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<h3 class="Default">Category 1, <em>ex officio</em> members (2) </h3> <ul> <li>Professor Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor</li> <li>Alexandra Baynes, Union Affairs Officer of the Students' Union</li> </ul> <h3 class="Default">Category 2, lay members (13) </h3> <ul> <li>Phillippa Hird (2028) – Chair</li> <li>Ann Barnes, BA (Hons), Diploma IHM (2026) – Deputy Chair</li> <li>David Buckley BSc (Hons), MSc (2025)</li> <li>Anna Dawe LLB (Hons), LLM, PGCE (2025)</li> <li>Deirdre Evans, BA (Hons), ACMA (2025)</li> <li>Nick Hillman, MA, PGCE (2025)</li> <li>Guy Grainger, BSc (Hons) (2026)</li> <li>Jatin Patel, MEng BA (Hons), MEng and MA (Cantab) (2027)</li> <li>Robin Phillips, BA (Hons) (2025)</li> <li>Dr Tony Raven, BSc (Hons), MSc, DPhil, MIoD, FInstP (2026)</li> </ul> <h3>Associate member</h3> <ul> <li>Natasha Traynor, BA, MBA (2025)</li> </ul> <h3 class="Default">Category 3, members of the Senate (6) </h3> <ul> <li>Professor Danielle George, MBE, CBE, BSc, MSc, PhD, CEng, FIET, FRSA, FCGI, FBCS (2025)</li> <li>Dr Reinmar Hager, MSc, PhD (2026)</li> <li>Professor Paul Mativenga, PhD, MSc, BEng Hons, FRSA (2027)</li> <li>Professor Hema Radhakrishnan, BOptom, PhD, MCOptom, PFHEA, FHEA (2026)</li> <li>Professor Fiona Smyth, BSc (Hons), PhD, FRGS (2026)</li> <li>Professor Soumhya Venkatesan, BA, MA, MPhil, PhD (2027)</li> </ul> <h3 class="Default">Category 4, members of staff other than academic or research staff (1) </h3> <ul> <li>Tom Jirat, BA (Hons) (2025)</li> </ul> <h3 class="Default">Category 5, student member (1) </h3> <ul> <li>Katie Jackson, Humanities Officer, The University of Manchester Students' Union (2025)</li> </ul> <p>The following members of the Board of Governors have declared trusteeships as follows:</p> <table> <tbody> <tr><th>Name</th><th><strong>Trusteeships</strong></th></tr> <tr> <td>Alexandra Baynes</td> <td> <p>Trustee Board Chair, The University of Manchester Students' Union</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anna Dawe</td> <td> <p>Trustee, Wigan 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