Simon Fanshawe OBE has been named the Rector of the University of Edinburgh following an uncontested election.
He will take up office on 4 March 2024.
Simon is a consultant and practitioner in the field of diversity, author, broadcaster and activist.
He was formerly Chair of the Governing Council of the University of Sussex from 2007 – 2013.
He will replace Debora Kayembe, who has served as Rector since 2021.
[whispers] He knows men are not women.
Simon was one of the six original co-founders of Stonewall in 1989. In 2011, he co-founded the international charity Kaleidoscope, which campaigns for the human rights of LGBTI+ people around the world.
In 1989 Simon won the Perrier Award for Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe and he served on the Board of the Fringe Society from 1986 – 2012.
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