Finance Committee
The Finance Committee is responsible for financial strategy, budget setting, annual accounts, monitoring of investment activity and capital expenditure.
The Finance Committee is responsible to Council for the finances of the University, including:
- financial strategy
- budget setting
- annual accounts
- monitoring of investment activity
- consideration of capital expenditure
Full responsibilities of the committee are detailed in the terms of reference.
Committee membership
Terms of office expire on 31st July in the year stated.
| Name | Position | Term of office |
|---|---|---|
| Mr J Preston | Chair (Treasurer) | ex-officio |
| Professor B Morley | Acting Vice-Chancellor | ex-officio |
| Mrs C Mealing-Jones | Lay Member of Council, elected by Council | 2021 |
| Mr R Whorrod | Lay Member of Council, elected by Council | 2020 |
| Ms A Goodman | Lay Member of Council, elected by Council | 2021 |
| Professor D Stanton Fraser | Member of Council/Senate, elected by Council | 2019 |
| Professor D Bird | Member of Council/Senate, elected by Council | 2019 |
| Miss E Alcock | SU President or nominee | ex-officio |
| Mr J Kitchen (observer) | SU Education Officer | 2019 |
The following officers routinely attend meetings of the Committee:
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Professor S Egan | Vice-President (Implementation) |
| Mr M Humphriss | University Secretary |
| Mr T Williams | Head of Management Accounting |
| Mr M Williams | Director of Finance |
| Mr M Whalley | Director of Estates |
| Mr S Fenne | Deputy Director of Finance |
Dates of Meetings
- 1 November 2018
- 9 November 2018 - cancelled
- 18 January 2019
- 7 February 2019
- 2 May 2019
- 24 June 2019 - new date
- 27 June 2019 - cancelled
- 28 June 2018 - cancelled
- 26 June 2018 - new date
- 21 June 2018 - cancelled
- 26 April 2018
- 8 February 2018
- 2 November 2017
- 11 September 2017
2018/19
2017/18
The minutes and summaries of meetings of the committee are not published here because they contain information which the University has declared will not be routinely published under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Further information about the Act (including the reasons why such information is exempt from publicaitons). If you have any queries about the business conducted by the committee, please contact Caroline Harris.