Heidi Fraser-Krauss, currently executive director of corporate services at the University of Sheffield, will join Jisc as the new CEO, effective September 16, 2021. She will succeed Paul Feldman, who is retiring after a six-year stint at the helm.
She has since held a variety of leadership roles in higher education, where she has pursued an interest in technology, including leading the technology change team at the University of St Andrews. Prior to her appointment at the University of Sheffield in August 2020, Fraser-Krauss spent eight years at the University of York, where she was a member of the executive board, holding roles including deputy registrar and director of corporate and information services.
Her wide-ranging responsibilities at York covered high performance computing for research, the library and archives, planning and strategic change, as well as governance and legal services. She also led numerous university projects, including the development and delivery of York's information strategy, and leading the university's initial response to COVID-19.
Fraser-Krauss has also been a member of UCAS council, chair of Universities and College Information Systems Association (ucisa), and chair of the Russell Universities Group IT Directors (RUGIT).
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