Dr Michael Spence has been UCL’s President and Provost since January 2021. He is a long-standing champion of universities as crucibles for debate and dialogue, and an established voice on fostering constructive discussion around challenging issues. Recognised internationally as a leader in the field of intellectual property theory, he holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford and has a BA with first-class honours in English, Italian and Law from the University of Sydney.

Achala is a cultural historian, novelist, playwright and former civil servant. Born in 1941 in Calcutta, India, Achala studied in the USA, UK and Italy.

Catriona is Head of Collections at UCL.

Anna is the Curator of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, UCL, with over two decades of work experience for Local Authority, National and University museums in the UK.

Dan is an associate professor of public policy at University College London's School of Public Policy/Department of Political Science, and an associate professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy.

Goksu Danaci was Students' Union UCL President for the academic year 2024-25.

Michael is a Lecturer (Teaching) in the department of Biochemical Engineering, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Professor Sir John Hardy is the Chair of Molecular Biology of Neurological Disease at the UCL Institute of Neurology with over 23,000 citations. In recognition of his exceptional contributions to science, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2009. In 2022 he was awarded a Knighthood in New Year’s honours in recognition of contributions to human health and dementia research.