Guild Trustees

Ruth Pipkin

External Trustee & Chair of Trustee Board

23rd October 2023

Appointments Panel

Rewired PR Ltd – Managing Director and Co-Owner.

Employee of Rewired PR Ltd.

Emma Wedge

External Trustee

11th May 2020

Finance Committee

HR Committee

Employed by HMRC as a Lead Solution Consultant in the IT area.

Husband works for Fujitsu Services Ltd.

Mitali Gohel

External Trustee

6th January 2023

None.

Senior Program Manager at Amazon UK.

Development Contributor and CopFounder at Women@Tech.

Women’s Advisory Committee Member at the Chartered Management Institute.

Johnny Davis

External Trustee

20th May 2019

Engagement Committee

Finance Committee

Principal Consultant at GateOne.

Yinbo Yu

External Trustee

12th January 2022

Engagement Committee

Head of Engagement & Partnerships at UKCISA.

Erica Conway

University Representative Trustee

3rd July 2018

Finance Committee

University of Birmingham – Chief Financial Officer.

Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre Ltd – Director.

Alta Birmingham China Ltd – Director.

Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham – Trustee and Vice Chair.

Alta Estates Limited – Director.

Birmingham Global Ltd – Director.

Manufacturing Technology Centre – Audit Committee Member.

Chair of British Universities Finance Directors Group.

Michael Brown

Postgraduate Student Trustee

23rd October 2023

None.

Director of Birmingham Student Housing Co-Operative Ltd.

Teaching Excellence Panel Member at the Office for Students.

Member of the Labour Party and Co-Operative Party.

Member of the University & College Union (UCU).

Member of Unite the Union.

Simone Hawley

BAME Student Trustee

23rd October 2023

None.

Director and share holder (50%) in Griffley Property Ltd.

Dionne Enam Williams

Undergraduate Student Trustee

23rd October 2023

None.

None.