Professor Elaine Limond is Vice Dean of the Business School at University College Birmingham, where she leads strategy, employer engagement and employability across a strongly vocational portfolio. She has over 20 years’ experience working across further and higher education, with a clear focus on skills development, workforce readiness and progression into employment.
Elaine’s background also includes elite sport, having worked as a performance coach for the Rugby Football Union and England Under 20s. This experience informs her practical, outcomes focused approach to leadership, talent development and high performance cultures.
She is an experienced leadership coach and mentor, holds an Executive MBA, and currently serves as an independent college governor and charity trustee. Elaine is undertaking a Doctorate in Business Administration, focused on leadership and talent pipelines within education and skills systems.