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# Professor Andrew Wathey reappointed as Chair of The National Archives Board

Professor Andrew Wathey CBE has been reappointed for a second term as Chair of
The National Archives Board. The term will begin in April 2025 and run for 5
years.

Published 13 March 2025

Professor Andrew Wathey CBE has been reappointed for a second term as Chair of
The National Archives Board. The term will begin in April 2025 and run for 5
years.

Andrew was Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Northumbria University from
2008 to 2022, and previously Senior Vice-Principal and Professor of Music
History at Royal Holloway University of London. Since 2023 he has been an
External Member of the Council of the University of Cambridge.

      

![Professor Andrew Wathey CBE](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/media/images/Pro_WLi5f8D.max-1200x1200.format-jpeg.jpegquality-60.bgcolor-fff.jpg)

He is a graduate of the University of Oxford, where he also took his doctorate
in Music. He has held posts in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and
Lancaster. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Society of
Antiquaries. He was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford in 2023-24.

Andrew chaired the UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment from 2016 to
2022. He was a Non-Executive Director of the Student Loans Company 2018-23, and
a Council Member of the All Party Parliamentary Universities Group, 2013-22. He
was appointed a CBE in 2016 for services to Higher Education.

> I am very pleased that Andrew will continue as Chair for the next five years.
> His expertise and advice are invaluable to The National Archives, as we strive
> to deliver our vision of becoming a living, digital national archive of the
> state.

Saul Nassé, Chief Executive, The National Archives

> The National Archives is one of the world’s great collections, an immense
> storehouse of raw history, a key guardian of trust in public information, and so
> much more. It has been a privilege and a delight to work as its Chair over the
> past three years and I look forward to continuing to work alongside colleagues
> as we confront the opportunities and challenges of our mission to collect,
> preserve and make accessible the archive in the digital and AI age.

Professor Andrew Wathey

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