Heads of University Management & Administration Network in Europe

Webinar Speakers

Kate Baker

University Secretary and General Counsel, Harper Adams University, UK

Having joined Harper Adams in August 2020 as University Secretary and General Counsel, Kates role covers a number of areas of responsibility including (but not limited to) the following:

  • Leading service areas of the University including Governance, Legal and Compliance and strategic projects.
  • General Counsel to the Board of Governors and University Executive Team.
  • Developing strategies, policies and procedures across the University and in particular in the service areas she leads.
  • Secretary to the Board of Governors

Prior to this role, Kate has over 20 years’ experience in the legal sector, including in governance and leadership, having worked for the NFU legal team for over 10 years, in private practice and for the last 10 years in the HE sector, leading the legal departments at Harper Adams and also Birmingham City University.

Kate is a qualified solicitor and have experience over a wide range of legal disciplines.

Marianna Bom

Chief Financial Officer, Aalto University, FI

Marianna Bom is the Chief Financial Officer of Aalto University, responsible for the University’s financial management, campus and real estate development as well as administration of the group companies owned by the University.

Prior to joining Aalto University, she held several senior financial executive positions in the corporate sector. She holds an MSc. (Econ) from Helsinki School of Economics.

She is passionate about developing the University’s leadership and administration, bringing the best practices from the corporate sector to Aalto University, without sacrificing the unique traditions of the three historic institutions that formed the University in 2010.

Marianna is the Chair of the HUMANE General Assembly and member of the HUMANE Board.

Webinar Facilitators

Margit Nothnagl

Administrative Director, Max IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE

Dr. Margit Nothnagl is, since the end of August 2023, Administrative Director at Max IV Laboratory, Lund University. In this position she is part of the management team of the largest, state-financed research infrastructure in Sweden, the national synchrotron laboratory. The MAX IV facility welcomes around 1000 users every year, and the beamlines are open to academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies worldwide.

Previously she was a Faculty Director at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) since 2011. Before that, she worked for four years as a coordination director of studies at SLU.

Margit is an alumn from the HUMANE Winter School 2013 and since March 2022 she is the chair of the HUMANE Residential School Alumni Network.

Erkki Raulo

Head of Services, Research Services, University of Helsinki, FI; Member of the HUMANE Residential School Alumni Steering Committee

Dr. Erkki Raulo is an experienced leader in research services with over 20 years of expertise in coordinating doctoral training programs and supporting early career researchers. He holds a PhD in Molecular Neuroscience and the title of Docent in Biochemistry at the University of Helsinki.

Since 2019, he has served as the Head of Services for Doctoral Education within the university’s Research Services, where he oversees a large team dedicated to advancing doctoral education policies, fostering international collaboration, and providing robust support for doctoral researchers.

Erkki is a member of the HUMANE Residential School Alumni Steering Committee.