Alex was appointed to the Board in September 2014 and is a member of the Finance and Standards Committee and the Capital Project Committee.
Alex graduated from Cambridge University with a PhD in 1990. He was appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Southampton in October 2012, and University Vice-President in 2016; in this role he leads the development and implementation of the University’s education strategy.
He has previously held academic appointments at Universities in the UK and USA.
Alex is a Member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and other memberships include British Philosophical Association, American Philosophical Association and American Society for Aesthetics.