Mr Stephen Cox CVO (Chairman) 
Stephen became Chairman of College Council in November 2011.
Stephen was Executive Director of the Royal Society until 2011. Previously, he was Chief Executive for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, where he worked closely with both Houses of Parliament to support institutions in the emerging democracies of central Europe, the former Soviet Union and Central, East and South Africa. From 1991-97 he was Director General of the Commonwealth Institute, an organization he remodelled in the light of reducing Government grants.
Stephen joined the Overseas Career Service of the British Council in 1969 and after language training was posted to Warsaw. He spent time in West Africa, notably Ghana and Togo, with the British Council and was Education Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington DC in the early 1980s. In 1985 he joined the Royal Society where he ran the international office. He is a trustee of the International Polar Foundation, the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics and the Frederick Soddy Trust. He also chairs the Board of Atlantic College in South Wales. Stephen was made a CVO in 1997. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was awarded an honorary DSc by Lancaster University.
Mr Iain Ross (Vice Chairman) 
Iain is an alumnus of the College (BSc Biochemistry, 1975 Royal Holloway College) and Chairs the Alumni Advisory Group. He has been Vice Chairman of College Council since 2011 and an alumni representative on Council since 2007.
An entrepreneur with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector, Iain is Chairman of both Ark Therapeutics plc (a FTSE listed biotechnology company) and Pharminox Ltd. He has considerable experience of mergers and acquisitions both in the UK and USA and has raised substantial funds both publicly and privately. He has also held senior commercial and general management positions with a number of large companies, including Hoffman-La Roche, Reed International and Sandoz AG. He is a Chartered Director of the UK Institute of Directors and a Trustee of the Peter Samuel Royal Free Charity. After graduating, Iain was Vice President of the Students’ Union in 1975. He is married to Barbara, a fellow alumnus.
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Paul has been a member of College Council since 2006.
Whilst at the Save and Prosper Group in the 1980s, Paul helped to establish the Senior Management training programme at Royal Holloway. Now a business consultant, he is Chairman of Remote Diagnostics Technologies Ltd. Paul was Director of Finance of the Labour Party until 1997. He was a Councillor for Woking for fourteen years and Mayor of Woking in 1983-84. In the early 1990s he was involved in the development of mutual funds and their application during the process of mass privatisation in Eastern Europe.
Cllr Stephen Cooksey 
Stephen joined College Council in 2009.
Stephen has been a member of Surrey County Council since 2005 and a member of Mole Valley District Council since 1992. He retired as Deputy Director of Open University Validation Services in 2009. Previously, he was Registrar of the University of Buckingham and Registrar of Roehampton Institute (now Roehampton University). Whilst at Buckingham, he also worked as an auditor for the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
Stephen has served as a city and county councillor for 40 years in total, initially as a member of three local authorities in Yorkshire. He was leader of the Liberal and Liberal Democrat Groups on Leeds City Council from 1981-89 and was Leader of the Opposition on Mole Valley Council from 2000-05. He was appointed an honorary alderman of the City of Leeds in 2008. He is currently Opposition Transport spokesman on Surrey County Council. Stephen is also a Governor of Kingston University and a director of Dorking Chamber of Commerce, Dorking DNA Healthcheck and the Surrey Historic Buildings Trust.
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Gurpreet joined College Council in 2010.
As a Managing Director within the Equity Division of Credit Suisse Investment Bank, Gurpreet’s role is focused on the Risk Management of its Prime Services Business across both Europe and Asia. He has over twenty years experience of Financial Risk Management gained across major firms in both London and New York, which enables him to provide appropriate solutions for global clients.
Mr Majid Hawa
Majid is an Honorary Fellow of the College. He joined College Council in 2011.
Born and educated in Nairobi, where he began as a freelance photographer, Majid came to the UK and settled into a career in sales for 3M. In 1988 he moved to Englefield Green, at a time when the College was developing the idea of a Muslim Prayer Room. Being aware of the additional support that Muslim students might need, from breaking fast in Ramadan to assisting with trips to Mecca, Majid helped form the Islamic Welfare Association of West Surrey. He was its Chairman for seven years and, with his fellow elders, has lent great support to Muslim students of the College. He continues to have contact with graduates who have returned to their homelands and “who have”, he says “moved onto greater and better things”.
Mrs Esther Horwood FRSA
Esther is an alumna of the College (BSc Chemistry with Management Studies, 1981 Royal Holloway College). She has been an alumni representative on College Council since 2007.
Esther is the Bursar of Salisbury Cathedral School, one of the oldest schools in the country. She is also a director of Jay Allied Assets Ltd. Esther was Executive Chairman of Stokes Group Limited, the largest automotive forging company in the UK. She is a member of the Institute of Directors and the CBI.
Dr Jackie Hunter CBE 
Jackie is an alumna of the College (BSc Physiology & Psychology, 1977 Bedford College; PhD Psychology, 1981 Bedford College). She joined College Council in 2011.
A leading scientist and bioscience innovator, Jackie was Head of Science Environment Development at GlaxoSmithKline, where she helped develop new ways of working with academia and other publically funded bodies. Prior to 2008, she was Head of the Neurology Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery at GlaxoSmithKline and led the discovery and development of new therapeutics for neurological and gastrointestinal disorders. For most of her industrial career she has focussed on the discovery of drugs for serious neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and migraine. She is a former Council member of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Neuroscience and Mental Health Board of the Medical Research Council and the Board of the Science Foundation for Ireland, as well as serving on other Panels and Boards in the USA and Europe. Currently, she is a member of the Science Advisory Boards for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff. Jackie has lectured at the College, firstly at Bedford College and then at Royal Holloway, where she was an Honorary Research Associate. She was awarded the CBE in 2010 for services to the pharmaceutical industry and is a Non-Executive Director of Proximagen Neuroscience. She is CEO of OI Pharma Partners, which is dedicated to promoting open innovation in bioscience.
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Margaret joined College Council in 2011.
Margaret has held a number of senior roles in the higher education sector, including Deputy Academic Registrar at South Bank Polytechnic, Assistant Director (Programmes) at the Polytechnics Funding Council and Director of Quality Assurance at BTEC. More recently, she was Chief Executive of Guildford Chamber of Commerce and Business Development Manager at Hart Brown Solicitors. She is a Trustee of the Guildford Institute and three other charities.
Mr Jeremy McIlroy 
Jeremy joined College Council in 2010.
Jeremy is a Chartered Accountant who spent his entire career with Ernst & Young, one of "The Big Four" accountancy firms, until his recent retirement. During his career with E&Y, Jeremy undertook a number of roles in management as well as advising clients, including acting as head of the London tax department for a number of years. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
Cllr Hugh Meares 
Hugh has been a member of College Council since 2007.
Hugh has been a Conservative Runnymede Borough Councillor for Englefield Green since 2000. He is Vice Chairman of the Borough’s IT and Housing Committees and sits on the Planning Committee. He was on the Surrey County Council Health Select Committee, where he was responsible for the scrutiny of the finances of the Strategic Health Authority and the local health trusts. He was Mayor of Runnymede in 2007-08.
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Mark joined College Council in 2010 and has been a co-opted member of the Audit and Compliance Committee since 2005.
Mark is Head of Risk Management and Business Assurance at Anglo American Plc, where he is responsible for internal audit, risk management, business integrity, compliance and insurance. He was previously Director of Risk Management for the BOC Group. He has a MBA from Henley Management College and is a Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management.
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David joined College Council in 2010.
David was a partner in Grant Thornton UK until 2005. A Chartered Accountant, he has been a DTI Inspector and has specialised in corporate finance, investigations, audit, forensic and expert witness work. He was President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, chairing their research committee, and has been a member of UK Auditing Practices Board, Chairman of the Chartered Accountants Joint Ethics Committee and Convenor of the ICAS Research Committee. He is currently Chairman of the Scottish Accountancy Trust for Education and Research. David is also a member of the Rules of Golf Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club and a Trustee and Treasurer of the health charity DEBRA.
Mrs Sarah Tyacke, CB 
Sarah is an alumna of the College (BA History, 1968 Bedford College), Honorary Fellow and Leverhulme Emeritus Research Fellow 2006-9. She has been a member of College Council since 2004.
Sarah was the Keeper of Public Records, the Historical Manuscripts Commissioner and Chief Executive of The National Archives of England and Wales until 2005. She was responsible for the construction of the new building at Kew in 1997 and the move from Chancery Lane, and for the foundation of the National Archives in 2003, which incorporated the Public Record Office and the Historical Manuscripts Commission. Previously, she was Director of Special Collections at the British Library. Her own specialism is map history. She Chairs the International Records Management Trust and the Foundation for the International Development of Archives (FIDA) for the International Council on Archives. She has also been chair of the Mount Everest Foundation and President of the Hakluyt Society. In 2010 Sarah was awarded the British Academy's President's Medal, "for signal service to the cause of the humanities and social sciences".
Ms Colette Wilson 
Colette is an alumna of the College (BA Honours Economics and Public Administration, RHUL 1993). She joined the College Council in March 2012.
Colette is a chartered accountant with 17 years experience in audit and is a member of the Chartered Instituted of Public Finance and Accountancy.
In her current role in Ernst & Young Global she is part of a small team building a single global internal audit function for Ernst & Young and she is responsible for devising and delivering the programme of internal audits. Previously in Ernst & Young she worked with a number of FTSE 50 organisations to assess the performance of their internal audit and risk functions and identify areas for improvement. Previous professional roles include European Audit Director for American Express and internal auditor, financial and IT auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Colette is an independent member of the Corporation and Chair of the Audit Committee at Richmond-upon-Thames College, Twickenham. Colette lives in Egham.
Professor Paul Layzell, Principal
Mr Daniel Lemberger Cooper, President of the Students' Union 2011-12
Mr Joseph Rayment, Student Union Chair 2011-12
Professor Clare Bradley, elected by the Academic Teaching Staff
Professor Anne Sheppard, elected by the Academic Teaching Staff
Professor Johannes Zanker, member elected by the members of the Academic Board from among the members of the Academic Board who are members of the academic teaching staff
Mr Andy Alway, elected by the Non-Academic Staff
Mr John Brannan, elected by the Non-Academic Staff
Miss Hollie White, elected by the Non-Academic Staff