Director of Governance and Secretary to the Board

Georgina Lawson is Director of Governance and Secretary to the Board at Northumbria

As the Director of Governance and Secretary to the Board, Georgina supports the Chair, the Board and its Governors to effectively fulfil its function in determining the strategic direction of the institution, providing oversight of the University’s financial health and ensuring compliance with our legal, ethical and regulatory standards. She provides specialist advice on matters of governance to the Vice-Chancellor, Chair of the Board and University Executive.

Georgina also provides strategic leadership of Governance Services (Board and Committee, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Business Continuity, Critical Incident Management, Due Diligence, Martyn’s Law, Prevent and Safeguarding) to foster and embed high standards of governance, compliance and assurance across the University.

Georgina is also the institutional Prevent Lead, the Designated Senior Individual  for the (Terrorism) Protection of Premises Act and Principal Safeguarding Officer for the University.

Georgina has held numerous roles within the University including Executive Officer to the Vice-Chancellor, Head of Programme Delivery and Head of Change Management.

Prior to joining Northumbria, Georgina has held several public sector roles including Regional Adviser for the Crime and Drugs Team at Government Office for the North East, Policy Adviser (Chief Executive’s Office) at North Tyneside Council and Communities Officer for the North Tyneside Drug Action Team.

Georgina holds a BA (Hons) Criminal Justice from Liverpool John Moore’s University.

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