Council is made up of a majority of independent members as well as staff and student members.

Ex officio

Name	Role	End of current term of office
Patrick Younge	Chair	31/12/2025
Jan Juillerat	Vice-Chair	31/07/2024
Professor Colin Riordan	Vice-Chancellor
Professor Damian Walford Davies	Deputy Vice-Chancellor	31/07/2024

Lay members

Name	Role	End of current term of office
Judith Fabian	Lay member	31/07/2024
Professor Dame Janet Finch	Lay member	31/07/2025
Michael Hampson	Lay member	31/07/2024
Chris Jones	Lay member	31/12/2023
Jan Juillerat	Lay member/Vice-Chair of Council	31/07/2023
Dr Joanna Newman	Lay member	31/07/2023
Suzanne Rankin	Lay member	27/04/2025
Dr Pretty Sagoo	Lay member	31/12/2023
David Selway	Lay member	31/07/2025
John Shakeshaft	Lay member	31/07/2025
Agnes Xavier-Phillips	Lay member	31/07/2024
Jennifer Wood	Lay member	31/07/2025
Patrick Younge	Lay member/Chair of Council	31/12/2025

College Pro Vice-Chancellor

Name	Department	End of current term of office
Professor Rudolf Allemann	College of Physical Sciences and Engineering	31/07/2023

Head of School

Name	Department	End of current term of office
Professor Rachel Ashworth	Cardiff Business School	31/07/2023

Member of Academic Staff (excluding those from the Professional Services)

Name	Department	End of current term of office
Professor Marc Buehner	School of Psychology	31/07/2023

Members of Professional Services staff

Name	Department	End of current term of office
Jeremy Lewis	University IT	31/07/2025
Paul Baston	Security Services	31/07/2023

Student members

Name	Role	End of current term of office
Gina Dunn	President of the Students' Union	30/06/2023
Angie Flores	Vice President Postgraduate	30/06/2023

Secretary

Name	Role
Rashi Jain	University Secretary and General Counsel