Simon Gaskell currently serves as Chair of the Board of Governors at the University of Plymouth since September 2022 and has held the position of Chair at The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education since March 2019. Gaskell is also a member of the Advisory Board at Halpin since November 2018. Previously, Gaskell was President and Principal at Queen Mary University of London from October 2009 to August 2017 and served as Vice President for Research at the University of Manchester from 2006 to 2009.