Joy Morton

Joy Morton is the General Counsel and University Secretary with overall responsibility for governance and legal matters at the University. A member of the Vice-Chancellor Executive team, Joy works closely with the Chair of the Governors and the Vice-Chancellor through the Secretariat.

As University Secretary, Joy works to ensure the highest standards of governance in liaison with the Chair of the Board, the Vice-Chancellor and the University's Vice-Chancellor Executive Team.

As Clerk to the Board she is accountable to the Board through the Chair and reports to both the Chair of the Board and to the Vice-Chancellor in her dual role. Joy provides strategic, independent advice and support to the Board including on their powers and procedures.

In her role as General Counsel, Joy is responsible for providing strategic legal advice to the University, as well as overseeing legal services, information governance (she is also the data protection officer for the University), internal audit, risk, Welsh language compliance and the administration of the corporate governance of the Board and their respective committees. In addition, she manages communication to and from Medr as the principle regulator for reportable and notifiable events ensuring compliance with the public interest governance principles, ongoing registration conditions.

Joy is also a member of the Valuation Tribunal for England.