Patricia Pardon has been since 2012 the Head of the Research Project Administration department at KU Leuven.
Patricia obtained a Master’s degree in Applied Economic Sciences at KU Leuven in 1990. She worked for more than 10 years as external auditor with KPMG, followed by 5 years as a company controller, before joining the Central Financial Services of KU Leuven in 2006.
Ana Coimbra works as Head of the Audit and Management Risk Prevention Office under the Rectorate of the University of Coimbra, since 2021.
She previously served as Director of Financial Management Service (2015-2020) and before that, as Head of the Procurement Division (2011-2015).
Ana graduated in Economics at the University of Coimbra in 2001, and has a postgraduate degree in Public Accounting and Management.
Daniel Donoghue is Professor in the Department of Geography, Co-director of Durham University Institute for Data Science at Durham University. He was elected Coimbra Group Treasurer in June 2023 and as such, also serves as ex officio member of the Administrative and Financial Committee.
Geraint Howells was the Executive Dean for Business, Public Policy, and Law at the University of Galway until December 2024. Previously he was Professor of Commercial Law, at Manchester University, where he remains a visiting professor. He has been Dean of Law at the City University of Hong Kong and Head of the Law Schools in Manchester and Lancaster.
He was called to the bar in 2002 through a special route for distinguished academics and was awarded an LLD in 2014. He is a former President of the International Association of Consumer Law.
Ms Jessica Levyne works at the Internal Audit Service of UCLouvain since 2009. She has been serving on the CG Administrative and Financial Committee since 2013.
She graduated in Master Economics, Social Sciences and Business Administration in FUNDP Namur in 1999.
She worked in Deloitte Luxemburg & Financial sector, BNP Paribas Luxemburg and CitiBank Dublin.