
LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FINANCE COMMITTEE 
 
14 November 2013 
 
M I N U T E S 
 
PRESENT: 
 
Mr Simon Melliss (Chair) 
 
Professor Michael Arthur (President and Provost) 
Mr Ven Balakrishnan 
Dr Stephanie Bird 
Dr Ben Booth 
Mr Mark Clarke 
Professor Sue Hamilton 
Dr Gill Samuels 
Professor Alan Smith 
Professor Alan Thompson 
Sir Stephen Wall 
 
In attendance: Ms Nicola Arnold (Director, Financial Control and Analysis); Professor Steve 
Caddick (Vice-Provost (Enterprise)); Mr Andrew Grainger (Director of UCL Estates); Mr Phil 
Harding (Director of Finance and Business Affairs); Miss Valerie Hogg (Director, Financial 
Planning and Strategy); Mr Rex Knight (Vice-Provost (Operations)); Mr Nick McGhee 
(Secretary to Finance Committee).      
 
Apologies for absence were received from Mr Mohammed Zayyan Butt, Dr Liam Graham and 
Mr John Morgan. 
 
 
  
  Key to abbreviations used in these Minutes: 
 
 ASSUR  Annual Sustainability Assurance Report 
 FC    Finance Committee 
  FEC  full economic costing   
  HEFCE  Higher Education Funding Council for England   
  P&L   profit and loss statement 
  REF  Research Excellence Framework   
  SMT  Senior Management Team 
  SORP  Statement of Recommended Practice 
 THE  Times Higher Education   
  UCLU   UCL (students’) Union