Lee Sanders is the University’s Registrar and Secretary. There are 3 aspects to his role:
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He leads the University’s unified administration and the Corporate Services report to him. In other sectors the nearest equivalent is the Chief Operating Officer.
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He is a member of the University Executive Board and is involved in University strategy and policy and providing advice to the Vice-Chancellor and other senior colleagues.
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As Secretary to the Senate and Council Lee is responsible for University governance.
Corporate Services employ over 2,000 staff and have a combined budget of £132m. Lee is keen to ensure Corporate Services and the Colleges work as a unified administration. To this end he chairs the Registrar's Leadership Group, which comprises the Directors of Corporate Services and the Directors of College Operations.
Lee joined Birmingham as Registrar and Secretary in October 2008 and has 21 years experience of management in Higher Education. After obtaining a BA degree followed by postgraduate research at the University of Manchester, he held a range of management posts at the University of Warwick from 1990–2003. These included Director of Research and Development Services (1997–99) and Academic Registrar (1999-2003). He then moved to the post of Registrar and Secretary at the University of Durham from 2003-2008.
Lee is Honorary Secretary and member of the Executive Committee of the UK Association of Heads of University Administration. He has served as director of a number of university companies. He is a regular contributor to national and international conferences, reviews and development programmes.