The governing body of the University is the Council, the members of which are the University's trustees. The members of the Council as of January 2011 can be found below, together with information on the other charities (if any) of which they were also trustees.

 

	Member of Council	Charities of which Members are Trustees
Pro-Chancellor (s):	Mr J Leighfield	CTC Kingshurst Academy Culham Languages and Science
	Sir George Cox	University of London Boat Club Trust Culham Languages and Science Culham European Academy Merlin USA
The Vice-Chancellor:	Professor N Thrift
The Treasurer:	Mr B Woods-Scawen
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor:	Professor M Smith
The Pro-Vice-Chancellors:	Professor A Caesar
	Professor R Higgott
	Professor K Lamberts
Up to six academic members of the Senate, appointed by the Senate:	Professor S Hand
	Professor T Jones
	Professor J Labbe
	Professor A Muthoo
	Professor M Taylor
	Professor P Winstanley
One member of the non-academic staff of the University appointed by the Senate:	Mr A Rivett	Fierce Festival Ltd Shared Experience Theatre Company Ltd British Association of Concert Halls (BACH)
Such other persons not being members of the academic staff or salaried officers or students of the University and not exceeding fifteen in all, as may be appointed by the Council:	Mr K Bedell-Pearce
	Dame Fiona Caldicott
	Dr Roy Chung
	Ms V Cooke	Global Action Plan Changing Faces
	Mr P Dunne	Leap Confronting Conflict
	Ms P Egan	Geffrye Museum DEMOS
	Ms T Elliott
	Ms V Heywood	Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust Theatre Development Trust
	Mr J Higgins
	Mr G Howells	IKON Gallery, Birmingham MADE, Birmingham
	Dr G Lyons
The President of the Union of Students:	Mr D Stevens
One student elected by the Union of Students:	Mr S Stanley