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Governance

Patron

HRH The former Prince of Wales

 

The Board of Trustees

  • HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Director, King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh (Chairman)
  • HRH Sultan Nazrin Shah, Sultan of Perak, Malaysia (Vice Chairman)
  • HE Dr Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kuwait
  • Mr Khalid Alireza, Chairman, Xenel Industries Ltd, Jeddah
  • Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC, Former Attorney General for England and Wales
  • HE Dr Abdullah Gül, 11th President of the Republic of Türkiye
  • His Eminence Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, Nigeria
  • HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO, Qatar Foundation
  • Tan Sri Datuk Zarinah Anwar, Chairman of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia 
  • Sir Martin Donnelly, KCB, Former Permanent Secretary at the Department of International Trade
  • Professor Rashid Naim, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University, USA
  • Dr Catherine Swales, Director of Clinical Studies, Medical Science Division, University of Oxford
  • Professor Ulrike Roesler, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford

 

Secretary to Board of Trustees

Dr Farhan Ahmad Nizami, CBE, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford

 

Strategy Advisory Committee

The Strategy Advisory Committee reviews all aspects of the Centre's activities. The members of the Committee are:

  • HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Director, King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh (Chairman)
  • Sir Clive Alderton, KCVO, Principal Private Secretary to HM The King and The Queen Consort
  • Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG, former President of the UK Supreme Court 
  • The Rt Hon Jack Straw, former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • The Rt Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Williams of Oystermouth, former Archbishop of Canterbury
  • The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Minister of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Dr Farhan Nizami CBE, Prince of Wales Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford; Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

 

International Academic Advisory Committee

The purpose of this Committee is to sustain and advance the Centre's global network of contacts with scholars and institutions. The members of the Committee are:

  • Dr Usman Bugaje, former Special Adviser to the President of Nigeria
  • Professor François Burgat, Formerly Director, IFPO, France
  • Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Former UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  • Professor Abdullah Y. Al-Ghunaim, Chairman, Centre for Research and Studies on Kuwait
  • Professor Carole Hillenbrand, Professor Emerita of Islamic History, University of Edinburgh, and Professor of Islamic History, University of St Andrews
  • Mr Salman Khurshid, former Foreign Minister of India
  • Professor Bruce B. Lawrence, Professor Emeritus, Duke University, USA
  • Professor Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Sultanate of Oman
  • Mr Marty Natalegawa, Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia
  • Dr Driss Ouaouicha, Former President, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
  • Dr Don Randel, Former President, Andrew W Mellon Foundation, USA
  • Mr Sodiq Safoyev, First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Oliy Majlis, Republic of Uzbekistan
  • Shaikh Mohamed Al-Thani, former Minister of Economy and Commerce, Qatar

 

Academic Advisory Committee

Each Term this Committee reviews the Centre’s contribution to teaching and research at the University of Oxford. The members of the Committee are:

  • Dr Silke Ackermann, Director, History of Science Museum
  • Professor Christopher Adams, Oxford Department of International Development
  • Professor Judith Buchanan, Master, St Peter's College, Oxford
  • Mr Tom Fletcher, Principal, Hertford College, Oxford
  • Dame Helen Ghosh, Master, Balliol College, Oxford
  • Professor Roger Goodman, Warden, St Antony’s College
  • Mr Robert Hannigan, Warden, Wadham College, Oxford
  • Professor Robert Iliffe, Chair, History Faculty Board, Oxford University
  • Dr Farhan Nizami, Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford
  • Dr Mark Pobjoy, Senior Tutor Advisor, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
  • Dinah Rose KC, President, Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Professor William Wood, Chair, Theology and Religion Faculty Board, Oxford University