Finance, Employment & General Purposes Committee

Kate joined Lincoln Bishop University Council in April 2023.

Kate worked in the NHS for the vast majority of her working life in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. All of her career was spent in the Human Resources function. She was Director of Human Resources in 4 NHS Trusts.

Kate is Vice Chair of West Nottinghamshire FE College; Vice Chair of Active Lincolnshire and Associate Non Executive Director of Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust.

Kate gained an MA in Human Resource Management and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Julia Chippendale is Head of Business Development at We Are Group, a leading tech for good business that secures government and private sector funding to provide training, advice, and guidance enabling people to live better lives. She has spent the majority of her career in the skills sector, holding senior positions in Sector Skills Councils, Awarding Organisations, Independent Training Organisations and outsourcers. She is passionate about equipping individuals with the skills they need to navigate their careers and improve their personal circumstances. She is an advocate for digital inclusion and believes everyone has the right to data, kit and the skills to live their lives in this digital age. She strives to ensure we can bridge the digital and educational poverty divide, ensuring no one is left behind.

Rebecca is the elected professional support staff representative for the University Council. Within her role at Lincoln Bishop as School and Colleges Programme Manager for LiNCHigher, Lincolnshire's OfS funded Uni Connect Project, Rebecca engages with schools, colleges and universities across Lincolnshire to widen participation of underrepresented learners into higher education.

Prior to this role, Rebecca spent 15 years working as a Careers Guidance Adviser and latterly within stakeholder engagement and participation with Lincolnshire County Council.

Professor Andrew Gower serves as Vice-Chancellor and CEO of the University, providing overall strategic leadership, overseeing academic and operational management, and representing the institution to its stakeholders. Andrew is responsible for setting the University’s vision in pursuance of its Mission: to serve the common good by advancing social and economic prosperity through excellence in teaching, research and knowledge exchange.

With a dual interest in music and management, Andrew’s career spans higher, further and adult education. He has held senior positions at Canterbury Christ Church University, East Kent College and as Principal and CEO of Morley College London, one of the UK’s oldest and largest Institutes of Adult Learning.

Since joining Lincoln Bishop University in April 2025, Andrew has led development of institutional strategy, pursing growth and impact as a confident, person-centred and forward-looking university offering a highly personalised and engaging student experience, on-campus, online, in the workplace and through partnership. As an advocate for lifelong learning, Andrew is committed to the positive difference Lincoln Bishop University makes in the lives of students and their communities, building on the University’s sector-leading reputation for widening participation with outstanding results.

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Richard joined Nicholsons in 2004, was appointed as a Partner in 2007 and became a Director in 2016. He is a member of the ICAEW Corporate Finance and Finance and Management faculties. Richard qualified as a Chartered Marketeer in 2006 after completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing.

Richard is a general practitioner but also specialises in corporate finance, business planning and fundraising projects using both of his chartered accountancy and marketing knowledge to help advise his clients. He helps his clients understand the numbers behind their business so that they can explore routes to improving profitability and business growth through informed decision making.

Richard has a wide range of clients from independent traders and owner managed family businesses to large groups of companies, social enterprises and charities across a wide range of industries and sectors. He has particular experience in the creative media and technology, international, independent consultants and industrial wholesaler sectors.

Richard gives a lot of his time outside of work to voluntary sector projects. He is a founding member of Market Rasen BIG that became one of the first Portas Pilot towns and is a trustee for another Lincolnshire based charity.

Richard is married and enjoys spending time with his family walking in the Lincolnshire Wolds or Lake District. He is also a keen cyclist and amateur photographer. His dream job outside of accountancy would be a pro cycling team photographer covering the social aspects of the Tour de France