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University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
The University of Oxford is the statutory civil corporation legally named The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford, formally incorporated by the 1571 Act for Incorporation of Both Universities. It is an exempt charity under the Charities Act 2011, regulated principally by the Office for Students, and has no Royal Charter or Charity Commission registration number. Its legal, academic and investment identity is distinct from the technology-transfer subsidiary Oxford University Innovation, the independent investment company Oxford Science Enterprises, Oxford University Innovation Fund and Oxford Seed Fund. Oxford conducts and translates research in artificial intelligence, computing, engineering, quantum technologies, biomedical science and neuroscience. Its October 2026 senior officer roster includes Chancellor William Hague, Vice-Chancellor and anaesthetic-neuroscience professor Irene Tracey, and seven portfolio Pro-Vice-Chancellors. Heidi Johansen-Berg leads Strategic Initiatives and researches brain plasticity; biomedical engineer Constantin Coussios leads Innovation. The profile covers published university senior officers and the dated July 24, 2026 leadership reporting chart, with September 2026 appointments reconciled against the current roster, rather than every university employee. The University can own founding equity and make actual follow-on company investments. Its policy generally allocates founding equity 80% to the founding team and 20% to the University, with some 90:10 cases, before fundraising and without anti-dilution protection; this policy is not proof of a particular company cash check or an unchanged present ownership percentage. Oxford Science Enterprises receives part of applicable university founding stakes under a separate partnership. Oxford Endovascular explicitly names the University itself as an actual following investor in its April 2021 Series A and May 2024 Series A+ rounds. Those issuer-confirmed investments are recorded under this institutional identity without duplicate subsidiary or personal-officer attribution. University budgets, endowment assets, spinout portfolio valuation, fundraising across its spinout ecosystem and grants received for academic research are not private LP venture-fund closes. No undisclosed institution ticket or blanket cash portfolio is inferred.
Team
Alex VincentDivisional Registrar, Humanities (published July 24, 2026) |
 Alexander BettsPro-Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement, Sport and Community) |
Alexander SturgisDirector of Ashmolean Museum (published July 24, 2026) |
Alison MacDonaldInterim Head, Department for Continuing Education (published July 24, 2026) |
Andrew MackieDirector of Legal Services and General Counsel (published July 24, 2026) |
Antony WillottDirector of Planning and Council Secretariat (published July 24, 2026) |
Aziz SheikhPro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
Bríd CroninDivisional Registrar, Social Sciences (published July 24, 2026) |
Chris PriceDivisional Registrar, Medical Sciences (published July 24, 2026) |
 Constantin CoussiosPro-Vice-Chancellor (Innovation) |
 Dan GrimleyHead of Humanities Division (published July 24, 2026) |
 David DoylePro-Vice-Chancellor (People and Culture) |
David WhiteChief Digital and Information Officer (published July 24, 2026) |
 Freya JohnstonPro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) |
 Gavin ScreatonHead of Medical Sciences Division (published July 24, 2026) |
Gavin SvensonDirector of Oxford University Museum of Natural History (published July 24, 2026) |
Gillian HamnettDeputy Academic Registrar, Strategic Business Change; Interim Proctors’ Office (published July 24, 2026) |
 Heidi Johansen-BergPro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Initiatives) |
Iain CritchlowInterim Director of Estates (published July 24, 2026) |
 Irene TraceyVice-Chancellor |
Jackie HoyleDeputy Academic Registrar, Education Services (published July 24, 2026) |
James ColmanDirector of Communications (published July 24, 2026) |
James NaismithHead of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (published July 24, 2026) |
Jennifer PaynePro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
Jonathan MichiePro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
Judith BuchananPro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
Laura van BroekhovenDirector of Pitt Rivers Museum (published July 24, 2026) |
Liesl ElderChief Development and Alumni Engagement Officer (published July 24, 2026) |
Lindsay RudgeDivisional Registrar and Chief Operating Officer, Gardens, Libraries and Museums (published July 24, 2026) |
 Lionel TarassenkoPro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
Lorna ThomsonDirector of Research Services (published July 24, 2026) |
Lukasz BohdanDirector of Assurance (published July 24, 2026) |
Mark E SmithPro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resources) |
Markos KoumaditisDirector of Human Resources (published July 24, 2026) |
Michael JacobsPro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
 Nigel ShadboltPro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
 Professor Helen MoorePro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
 Professor Patrick GrantPro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) |
Richard OvendenHead of Gardens, Libraries and Museums; Bodley’s Librarian (published July 24, 2026) |
Saira ShaikhAcademic Registrar (published July 24, 2026) |
Sarah FootPro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
Silke AckermannDirector of History of Science Museum (published July 24, 2026) |
 Simon BoddieChief Financial Officer (published July 24, 2026) |
Simon HiscockDirector of Botanic Garden (published July 24, 2026) |
Stephen ConwayInterim Registrar |
Sue BlackPro-Vice-Chancellor without portfolio |
Tim SoutphommasaneChief Diversity Officer (published July 24, 2026) |
 Timothy PowerHead of Social Sciences Division (published July 24, 2026) |
Tracy GaleDivisional Registrar, Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (published July 24, 2026) |
 William HagueChancellor |
