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 Cheryl de la Rey** - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Vice-Chair: Professor Colin Riordan** - Cardiff University, UK
Honorary Treasurer: Professor Feridun Hamdullahpur*** - formerly the University of Waterloo, Canada
- Professor Abiodun H. Adebayo* - Covenant University, Nigeria
- 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 Sir Hilary Beckles* - The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
- Professor Shalini Bharat* – Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
- Professor Amanda Broderick** – University of East London, UK
- Professor Wim de Villiers** – Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Professor Barney Glover AO* - Western Sydney University, Australia
- Professor Tawana Kupe* – University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Professor Rhonda L Lenton** – York University, Canada
- Senior Professsor Sudantha Liyanage* - University of Sri Jayewardenpura, Sri Lanka
- Professor Barnabas Nawangwe* – Makerere University, Uganda
- Dr Sandeep Sancheti* - Marwadi University, India
- Professor Dato' Ir Dr. Mohd Hamdi Abd Shukor*** – University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Professor Wendy Thomson CBE* - University of London, UK
* Member in 1st Term of Office
**Member in 2nd Term of Office
*** Co-opted
Executive Committee
- Chair: Professor Cheryl de la Rey, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Professor Feridun Hamdullahpur***, formerly the University of Waterloo, Canada
- Professor Colin Riordan – Cardiff University, UK
- Professor Deep Saini– Dalhousie University, Canada
- Professor Wim de Villiers – Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Professor Barnabas Nawangwe* – Makerere University, Uganda
- Professor Pal Ahluwalia* – University of the South Pacific, Fiji
- Dr Sandeep Sancheti* - Marwadi University, India
- Dr Rhonda L Lenton* – York University, Canada
Audit and Risk Committee
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- Chair: Professor Amanda Broderick – University of East London, UK
- Graeme Appleby – The British Academy, UK
- Engr Ahmed Farooq Bazai**- Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences, Pakistan
- Professor Dhanjay Jhurry** – University of Mauritius
- Professor Tawana Kupe* – University of Pretoria, South Africa
Find out more about the role and functions of our Council and what being a Council member entails.
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