University Treasurer, Brian Woods-Scawen, has been awarded the CBE in the 2008 New Year Honours List for services to business and to the community in the West Midlands.

Dr Woods-Scawen was appointed as University Treasurer in October 2006 and has been a member of Council since 2001. He has also served as Chairman of the University's Audit Committee, Chairman of the Arts Faculty Advisory Board and as a member of the board of the Arts Centre.

In 2004, he was awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Dr Woods-Scawen was a research student at the University from 1968 to 1971.

First published in CommUnicate 320