Governance

The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is governed by its member institutions through an elected Council. As the ACU is a UK-registered charity, Council members also act as its Trustees.

The ACU Council comprises up to 23 members: 20 elected Council members, up to two co-opted Council members and, if the Honorary Treasurer is co-opted rather than elected, the Honorary Treasurer.

ACU Council

Chair: Professor Jan Thomas, Massey University, New Zealand
Vice-Chair: Professor Cheryl de la Rey, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Honorary Treasurer: Professor James McWha, formerly University of Rwanda

• Professor Edward Oben Ako – University of Maroua, Cameroon
• Professor Vasanthy Arasaratnam – University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
• Professor Arun Diwaker Nath Bajpai – Himachal Pradesh University, India
• Engr Ahmed Farooq Bazai – Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Pakistan
• Professor Rahamon A Bello – University of Lagos, Nigeria
• Professor Paul Boyle – University of Leicester, UK
• Professor Amit Chakma – Western University, Canada
• Professor Stuart Corbridge – Durham University, UK
• Professor Dato' Mohd Amin Jalaludin – University of Malaya, Malaysia
• Professor Romeela Mohee – formerly University of Mauritius
• Professor Mahbubar Rahman – Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh
• Professor Idris Rai – State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Professor Deep Saini – University of Canberra, Australia
• Professor Ranbir Singh – National Law University, Delhi, India
• Professor Christina Slade – Bath Spa University, UK

ACU Senior Management Team

• Dr Joanna Newman, Chief Executive and Secretary General
• Dr John Kirkland, Deputy Secretary General
• The Revd Keith Stephenson, Director of Finance and Resources
• Dr Jonathan Jenkins, Director of Scholarships
• Ben Prasadam-Halls, Director of Programmes