The following Professors have been elected as Proconsuls:
This follows the upcoming completion of their term of office as Consuls at the end of August 2025. Their term of office as Proconsuls will start on 1 September 2025.
Dr Elena Dieckmann and Professor Sanjeev Gupta have accepted the appointment of Academic Co-Director for Imperial Global India, with effect from 1 March 2025 for a term of three years. This is a 0.2 FTE role.
Reporting to the Vice-President (Strategic Engagement), the Academic Co-Directors will provide strategic vision, direction and leadership to the hub.
Professor Kevin Corley has accepted a three-year extension to his term as Head of the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Imperial College Business School, starting from 1 August 2025.
Professor James Sefton has accepted the appointment of Head of the Department of Finance at Imperial College Business School, with effect from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2028.
Professor Eduardo Andrade has accepted the appointment of Head of the Department of Analytics, Marketing and Operations at Imperial College Business School, with effect from 1 September 2025 to 31 July 2028.
Professor Anna Korre has accepted the appointment of Associate Provost (Sustainability) with effect from 1 May 2025, for an initial term of five years. The role will be part-time at 0.5 FTE.
Reporting to the Provost, the Associate Provost (Sustainability) will act as a champion for sustainability across Imperial, engaging with senior leaders to drive cultural change. Together with the Director of Sustainability, Harriet Wallace, the Associate Provost (Sustainability) will co-lead the development of the current Sustainability Strategy and activities outlined in the Sustainable Imperial initiative, and the development of the next strategy.
Professor Ann Muggeridge, Chair in Subsurface Physics, has been elected as Senior Consul from 1 September 2025 until 31 August 2026. This is in succession of Professor Jonathan Mestel who will have served as Senior Consul for three terms. Professor Muggeridge will stand down as a Proconsul once she takes up the role of Senior Consul.
Professor Rafael Palacios has accepted appointment as Head of the Department of Aeronautics with effect from 1 October 2025, for a term of five years.
Dr Ana Costa-Pereira has accepted a three-year extension to her term as Director of the Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication (CLCC) from 1 July 2025.
Reporting to the Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience), in this role Dr Costa-Pereira is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction for an exciting range of provision designed to broaden Imperial students’ perspectives, give new context to their disciplinary knowledge and allow them to share their expertise for the benefit of society. Focusing on humanities, languages, change makers, and science communication, some of these programmes are also open to staff and members of the public.
Imperial is pleased to announce the title of Regius Professor of Infectious Disease has been conferred on Professor Wendy Barclay with immediate effect. She has been appointed in succession to the first holder of the Regius Professorship, Emeritus Professor David Holden.