17 January 2018 
Karel Thomas, Executive Director
Welcome to Peter Cross, CFO at De Montfort University and Stephen Forster at Abersytwyth University, who are now in the second week of their new jobs, and also to Eran Kochlany, who has started at Middlesex as Director of Finance to work with James Kennedy. Paul Davenport has taken over as Acting Finance Director at Manchester Metropolitan while they wait for Andrew Hewett to arrive in March. This follows John Cunningham’s “retirement” at the end of 2017. However, John’s retreat to the Lake District has been slightly delayed as he is currently MMU’s interim Director of Estates. Richard Watson has been confirmed as the Director of Finance at Plymouth Marjon University and Gerry Milne, after 35 years, boy and man at Glasgow Caledonian University, has decided to make some changes to his working life and will leave the university in April. We will have new BUFDG members in February as Stuart McKinnon-Evans starts at Bradford on 6th February and Hugh Anderson takes up his new role at SRUC at the end of the month. Sunderland are recruiting a new FD as Simon Newitt is going to be Northumbria's next Finance Director and starts there in March. Best wishes to all for success and happiness in your endeavours.
