Senior Management Team
Our Senior Management Team (SMT) are responsible for overseeing the academic and administrative leadership of the University.
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Each member has responsibility for managing different areas from strategic development to academic development.
Frances Corner, Warden
Warden, Professor Frances Corner OBE is the academic and administrative leader of Goldsmiths.
Previously Head of the London College of Fashion and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Arts London, Professor Corner brings more than 20 years’ experience in higher education leadership to Goldsmiths.
To get in touch with Frances, contact wardensoffice (@gold.ac.uk).
If you have a media request for the Warden, please contact the press office.
Jilly Court, Chief Operating Officer
Jilly is our COO, which incorporates Registrar and Secretary.
To get in touch with Jilly, contact executiveoffice (@gold.ac.uk).
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Paul Rowlett, Interim Pro-Warden Academic
Professor Paul Rowlett is responsible for strategic oversight of the College’s academic portfolio, education and the student experience, and academic staff progression and development.
Paul joined Goldsmiths in October 2022. His academic background is modern languages, and he has published several research articles and monographs on French language and linguistics. Since 2016 he has undertaken consultancy and interim leadership assignments for HE institutions including the University of Warwick, the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art and the University of West London.
David Oswell, Pro-Warden for Research, Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange
Professor David Oswell is responsible for leading the development and overseeing the implementation of Goldsmiths’ Research and Enterprise Strategy.
David joined Goldsmiths in 2001 and from 2013 to 2016 was Head of Department for Sociology. His current research interests concern the social life and history of children, childhood and children’s rights.
To get in touch with David, contact executiveoffice (@gold.ac.uk).
Adam Dinham, Head of the School of Culture and Society
Adam Dinham is Professor of Faith and Public Policy and Director of the Faiths and Civil Society Unit at Goldsmiths. He previously served as Co-Head of the Department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies from April 2020 until July 2022, and was Director of Research in the Department in the lead up to REF 2021.
Adam’s research interests focus on a social justice framing of religion and belief as a protected characteristic in equality policy and practice, particularly across health and social care and schools. He is professionally qualified in Social Work and psychotherapy.
Stephen Graham, Head of the School of Arts and Humanities
Dr Stephen Graham is Senior Lecturer in Music and was Co-Head of the Department from 2018 - 2021. Stephen is an active member of the College’s governance structures and committees, including as Chair of the Regulations Working Group.
Stephen's book, 'Sounds of the Underground', was published by University of Michigan Press in May 2016. He has a jointly authored textbook on twentieth-century music coming out on CUP in 2021, and is writing a book on noise music for Bloomsbury.
Dr Anna Carlile, Head of the School of Professional Studies, Science and Technology
Dr Anna Carlile joined SMT in October 2021, having worked at Goldsmiths for over a decade including as Head of the Department of Educational Studies. Before working here, Anna completed a PhD at the College.
Anna’s areas of research and teaching cluster around social justice and institutional prejudice – particularly on the basis of class, race, and homophobia, biphobia, or transphobia – youth voice and creative practice, inclusion, social policy and special educational needs.
Susan Edwards, Director of People and Organisational Development
Susan Edwards joined Goldsmiths as Interim Director of HR in October 2021, bringing a range of experience from different sectors including Education and Tech.
Imran Chughtai, Chief Financial Officer
Imran joined Goldsmiths in September 2021, having previously worked for Aamal Company Q.P.S.C, a publicly listed company operating within Industrials, Life Sciences and Real Estate sectors where I was Group CFO.
Prior to Aamal, Imran was Group CFO at Zuellig Pharma, Asia's largest Pharma distributor, having also worked at Huawei Technologies and Whirlpool Corporation.