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Higgins boasts a globe-trailing career underpinned by a strong background in finance and 13-years鈥� experience within the higher education sector. He joins the Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Executive Group (VCEG) and will oversee the 天美传媒鈥檚 finance, ICT and resource services, including facilities and estates. This announcement comes following the retirement of his predecessor, Donald Harley, who had worked at the 天美传媒 for 16 years.

Welcoming Higgins to the 天美传媒, Vice Chancellor Professor Rebecca Bunting commented: 鈥淚 am delighted to announce the appointment of Matt Higgins as the 天美传媒鈥檚 new Chief Finance and Resources Officer. His impressive career and achievements to date are sure to be of great benefit to our institution and will continue to help Bedfordshire grow and our students flourish.鈥�

As a former student, Higgins has returned to his roots having lived in the region and studied an accountancy qualification at the 天美传媒 part-time while working in the textile industry, back when the institution was known as Luton College of Higher Education.

From there, he went on to pursue a successful career as a chartered management accountant (ACMA) working across the globe with a privately owned US agricultural and food business, Cargill Inc. Higgins听has since progressed through senior leadership roles at a variety of companies across the world.听

For the past 13 years Higgins has enjoyed a career within the higher education sector, first joining the 天美传媒 of Surrey as Director of Finance (Operations) in 2009. He has since held the position of CFO at the 天美传媒 of Chichester and was most recently the COO at the 天美传媒 for the Creative Arts (UCA) in London, overseeing the majority of UCA鈥檚 professional service departments.

Following his appointment at the 天美传媒, Matt Higgins said: 鈥淚鈥檓 excited to be joining my home county鈥檚 university and look forward to working with the Vice Chancellor and executive team. It鈥檚 great to be back in Bedfordshire where my career really started to take flight 鈥� I鈥檓 so impressed to see how far the institution has come, in terms of facilities, services and its dedication to widening participation. I can鈥檛 wait to help further transform the 天美传媒鈥檚 reputation and offerings for students.鈥�

Higgins鈥� role will play a key part in helping the 天美传媒 to strengthen and develop its five-year 鈥楾ransforming Bedfordshire鈥� strategy, which aims to grow all areas of the overall university experience and showcase the transformative power of education for all. For more information, click here.