Nick Hillman

Nick Hillman joined The University of Manchester’s Board of Governors in 2016.

Nick has been the Director of Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) since January 2014. He worked for the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, now Lord Willetts, the Minister for Universities and Science, from 2007 until the end of 2013, as Chief of Staff and then Special Adviser in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Previously, he was a History teacher and worked at the Association of British Insurers. At the 2010 general election, he was the runner-up in Cambridge.