Rona Smith

Rona leads a team with responsibility for corporate governance, strategy development and implementation, performance measurement, business intelligence, data reporting and analysis, student number planning and fee forecasting, benchmarking, and external policy scanning and advice. 

Having begun her career with the NHS, Rona then worked at the University of Edinburgh as a Strategic Planner and Senior Strategic Planner. In 2013 she joined the University of Strathclyde as Deputy Director of Strategy & Policy before becoming Director in 2016. 

Rona re-joined the University of Edinburgh as Director of Strategic Planning & Insight in August 2021, and became Deputy Secretary for Governance and Strategic Planning in 2022. Rona represents the University externally on a number of cross-sector groups.