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Former Vice Chancellor and Student Loans Company Chairman joins the Board at Uni-Pay.

February 2011

We are pleased to announce that Uni-Pay has appointed former Vice chancellor and Chief Executive of London South Bank University, Professor Sir Deian Hopkin, as non-executive Chairman. 

Sir Deian's career in higher education spans over forty years, in six universities, including  20 years in senior management.   He has been a government adviser on education and skills, has served on a number of national educational boards, and in 2009 conducted the independent review of the Student Loan Company;  subsequently the government appointed him as  interim chair of the Company until November 2010.  He was also Chairman of the UNIAID Foundation, the student finance charity, and continues in a number of roles in education policy and delivery.  In 2009 he was knighted for services to higher education and to skills in the UK.    

Uni-Pay believes his experience and knowledge make him an ideal fit for the company, which has been engaged in providing financial services in education for 16 years and which is now engaged in strategic development to provide a more  extensive service in higher education.  Overseas students are particularly important to universities, especially now,  and   Uni-Pay believes that universities could potentially save more than £30 million in excess bank and credit card charges through changing the way they process payments from overseas students, whilst simultaneously reducing  the cost of transactions costs for individual students.

ir Deian commented: " Given that universities are facing growing and significant financial pressures  anything that can reduce unnecessary expenditure, both for institutions and their students, must be welcome.   I hope I can help the Company develop and grow its service and in the process assist the higher education sector at this difficult time."

Simon Read, Managing Director of CEL Transact, comments; "Sir Deian's knowledge of the sector will be invaluable in helping the business to communicate this vital message.  We are thrilled at his enthusiasm for what CEL Transact can offer and his appointment is an important strategic step for the company."