Professor Adam Tickell joined the board in April 2024. He is also a member of the Investment Committee.
With a career spanning more than 20 years – starting as a Research Assistant at the University of Manchester in 1989 – Professor Tickell has extensive executive experience of working in the UK’s Higher Education sector.
He has been Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Birmingham since January 2022 and was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex between 2016 and 2021.
Professor Tickell was a member of UCEA’s Board and Chair of the Employers Pensions Forum – an advisory body to the UUK Board on USS pensions, made up of Finance Directors, HR Directors, Registrars, Vice Chancellors, and other USS stakeholders –from 2018 to 2024.
He was appointed as a non-executive director at the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology in November 2024.