Steve Smith

Professor Sir Steve Smith joined Unite on 1st April 2020 as a non-executive director. He has been Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Exeter since 2002 and is stepping down in August 2020. Sir Steve was the Chair of UCAS between 2012 and 2019 and serves on the Boards of Universities UK (UUK) and the Russell Group. Among other roles he is also Chair of UUK International Policy Network. Between 2007 and 2010, Sir Steve led for higher education on the Prime Minister’s National Council of Excellence in Education. Sir Steve was knighted in 2011 for services to higher education locally and nationally.