Lady Elish Frances Angiolini is a Scottish lawyer currently serving as Lord Clerk Register,the first woman to hold the role since its creation in the 13th century. Angiolini a Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford and has served as the Principal of St Hugh's College,Oxford since 2012;she was a candidate in the 2024 University of Oxford Chancellor election.
Queen Margaret University Edinburgh is a public university located wholly within the county of East Lothian on the outskirts of Musselburgh,Scotland. It is named after the Scottish Queen Saint Margaret (1045–1093).
Susan Margaret Black,Baroness Black of Strome,is a Scottish forensic anthropologist,anatomist and academic. She was the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University and is past President of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. From 2003 to 2018 she was Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology at the University of Dundee. She is President of St John's College,Oxford.
Professor Anthony Cohen,CBE,FRSE is a British social anthropologist and served as Principal &Vice Chancellor of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University.
Ursula Hilda Mary Martin is a British computer scientist,with research interests in theoretical computer science and formal methods. She is also known for her activities aimed at encouraging women in the fields of computing and mathematics. Since 2019,she has served as a professor at the School of Informatics,University of Edinburgh.
Dame Barbara Mary Kelly,is a Scottish civic activist. She is chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival,and Convener of the Crichton Foundation. She is also chair of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust.
Dame Seona Elizabeth Reid is a Scottish arts administrator who was director of the Glasgow School of Art from 1999 to 2013,and former director of the Scottish Arts Council from 1990 to 1999.
Dame Anna Felicja Dominiczak is a Polish-born British medical researcher,Regius Professor of Medicine - the first woman to hold this position,and the Chief Scientist (Health) for the Scottish Government. From 2010 to 2020,Dominiczak was the Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medical,Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow,Scotland. She is an Honorary Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist for the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board,and Health Innovation Champion for the Medical Research Council. From 2013 to 2015,Dominiczak was president of the European Society of Hypertension. She is the current Editor-in-Chief of Precision Medicine,a new journal launched in July 2023.
Dame Victoria Geraldine Bruce,,known as Vicki Bruce,is an English psychologist,Professor of Psychology and former Head of the School of Psychology at Newcastle University. She is known for her work on human face perception and person memory,including face recognition and recall by eyewitnesses and gaze. and other aspects of social cognition. She is also interested in visual cognition more generally. She was made a Dame in the 2015 Birthday Honours list.
Andrea Nolan,is Professor of Veterinary Pharmacology and formerly Principal &Vice Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University. In 1999,she was the first woman ever appointed to head a British veterinary school.
Dame Lesley Anne Glover is a Scottish biologist and academic. She was Professor of molecular biology and cell biology at the University of Aberdeen before being named Vice Principal for External Affairs and Dean for Europe. She served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission from 2012 to 2014. In 2018 she joined the Principal's senior advisory team at the University of Strathclyde.
Kathleen Janette Anderson OBE FRSE FRCC (1927–2002) was a 20th-century Scottish biochemist,highly involved in the transition of Napier College into Napier University.
Dame Anne Helen Richards is the vice chair of the investment management company Fidelity International.
Dame Sally Mapstone is a British academic who has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews since 2016.
Dame Susan Ilene Rice,Lady Rice,is a British banker,company and charity director and Chair of Scottish Water,Business Stream,North American Income Trust,and non-executive director of the Office for Budget Responsibility. In 2000 she became the first women to lead a British clearing bank.
Dame Moira Katherine Brigid Whyte is a Scottish physician and medical researcher who is the Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. She was the Director the Medical Research Council Centre for Inflammation Research and was Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Whyte is also a trustee of Cancer Research UK.
Alice Brown is a Scottish academic who is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh and Chancellor of the University of Abertay as of 2019. She was on the consultative steering group that advised on procedural aspects when the new Scottish Parliament was being set up. Her work included promoting the equal representation of women. She was the first Scottish Public Services Ombudsman,serving for two terms between 2002 and 2009,and was a member of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council 2008–2012. She was a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life 1998–2003 and was elected as the first female General Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) 2011–2013. She was chair of the Scottish Funding Council since until her term of office ended on October 2,2017.
Dame Denise Assunta Coia,was a Scottish psychiatrist and mental health advocate. Having originally trained in obstetrics,she retrained in psychiatry and spent the rest of her career working with and advocating for people in some of the most deprived communities in Scotland. She served as Vice-President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 2005 to 2010,Principal Medical Officer to the Scottish Government from 2006 to 2011,Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland from 2010 to 2018,and Convener of Children in Scotland from 2017 to 2019.
Professor Petra Wend CBE,FRSA,FRSE was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University between 2009 and 2019.
