
Edward Peck
Vice-Chancellor and President of Nottingham Trent University

Professor Peck was raised in Skelmersdale in Lancashire and attended Ormskirk Grammar School. He was only the second member of his family to attend university.
He graduated from the University of Bristol with a BA in Philosophy in 1981, the first step in his lifelong engagement with further and higher education. His second was a Diploma in Personnel Management at what was then Bristol Polytechnic where he learnt to appreciate the career benefits of vocational education and which led to him to being recruited onto the National Health Service (NHS) graduate management training scheme in 1982.
Over the next few years he studied for a Diploma in Health Services Management through a correspondence course (the distance learning of its day) and a part-time Masters in Social Policy and Administration at the University of Nottingham.
It was his first substantive job in the NHS – based at Mapperley Hospital – that brought him to Nottingham, and after a number of senior posts in Newcastle he joined the Centre for Mental Health Services Development in 1992 based at King’s College London, becoming Director in 1994.
In October 2002, Professor Peck moved to the University of Birmingham as Director of the Health Services Management Centre and subsequently became Head of the School of Public Policy in 2006. He was appointed Head of the College of Social Sciences in January 2008.
He joined Nottingham Trent University as Vice-Chancellor on 1 August 2014, since when, as The Sunday Times Good University Guide put it recently, the University “is enjoying a period of unprecedented success”. It was this same guide’s Modern University of the Year in 2018, the Times Higher Education University of the Year in 2017, and The Guardian University of the Year in 2019.
Beyond the University, Professor Peck is a Trustee of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association and Deputy Chair of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. He was a member of the Post-18 Fees and Funding – aka Augar – Review and is an elected member of the Board of Universities UK. He is also a member of the Nottingham Growth Board as well as the Board of the Midlands Development Corporation. In July 2020 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Professor Peck was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours List for Services to Higher Education.

Our Board
Our board is a team of individuals with broad experience across the business, public and community sectors. They are supported by an unrivalled network of advisory boards covering Business & Innovation and People & Skills.
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David Williams
Geldards LLP
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Cllr Chris Emmas-Williams
Leader of Amber Valley Borough Council
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Cllr Carolyn Renwick
Derbyshire County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Environment
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Natasha Johnson
Director of Partnerships at Global Entrepreneurs UK
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Cllr Matthew Relf
Executive Lead Regeneration and Planning, Ashfield District Council
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Becky Rix
Owner and Marketing Director of Roadgas Limited
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Tony Tinley
Trade Union Official, Unite the Union
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Dr Glenn Crocker, MBE DPhil
Executive Director, Pioneer Group
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Mandie Stravino OBE
Chief Executive Officer of Derby College
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Graham Cartledge
Chairman of Handley House
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Tim Freeman
Deputy Managing Director Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) LTD.
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Scott Knowles
Chief Executive at East Midlands Chamber
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Edward Peck
Vice-Chancellor and President of Nottingham Trent University
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Viv Russell
Chief Executive of the Minerals Products Qualifications Council and President of the Institute of Quarrying
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Councillor David Mellen
Leader of the Nottingham City Council
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Councillor Keith Girling
Deputy Leader of Newark & Sherwood District Council
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Cllr Baggy Shanker
Leader of Derby City Council
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Elizabeth Fagan CBE
Chair
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Cllr Jo White
Bassetlaw District Council
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Cllr John Clarke
Gedling Borough Council
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Cllr Tricia Gilby
Chesterfield Borough Council
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Jo Bradley-Fortune
Nottinghamshire YMCA
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Cllr Matthew Holmes
Derby City Council
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Cllr Richard Jackson
Nottinghamshire County Council
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Cllr Sam Webster
Nottingham City Council
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Cllr Carole Hart
Erewash Borough Council
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David Williams
Geldards LLP
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Chris Hobson
East Midlands Chamber of Commerce
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Nick Booth
Uniper
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Ian Bond
Inspire (Inclusion Rep)
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James Brand
United Cast Bar
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Joe Battye
Derbyshire County Council
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Nicola Caley
Murray Park School
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Julie Beresford
Bassetlaw District Council
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Owen Harvey
Nottingham City Council
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Jason Austin
RNN Group
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Pauline Anderson
Derby City Council
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Liz Wigley
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
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Mike Firth
Education and Skills Funding Agency
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Sharon Hutley
Nottingham Trent University
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Sonia Smith
Nottinghamshire County Council
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Mike Roylance
South Derbyshire District Council
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Veronica Dennant
Newark and Sherwood District Council
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Penny Halewood
Groundwork Greater Nottinghamshire
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Julian Bowrey
Innovate UK
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Allison Westray-Chapman
Derbyshire County Council
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Alex Ford
CT Skills (Inclusion Rep)
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Keith Cox
Bloc Digital
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Ben Sumner
University of Nottingham
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Lewis Stringer
British Business Park
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Martin Rigley
Lindhurst Engineering
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Charlotte Horobin
Make UK
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Claire Twells
Smith Partnership
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Natalie Gasson-Mckinley
FSB
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Clinton Walker
Security Aware (Inclusion Rep)
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Mike Epton
Centre for Management and Business Development
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Darren Clarke
Medilink
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Nicola Swaney
Rolls Royce
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David Bee
Uniper
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Paul Eeles
IOD
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Jeremy Hague
NTU
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John Collins
Professional Coaching Alliance LTD
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Stephen Jackson
Marketing NG
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Rachel Hayward
Ask the Chameleon
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Ian Harrison
DIT
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John Forkin
Marketing Derby
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Huw Bowen
Chesterfield BC (D2 Districts)
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Jo Dilley
MPDD
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Gareth O’Donovan
Derby CC
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Warren Manning
University of Derby
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Emma Knight-Strong
Green Arch Consultancy
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Robert Dixon
Nottingham QC
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Dominic Stevens
Destination Sheffield
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David Wright
BEIS
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Richard Blackmore
CBI
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Diane Beresford
EM Chamber

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