Professor Dorothy Griffiths, OBE, has accepted appointment as Provost’s Envoy for Gender Equality until 31 August 2015. As Provost’s Envoy Professor Griffiths’ responsibilities will include chairing the College’s Athena Committee, advising the Provost and other senior staff on matters related to gender equality and sitting on the College’s Academic Gender Strategy Committee.
Professor Griffiths first joined Imperial in 1969 as a research assistant in its Industrial Sociology Unit, going on to become Deputy Principal and later Dean of Imperial College Business School before stepping down in January 2014 to chair the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.