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Stephen Gilbert Hillier
International Office The University of Edinburgh 34 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh EH8 9JS, UK TEL: +44(0)131 650 4536 MOB: +44(0)7704992862 E-MAIL: s.hillier@ed

PERSONAL PROFILE
Three decades of global educational and cultural championship, latterly as Professor and Vice-Principal, at the University of Scotland (2013/14 QS World University Ranking = 17).

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
•	Successful leadership of the University of Edinburgh internationalisation strategy EDINBURGH GLOBAL www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-global •	Establishment of University of Edinburgh Liaison Offices in China, India, South America and USA •	Delivery of year-on-year targeted growth of international student numbers •	Founded EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL CITY OF LEARNING •	Networked and negotiated at top level with governments, NGOs and HEIs, globally •	Spear-headed the formation of four Edinburgh Global Academies (Health; Development; Environment; and Justice) www.ed.ac.uk/about/edinburgh-global/academies •	Facilitated on-line teaching and interdisciplinary research addressing global ‘Grand Challenges’ •	Brokered the University of Edinburgh Centre for Cultural Relations •	2014 THES AWARD: Outstanding International Strategy (short-list)

QUALIFICATIONS
•	BSc (2i hons) Biochemistry and Bacteriology, University of Leeds, 1970 •	MSc Steroid Endocrinology, University of Leeds, 1971 •	PhD Welsh National School of Medicine, University of Wales, 1975 •	DSc University of Edinburgh, 1992 •	MRCPath (1988), FRCPath (1997) •	FRCOG ad eundem (2009)

ACADEMIC PROFILE
Joined the University of Edinburgh in 1985 from London (Hammersmith Hospital 1982-5), Leiden University (1978-82) and the USA, where I was a Fogarty International Postdoctoral Fellow at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (1976-78). Full academic CV: www.crh.ed.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/SGH_CV_OCT2013.pdf

•	Internationally trained steroid biochemist (UK, USA, Netherlands) •	Test-tube baby pioneer (Hammersmith Hospital IVF Unit, with Robert Winston) •	Director NHS Lothian Reproductive Medicine Laboratory (1985-2005) •	Hon Consultant Clinical Scientist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (2005-date) •	Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology (1993-date) •	>£5.5m research grant funding (MRC, BBSRC, Wellcome Trust, etc.) •	British Council Higher Education Link grant (Mumbai, India; 1998-2001) •	Author of >200 peer-reviewed articles, letters and books: h-factor = 50 •	Research student supervision (PhD, MD, MSc) •	Journal editor-in-chief (Journal of Endocrinology; Molecular Human Reproduction) •	Editor of Royal Society of Medicine and Society of Authors medical textbook of the year (‘Scientific Essentials of Reproductive Medicine’. London: WB Saunders, 1996) •	Professional prizes, e.g. 2007 Society for Endocrinology Jubilee Medalist

PUBLIC SERVICE AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS
•	Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA) (1990-6) •	Society for Endocrinology, President (1996-2000) •	Council of Graduate Education Executive Committee (2000-6) •	Universities UK Overseas Research Scholarships Committee (2002-5) •	Wellcome Trust Physiological Sciences Committee (2005-11) •	European Commission BIOMED 2 Monitoring Committee (1994-8) •	European Commission FP4 Monitoring Panel, Expert Advisor (1997) •	European Commission FP5 Network of European Universities in the Life Sciences (EUROLIFE) Chair (1997-2004) •	MRC Training and Career Development Board (2007-12) •	Marketing Edinburgh, Board of Directors (2008-date) •	Edinburgh University Press Board of Trustees (2008-date) •	Asia Scotland Institute, International Advisory Council (2013-date)

SKILLS & KEY COMPETENCES
•	Academic and cultural plenipotentiary •	Top-level networker and negotiator •	Leader and motivator •	Communicator and influencer •	Multilingual: basic French and Dutch

INTERESTS
•     fly-fishing •	hillwalking