

Ana de la Varga
Director of Alumni Relations, RWTH Aachen University
Ana has been Director of Alumni Relations at RWTH Aachen University since 2005. She has worked in universities throughout Europe, first as a scientific researcher and subsequently in the field of public outreach of science and technology. She is responsible for a fast-growing Alumni Relations programme and an expanding international network as an important element of university marketing.

Antoinette de Villiers
Director, Marketing and Communications, Victoria University
Antoinette became the Director of Marketing and Communications at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004, where she led the total overhaul of the Marketing function and the University’s brand. She has over 15 years experience in all areas of marketing including marketing planning and strategy, brand management, advertising and media strategy and, market research - covering tertiary education and the commercial sector.

Susan Vinnicombe
Director of the International Centre for Women Business Leaders, Cranfield University
Susan’s particular research interests are women’s leadership styles, the issues involved in women developing their managerial careers and gender diversity on corporate boards. Her Research Centre is unique in the UK with its focus on women leaders, and the annual Female FTSE 100 Index is regarded as the UK’s premier research resource on women directors.

Arthur Wasserman
Vice President and Director, Development & Corporate Communications,
University College London
Art joined UCL in June 2007. Previously, Art served the Club of Madrid, a non-governmental organisation based in Spain, and prior to this he was Chief Development Officer for Major Gifts at The Carter Centre in Atlanta, working with former US President Jimmy Carter on an international Fundraising agenda.

Chris Watts Chris is Director of Marketing & Recruitment at Northumbria University and has responsibility for Northumbria’s marketing, recruitment, admissions, alumni and marketing research activity. Chris is a Chartered Marketer, a member of the Universities Marketing Forum and, when not marketing, plays cricket badly, skis averagely, and is a fervent follower of Newcastle United.

James Westhead
Education and Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC
James is BBC TV's new Education and Social Affairs Correspondent. James has spent the last two years as one of the BBC's Washington Correspondents, reporting on international news and social affairs and political stories. Previously he orked for several years as a correspondent specialising in health and then education in the UK.

Constance Williams
Managing Director, The Development Team Ltd
A strategic marketing and research consultancy, The Development Team Ltd is responsible for innovative brand development and company re-positioning. Constance has consulted for clients in the commercial sector, such as Alliance Boots, Asda Walmart, Lloyds, Cannons Health Clubs, Novartis, and Orange, but also for charities including Age Concern, and in the academic field for Coventry University.

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