Aaron Porter has a portfolio of Board and advisory roles. He is Chair of BPP University, Deputy Chair of Goldsmiths University and for Advance HE leads a national development programme for members of university boards and councils as well as having undertaken governance effectiveness reviews for over 50 UK universities. Beyond higher education he is a non-executive director of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, on the council of a statutory healthcare regulator and the trustee of a London theatre. Previously he was President of the National Union of Students during the high profile debate over tuition fees, and has served on the Council of the University of Leicester and on the Boards of Endsleigh Insurance, UCAS, the Higher Education Academy and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator.