Adam Waddingham is Head of the Leadership Office and Governance with the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education. His role is both a Chief of Staff as well as Company Secretary to the independent scheme. He was previously Head of Student Support and Wellbeing at UCL, and before that has worked across a number of UK universities, including Warwick, Manchester, Cambridge and Liverpool Hope, and brings a mix of strategic thinking, operational delivery and an eye for how governance lands in practice.
Outside of work, Adam is a volunteer with Samaritans and has previously chaired a national relationships and sex education charity. He’s particularly interested in how we can design services that work well for both students and the people delivering them.