{"id":418,"date":"2024-10-31T16:26:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/?p=418"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:26:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:26:46","slug":"vice-president-strategic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/2024\/10\/31\/vice-president-strategic-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice-President (Strategic Engagement)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Amanda Wolthuizen has accepted appointment as Vice-President (Strategic Engagement), with effect from 28 October 2024. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reporting to the President, in this role Amanda will be responsible for the development and implementation of Imperial\u2019s Strategy, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/strategy\">Science for Humanity<\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. This includes the development of our international strategy and operations, and the implementation of Imperial\u2019s government relations and stakeholder engagement strategy. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The International Relations Office will therefore now report to Amanda, together with the Public Affairs team, the Imperial Policy Forum and the Institutional Events team. Together these teams will now form the Strategic Engagement Division. Amanda will continue as Chief of Staff to the President.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Amanda joined Imperial in 2017 as Head of Public Affairs before being appointed Chief of Staff to the President and Director of Public Affairs in 2018. Prior to joining Imperial, Amanda held senior communications and external affairs roles at a Westminster think tank and the Russell Group, and she was previously a broadcast journalist producing a range of documentary, political and current affairs programming including the UK\u2019s first General Election Debate. She started her career working in policy and adviser roles in the Australian and UK Parliaments. Amanda is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and is a member of the Mayor\u2019s Grow London Advisory Board. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Amanda graduated from Monash University, Australia with a double degree in Law and Politics.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Wolthuizen has accepted appointment as Vice-President (Strategic Engagement), with effect from 28 October 2024. \u00a0 Reporting to the President, in this role Amanda will be responsible for the development and implementation of Imperial\u2019s Strategy, Science for Humanity. 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