Chair of the Board of Governors

Angela Spence

Chair of the Board of Governors

Angela Spence is politically savvy with a reputation for being highly professional, pragmatic, forensic, analytical and focused. She is an outstanding strategist and communicator. Angela is a consummate networker, a strong leader and manager with a natural coaching style. She is authentic, honest and committed to openness.

Born in Wolverhampton, Angela is an inveterate world traveller. She revels in the discovery of new places, people and cultures.

Angela has a lifelong, deeply held passion for helping people work towards developing and/or discovering the best version of themselves.

Co-founder and Director of At Eve Consulting Limited, Angela works with organisations and agencies in the public, private, voluntary and community sectors to transform their operations, bring about efficiencies and improve their ways of working.

Angela is also a co-founder and Director of community interest company Square Pegs Round Holes dedicated to working with children, young people, families, and local communities to build their resilience and support them to overcome barriers that limit their participation in achieving fulfilling lives.

Angela is fully subscribed to the ethos of public service and had a very successful career in the public sector working across multi-agency partnerships and multi-disciplinary teams, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Angela is a Presiding Justice; Chair of Wolverhampton Police Independent Advisory Group; Deputy Chair of the CUC (Committee of University Chairs); Board Member of the Independent Scrutiny and Oversight Board  (ISOB) for the West Midlands Police Race Action Plan.

Angela is an ambassador for the transformational benefits of education. She is an alumnus of the University of Wolverhampton and was inducted in November 2025 into the University's prestigious Hall of Fame, Class of 2025. Angela is honoured and delighted to lead the Board of Governors, influencing and effecting positive change for the students and staff of the University of Wolverhampton.