Governance and company information

Company overview

Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited (HESA) is a not-for-profit private limited company owned by its members. The members are Universities UK and GuildHE. HESA is funded by subscriptions from the higher education providers from whom we collect data.

HESA has a wholly owned subsidiary: HESA Services Limited. This is our commercial arm. The profit that we make through our bespoke data, training and consultancy services is used to keep the subscription rates for higher education providers low.

Company details

Directors of Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited

Appointed by Members

Paul Clark (Chief Executive)

Appointed by the Universities UK

• Professor Simon Gaskell (Queen Mary University of London) (Chair)
• Professor Mark Smith (Lancaster University)
• Professor Chris Husbands (Sheffield Hallam University)

Appointed by GuildHE

• Professor John Last (Norwich University of the Arts)

Appointed by Directors ('Co-opted Directors')

• Andrew McConnell (University of Huddersfield)
• Hetan Shah (Royal Statistical Society)
• Dr Paul Greatrix (University of Nottingham)
• Professor Andrea Nolan (Edinburgh Napier University)

Company Secretary

Claire Morris

Directors of HESA Services Limited

Directors

• Paul Clark (Chief Executive)
• Professor Simon Gaskell (Chair)
• Professor John Last
• Hetan Shah
• Professor Andrea Nolan

Company Secretary

Claire Morris

Committees

Audit Committee

• Andrew McConnell (Chair)
• Professor John Last
• Professor Mark Smith
• Dr Paul Greatrix

Remuneration Committee

• Professor Simon Gaskell (Chair)
• Professor John Last
• Professor Andrea Nolan

Nomination & Governance Committee

• Paul Clark (Chief Executive)
• Professor Simon Gaskell (Chair)