Contacting the Executive Office

The Executive Office provides professional, high quality personal and project-based support to the Vice-Chancellor & Principal, the Provost & Vice-Principal, the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Registrar & Secretary, and the Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellors.

Our responsibilities include:

  • handling all correspondence, emails, telephone calls and meetings for the VC and his senior team
  • leading on projects on behalf of the senior team
  • developing policy briefings, speech writing, preparing presentations, and providing secretarial support for University-wide groups and committees
  • organising University events.

Contact the team

To contact the team by telephone, please call +44 (0)121 414 4536.

To contact the Vice-Chancellor please email: vc@bham.ac.uk

Rebecca Lewis
Head of Executive Office
Email - r.lewis.2@bham.ac.uk

Katy Caves
Executive Support Manager
Email - k.a.caves@bham.ac.uk

Richard Charlton
Executive Support Manager
Email - r.d.charlton@bham.ac.uk

Aqeela Akhtar 
Senior Executive Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor (Maternity Cover)
Email - a.akhtar.2@bham.ac.uk

Elizabeth Grantham
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor
Email - e.g.grantham@bham.ac.uk

Caroline Mitchell-Wise
Senior Executive Assistant to the Provost and Vice-Principal 
Senior Executive Assistant to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International)
Email - c.e.mitchell-wise@bham.ac.uk

Clare Hope
Senior Executive Assistant to the Registrar
Email - c.hope@bham.ac.uk

Hayley Tucker
Executive Assistant to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research & Knowledge Transfer) 
Email - h.tucker.1@bham.ac.uk

Alison Lundy
Executive Assistant & Project Support Officer
(EA to the Head of Sustainability, Chief of Staff and Head of the Executive Office)
Email - a.c.leonard.1@bham.ac.uk

Eben Gutteridge 
Executive Assistant & Project Support Officer (EA to the Director of Planning and Performance Insight)
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education Policy and Learning Innovation)
Email - e.n.gutteridge@bham.ac.uk

Danielle Dale
Executive Assistant & Project Support Officer
(EA to the Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Regional Engagement)
Email - d.a.dale@bham.ac.uk

Amrit Sanghera
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion)
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Student Engagement)
Personal Assistant to the Academic Director of Digital Education and Equity
Email - a.sanghera.1@bham.ac.uk

Sophie Harper
Executive Assistant to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) 
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education Policy and Academic Standards)
Email - s.harper.2@bham.ac.uk

Toni Sansara
Personal Assistant to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International)
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Impact)
Personal Assistant to the Academic Director of Sustainability
Email - t.p.sansara@bham.ac.uk

Charlotte Hastings 
Project Support Officer
Email - c.a.c.hastings@bham.ac.uk