The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is a UK-registered charity incorporated by Royal Charter.
The ACU Council is our governing body and is responsible for overseeing the organisation’s activities and determining its future strategic direction. Council members also act as our Trustees.
The Council is made up of a maximum of 23 members, who are vice-chancellors of ACU member universities from across the Commonwealth, elected by their peers within the ACU membership network.
Our current Council members are:
Chair: Professor Sir Edward Byrne AC***, King’s College London, UK
Vice-Chair: Professor Colin Riordan**, – Cardiff University, UK
Honorary Treasurer: Professor Stuart Corbridge*** – Durham University, UK
- Professor Dr Francis W. O. Aduol* – Technical University of Kenya, Kenya
- Professor Pal Ahluwalia* – University of the South Pacific, Fiji
- Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman* – University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Professor S A Ariadurai* – Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
- Engr Ahmed Farooq Bazai**- Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences, Pakistan
- Professor Shalini Bharat* – Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
- Professor Amanda Broderick* – University of East London, UK
- Professor Cheryl de la Rey* – University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Professor Wim de Villiers** – Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Professor Dhanjay Jhurry** – University of Mauritius
- Professor Tawana Kupe* – University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Dr Rhonda L. Lenton* – York University, Canada
- Professor Barnabas Nawangwe* – Makerere University, Uganda
- Professor Suhas Pednekar* – University of Mumbai, India
- Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng* – University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Dr Sandeep Sancheti* - SRM Institute of Science & Technology, India
- Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye** – The University for Development Studies, Ghana
* Member in 1st Term of Office
**Member in 2nd Term of Office
*** Co-opted
Executive Committee
- Chair: Professor Sir Edward Byrne AC – King's College London, UK
- Professor Stuart Corbridge – Durham University, UK
- Professor Colin Riordan – Cardiff University, UK
- Professor Deep Saini– Dalhousie University, Canada
Audit and Risk Committee
- Chair: Professor Amanda Broderick – University of East London, UK
- Graeme Appleby – The British Academy, UK
- Professor Wim de Villiers – Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Find out more about the role and functions of our Council and what being a Council member entails.
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