New Chair for GHCT Professor Patricia Broadfoot CBE

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Patricia Broadfoot CBE as our new Chair of GHCT.

Patricia has had an outstanding career as an academic and university leader, having been a professor and Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Bristol and Vice Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire.

She has also taken on a wide range of voluntary roles both nationally and locally, including Vice-Chair of the Lloyds Bank Foundation, Member of Council at both the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester and the University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth.

For some years, Patricia has been involved with the Campaign to Protect Rural England, being Chair of the Gloucestershire branch and Vice-Chair of the national organisation.

Patricia has been a long-standing member of her local parish church and is currently Chair of the PCC. She is a Lay Canon Emeritus at Gloucester Cathedral and has been a Licensed Reader in Gloucester Diocese for 15 years.

Patricia will assume the chair of GHCT at our annual general meeting on June 10. She brings a wealth of experience and energy to GHCT as well as an unrivalled network of contacts within the County and Bristol.