Hugh has worked in Higher Education senior management, both in the UK and internationally, for over 20 years. His commitment to the education sector stems from a deep-rooted belief in its transformative power. His most recent positions included Registrar and Chief Operating Officer at the Asian University for Women, and Registrar and Chief Administrative Officer at The British University in Dubai.
He has also held positions as University Secretary at the University of Bedfordshire, Chief of Staff at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Head of Governance at the University of Bristol, and various executive roles at the University of St Andrews. As an academic, Hugh held the post of Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University for 15 years.
Hugh is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Educators, and a Senior Advisor at the Halpin Partnership. He is also a mentor to Oxbridge candidates in the UAE and to current students at the University of Oxford and the University of St Andrews. He previously held roles as a Non-Executive Director of a US/Zimbabwean charity, a school governor, and the Chair of the Academy Council at a UK secondary school.
He has articles regularly published for leading education publications, including the Times Higher Education, the Higher Education Digest, and QS, as well as blogging on international education for AHUA, where he has served as international spokesperson on their Communications Group. He is also a TEDx speaker and is frequently invited to speak at international conferences and panels including the Times Higher Education, QS MAPLE, EduTech, and Bett MEA.