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Melvyn Keen

Melyvn Keen
Job Title:
Programme Director, Advance HE

Melvyn’s thirteen years at Middlesex University began as Finance Director; he was appointed Deputy Vice-chancellor five years later and went on to become Deputy Chief Executive.  In addition to leading the university’s financial strategy, he was also responsible for the university’s estate, IT, registry, library and international partnerships.  Prior to his work at Middlesex, Melvyn served University of Cambridge as Interim Finance Director. Before working in HE, Melvyn had finance roles in industry and worked for many years with Price Waterhouse and Andersen Consulting as a business strategy and financial systems consultant. For the four years immediately before moving to HE, he developed and delivered management training for PW consultants.

Melvyn served as Trustee of CASE Europe from 2009-2015; appointments from October 2015 include Trustee of NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research) and non-executive director of Professional HE Services Ltd. He holds a Degree in Engineering Science from Keble College, Oxford, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Melvyn is Programme Director of Advance HE’s Strategic Finance Programme.