Chief Financial Officer

Mr Bob Rabone

Bob is a Chartered Accountant and qualified with Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers) after graduating at Imperial College as a Mechanical Engineer.  After serveral years of management consultancy, he gained a wide range of commercial experience as a Finance Director with both private and public companies.  Just before joining the University of Sheffield in June 2005, Bob was Finance Director and a member of the senior management team at the international law firm Eversheds LLP.

He is responsible for strategic financial and policy matters, with a particular emphasis on commercial, enterprise and development.  Bob is a director of several University subsidiaries and investments, including Fusion IP plc, which invests in turning the University's world class research into commercial businesses.

He is currently Chair of the British University Finance Directors Group and represents Finance Directors on several sector bodies, including the Financial Sustainability Steering Group and the Higher Education Better Regulation Group.