“The Rosalind Franklin programme allowed me to resource the strategy to scale nursing leadership in General Practice in alignment with my vision and evolve collaboratively with my team and within my network.”

Our strategy

Matt Gee is Arden University’s Chief Financial Officer with 28 years’ experience in high growth B2C and B2B businesses. He has a proven track record of driving revenue & profit growth, achieving significant working capital improvements and managing M&A transactions.

Matt joined Arden University in 2018 and prior to this was the International Chief Financial Officer with Prince Corporation, a high growth PE backed business where he lead on and integrated acquisitions in South Africa, Belgium, Italy, and Germany. 

Vitaly Klopot is Arden University’s Chief Commercial and Innovation Officer, overseeing the objectives and implementations of all commercial strategies. With over a decade’s experience in higher education, he specialises in online learning, digital transformation, and international marketing for education technology. 

Steve is a highly experienced university administration professional, with a deep understanding of the Higher Education sector developed over 25 years. He has spent his entire career in Higher Education roles, spanning the full breadth of university functions including Faculty, Strategy, Planning, Student Experience, Inclusion, Registry, Quality and Standards, Governance, Compliance, Information Technology, Estates, and numerous strategic projects. He is relentless in ensuring high quality standards and cares deeply about the integrity of Higher Education.

Tracie Greenhalgh leads our highly talented and specialist team of professionals across all disciplines of our People Team, including reward and well-being, talent acquisition, diversity and inclusion, organisational development, generalists, and internal communications.

Tracie began her career as a policewoman before transitioning to human resources where she has spent over 25 years working across a variety of sectors. She firmly believes in a people before process approach, encouraging wholehearted leadership to enable individuals to shine.

Professor Ashraf Jawaid OBE is the Chief Executive Officer, International Partnerships for Global University Systems. He leads development initiatives across the network and heads Transnational Education and Partnerships for Arden University. He was Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire, responsible for Home, EU and International Recruitment and Associate Dean of Engineering at Coventry University. Professor Jawaid earned his MA in Production Management from Birmingham University and his PhD from the University of Warwick, where he then continued for 12 years.

Professor Carl Lygo is a barrister, a Diplock Scholar, a Blackstone scholar and a Professor of English Common Law.

He has been a member of faculty at the University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University, London Guildhall University, City University London and the University of East Anglia. For his ground-breaking work in establishing BPP Law School as a leading professional law school, he was included in the UK's 'Hot 100 Lawyers' list by The Lawyer magazine.