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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø appoints Phil Harding as new Finance Director

4 April 2012

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø is pleased to announce that Mr Phil Harding has accepted the post of Director of Finance & Business Affairs.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø appoints Phil Harding as new Finance Director He will take up the role in late June 2012.

Phil's appointment follows an extensive search and interviews with a very strong field of candidates. He has an excellent track record in a range of organisations in the commercial sector and the NHS, as well as higher education, and he is currently Director of Finance at City University London.

Professor Malcolm Grant, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø President & Provost, said: "I am delighted that Phil has accepted this key role. Alison Woodhams, who will be retiring in July, has done an outstanding job in enabling Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø to achieve the kind of financial results we need to underpin our academic performance, and I have every confidence in Phil's ability to build on those achievements".

Phil Harding said: "Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø is a special university with exciting plans to embrace the opportunities and challenges ahead. I am thrilled to be joining at this time and look forward to working with everyone at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø."

I am thrilled to be joining at this time and look forward to working with everyone at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø.

Phil Harding

Professor Paul Curran, Vice-Chancellor of City University London, commented: "Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø is to be congratulated on its appointment of Mr Phil Harding as its next Director of Finance & Business Affairs. Phil's strong background in higher education finance, energy and leadership experience will equip him very well indeed for this role and I am delighted for him."

Phil Harding spent his early career in industry with BP and Prudential, before becoming finance director of the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust. He joined the higher education sector as Finance Director at the University of Bedfordshire before spending eight years at the University of Westminster. He joined City University London in 2009.


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