Pamela Woodburn took up the role of Chair of the University Court on 1 April 2021, having been elected to the role by an electorate made up of the University’s students, staff and Court members, and following a competitive application and interview process.
Pamela has worked in senior leadership roles in both strategic and operational roles in non-executive and executive positions. During her varied career, she has held high ranking positions in a number of sectors including in economic ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁϱ¬ÁϹÙÍøment, housing and international ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁϱ¬ÁϹÙÍøment, as well as in both further and higher education.
With significant governance experience gained over the last 20 years, Pamela was a member of the Court of Edinburgh Napier University – five years of which she served as Vice Chair.
Outside education, Pamela has chaired the board of a major housing organisation and has worked to support social enterprise and charitable organisations. Earlier in her career she was Senior Director of the government agency, Scottish Enterprise, and held a number of strategic and operational roles.
Aligning with ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁϱ¬ÁϹÙÍø University’s specialisms, throughout her career Pamela has supported Scottish companies in key industries such as tourism, food and drink, creative industries and financial services. She has also ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁϱ¬ÁϹÙÍøed programmes for Business Gateway and has a passion for nutrition, health and wellbeing, as well as supporting entrepreneurship.
Register of interests:
Business interests - Nil
Company directorships - Chair of the Link Group Ltd
Trusteeships - Nil
Membership of organisations - Nil
Other declarable interests - Nil
