Tony Strike is University Secretary at the University of Sheffield, UK and a member of the executive boards of the European Higher Education Society (EAIR) and the UK Higher Education Strategic Planners Association (HESPA).

Jonathan Nicholls is University Secretary at the Open University and was successively the Registrar of the University of Warwick, the University of Birmingham and the Registrary of the University of Cambridge. He was Chair of the UK's Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA).

John Rushforth is Executive Secretary of the Committee for University Chairs (CUC) and until 2014 was Deputy Vice Chancellor and Clerk to the Board of Governors at the University of the West of England.