The initial 3 year term was renewed for a further term which ended on appointment to Registrar and Senior Vice president Academic. The position of Executive Dean of Science had overall academic and budgetary responsibility for the Faculty of Science, with its large complement of academic, technical, research and administrative staff across, at the time, 15 departments, seven undergraduate entry routes with an annual intake of over 600 students, twenty four undergraduate degrees and nearly thirty postgraduate programmes, and a student FTE of over 2,600 for the faculty's budgetary departments. The Executive Dean also played a significant role as a member of the senior management committees of the University.
Prior to taking up the post of Executive Dean, I acted as Head of Department and Deputy Head of Department. I chaired a major Academic Council Committee and several Faculty committees as well as a number of other University administrative and appointment committees including Academic, Administrative and Research staff.