26 February 2020 
Martin Higgs, Communications Officer
AUDE will be appointing a new Chair Elect to take over from Stephen Wells, Director of Estates, Facilities and Commercial Services, University of Surrey, when he becomes Chair at the next annual conference in April 2020. We are inviting members to take part in the selection process for this role.
Who can apply?
Nominees should be a director of estates (or equivalent) from a subscribing institution of the association. They do not have to be currently serving on the Executive Committee. For further information about the role, please contact jane@aude.ac.uk.
Nominations (written or emailed) must be received by the AUDE Secretary, Umesh Desai UDesai@dmu.ac.uk no later than 12 noon on Friday 6 March 2020. Each nomination needs to be supported by three proposers, all of whom need to be AUDE members. In the event of more than one nomination being received, an election will take place and a vote at the Annual General Meeting.
The AUDE Senior Executive Officer group comprises the Chair, Chair Elect, Past Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. There is an automatic succession from Chair Elect (one-year term) to Chair (one-year term) and then Past Chair (also one year term). The individual appointed as Chair Elect in April 2020 will therefore become Chair of the association at the AGM in 2021.
At the 2020 AGM Craig Nowell, AUDE's current chair, will stand down where Stephen Wells will succeed him, leaving the vacancy for the Chair Elect. A list of current members of the AUDE Executive committee is available.
Details of the election process can be found in the Association’s Constitution. Should an election be necessary we will send out further details, but in essence, it includes submission of a personal statement and short speech to members at the AGM, with the successful candidate being announced there after.
We know this is a decision you will not make lightly and nor should you. To find out more and understand what this means for you and your time please contact any member of the Officers Group.
Secretary – Umesh Desai UDesai@dmu.ac.uk
Treasurer – Andrew Burgess a.burgess4@lancaster.ac.uk
Chair Elect – Stephen Wells stephen.wells@surrey.ac.uk
Chair – Craig Nowell c.nowell@exeter.ac.uk
Past Chair – Keith Lilley keith.lilley@sheffield.ac.uk
This really is a very exciting opportunity to shape and lead the association and contribute nationally to HE estates and facilities management.
