Contacting the Executive Office

The Executive Office provides professional, high quality personal and project-based support to the Vice-Chancellor & Principal, the Provost & Vice-Principal, the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Registrar & Secretary, and the Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellors.

Our responsibilities include:

  • handling all correspondence, emails, telephone calls and meetings for the VC and his senior team
  • leading on projects on behalf of the senior team
  • developing policy briefings, speech writing, preparing presentations, and providing secretarial support for University-wide groups and committees
  • organising University events.

Contact the team

To contact the team by telephone, please call +44 (0)121 414 4536.

To contact the Vice-Chancellor please email: vc@bham.ac.uk

Rebecca Lewis
Head of Executive Office
Email - r.lewis.2@bham.ac.uk

Katy Caves
Executive Support Manager
Email - k.a.caves@bham.ac.uk

Richard Charlton
Executive Support Manager
Email - r.d.charlton@bham.ac.uk

Charlotte Jones 
Senior Executive Officer to the Vice-Chancellor 
Email - c.k.jones@bham.ac.uk

Karen Archer
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor
Email - k.archer.1@bham.ac.uk

Linda Georgiou
Senior Executive Assistant to the Provost and Vice-Principal 
Email - l.georgiou@bham.ac.uk

Rachelle Tuft
Senior Executive Assistant to the Registrar
Email - r.tuft@bham.ac.uk

Freya Clarke
Executive Assistant to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research & Knowledge Transfer) 
Email - f.h.s.clarke@bham.ac.uk

Olivia Woolley 
Executive Assistant & Project Support Officer (EA to the Head of Sustainability)
Email - o.l.woolley@bham.ac.uk  

Alison Lundy will return to this post in summer 2024 (email - a.c.leonard.1@bham.ac.uk)

Chris Harris
Executive Assistant & Project Support Officer (EA to the Director of Planning and Performance Insight)
Email - c.harris.7@bham.ac.uk

Danielle Dale
Executive Assistant & Project Support Officer (EA to the Chief of Staff & Head of the Executive Office)
Email - d.a.dale@bham.ac.uk

Olivia Barnes
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Strategic Partnership)
Email - o.barnes@bham.ac.uk 

Amrit Sanghera
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) 
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion)
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Student Engagement)
Email - a.sanghera.1@bham.ac.uk

Sophie Harper
Executive Assistant to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) 
Email - s.harper.2@bham.ac.uk

Toni Sansara
Personal Assistant to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) 
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Strategic Projects)
Email - t.p.sansara@bham.ac.uk