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Heidi Fraser-Krauss
Chief Executive Officer, Jisc
I am the CEO of Jisc, the UK’s digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation. We are a not-for-profit organisation who believes that education and research improves lives and that technology improves education and research. I have worked in higher education for most of my career and held a variety of Board level leadership roles, most recently as executive director of corporate services at the University of Sheffield. Prior to Sheffield, I spent eight years at the University of York, as CIO and deputy COO. I was a member of UCAS council for 8 years, chair of Universities and College Information Systems Association (UCISA), and chair of the Russell Universities Group IT Directors (RUGIT). Recently, I was elected to the board of GÉANT, the umbrella organisation for 39 national research and education networks (NRENs) in Europe and I am a governor of York College my local FE provider.