Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Business Engagement and Innovation)

Stuart Brocklehurst is Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Business Engagement and Innovation, working with businesses, civil society, government and international bodies to translate the University’s research and education into practical change in the world. In addition, he serves as Director of Green Futures Solutions, which delivers projects relating to our world-leading work on climate change and biodiversity.

Stuart started his career in banking, holding roles with Barclays in the UK and Africa, then as Senior Vice President for Digital Commerce at Visa International CEMEA leading the adoption of new business models and technologies. Following a period as a Partner at consultancy Carbon, Stuart joined Amadeus in support of its IPO and served as Group Communications Director after the flotation. He went on to run his own business developing AI systems up to its sale in 2022.

Stuart is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, the Royal Society of Arts, and the British Computer Society, a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, a Chartered IT Professional, a Chartered Manager, a Freeman of the City of London, and holds a degree in theology from Oxford.

He has served on numerous company boards, as an FE college governor, on the synod and Bishop’s Council of the Diocese of Exeter, and as a Leadership Fellow of Exeter Business School.

Stuart is Chair of the Exeter Science Centre Advisory Board and Vice Chair of the Great South West Pan Regional Partnership. He is a member of the boards of SETsquared, GW4 and the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste, the South West Investment Fund’s Strategic Advisory Board, several groups related to the Devon and Torbay County Combined Authority, the Executive Committee of parliament’s Rural Economy Research Group and the Selection Committee for the Zayed Sustainability Prize.

Stuart is one of His Majesty's Deputy Lieutenants for Devon, supporting the Lord-Lieutenant in his work representing The King within the county.