Prof Will Foster appointed to Advance HE Leadership and Management Strategic Advisory Group

Congratulations to Will Foster, a very vibrant member of the Leadership and Leadership Development SIG who has recently been appointed to the Advance HE Leadership and Management Strategic Advisory Group. 

The group, made up of 12 individuals drawn from Advance HE member institutions, is chaired by Shân Wareing, Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Northampton, and will help shape Advance HE’s work in continuing to develop confident and capable leaders, equipping them to respond to current and future sector challenges. The advisory group will help to identify current and emerging strategic leadership and management issues, challenges and opportunities, will scrutinise Advance HE’s priority and operational plans, and will act as a sounding board for policy and programme development, helping to determine development priorities.

Brief Bio: Will Foster is Professor of Leadership and Director of MBA and Executive Programmes with Keele Business School. Prior to joining Higher Education, Will had a rich career in the commercial sector including nine years as a senior consultant working with a diverse range of clients from CEOs and Directors of global corporates to local SME business owners. For the past 15 years he has also served as a volunteer Director on various charitable boards. Will is Principal Fellow of the HEA and a member of BAM’s leadership special interest group.