Registrar and Deputy Chief Executive

David Allen, OBE, BA, MEd (Wales)

David Allen OBE has been Registrar and Deputy Chief Executive of the University of Exeter since 2009, having been Registrar and Secretary since 2003.  He is responsible for the effective and efficient operations and governance of the University, and deputises for the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive as necessary.  He previously held similar positions at the universities ofBirminghamandNottingham.

In December 2008 he was appointed a member of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW). He was also a member of the Leadership, Governance and Management Committee of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. David also served on the Board of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (2004-2010) and chaired its Audit Committee.  In the South West he is a Board member of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership and from 2006-9 chaired a Steering Group of partners to plan and fund Exeter Science Park. He is a non-executive Director of South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

He is the only person to have chaired both the Association of University Administrators (AUA) 1998-2000 and the Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA) 2003-2006.  He was a member of the Higher Education Regulatory Review Group (2006-2008).  He was a Foundation Governor of the King Edward VI Schools Foundation (1998-2003) and chaired the Russell Group Registrars’ meetings from its inauguration in 2001.

David was awarded an OBE for services to higher education in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List.

Contact: Sophie Hewitt (Executive PA)