Contact us
Contact details for the Principal and his support staff. If you wish to contact the Principal, please email principal@ed.ac.uk
Professor Peter Mathieson (MBBS(Hons)(Lond), PhD(Cantab), FRCP(Lond), FRCPE, FMedSci, FRSE)
Principal and Vice-Chancellor

- Principal's Office
Contact details
- Work: Please email
- Email: principal@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Peter Mathieson's biography
N.B. emails sent to principal@ed.ac.uk are read by Principal's Office staff.
The Principal's Office postal address
- The University of Edinburgh
Address
- Street
Old College
South Bridge- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH8 9YL
Post will be collected at least twice a week as part of our hybrid working pattern.
Principal's Office staff
Sarah Russell | Principal's Personal Assistant and Diary Manager | Sarah.Russell@ed.ac.uk |
Chloé Hunter | Principal's Assistant Secretary | Chloe.Hunter@ed.ac.uk |
Fiona Boyd | Chief of Staff and Head of the Principal’s Office | Fiona.Boyd@ed.ac.uk |
Nicola Helliwell | Executive Officer | Nicola.Helliwell@ed.ac.uk |
Principal's Office Staff key responsibilities
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