Professor Mark Hunt is an independent consultant working with a range of Higher Education providers across the UK and abroad. He has over 30 years of experience in leadership and management positions in Higher Education and was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts for 15 years. He joined BIMM Institute as our Non-Executive Director in December 2016.
As well as being Non-Executive Director at BIMM Institute (Deputy Chair of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee), Professor Hunt is also Non-Executive Director of Istituto Marangoni, London School of Fashion (Chair of the Board); Non-Executive Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art (Chair of the Board); a special adviser to Laine Theatre Arts; and a member of the Trust for the Anglo-Portuguese School of London. He was also the inaugural Chair of the Strood Academy until 2018.
Professor Hunt has extensive experience as an academic developer in Art and Design, as a Quality Assurance Agency Auditor/Reviewer for England and Scotland, and as an external examiner within the UK and overseas. He is also a non-local auditor appointed by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Council (QAC).
In 2002, Professor Hunt was awarded the title of Professor of Crafts Education and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2015, the University for the Creative Arts granted the title of Professor Emeritus in recognition of his distinguished contribution.