The role of Vice-Chancellor was created with the incorporation of the Royal Charter in 1905 (the role of Principal was previously at the earlier Firth College and University College). The current title of the role is President & Vice-Chancellor. The President & Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive and Accountable Officer. They are chair of Senate and a member of the University Council. The main responsibilities of the Vice-Chancellor include providing strategic leadership for the Universty; having accountability to Senate and Council for academic and financial performance as well as compliance with all regulatory bodies; leading and managing the University Executive Board and being a key point of contact for major stakeholders. Records within this series reflect this strategic position and the wide range of subjects and areas of interest that the role of Vice-Chancellor encompasses. The former Vice-Chancellors are:- William Mitchinson Hicks, 1905 Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot, 1905 – 1912 Right Honorable Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, 1912 – 1916 William Ripper, 1917 - 1919 Sir William Henry Hadow, 1919 – 1930 Sir Arthur Wallace Pickard-Cambridge, 1930 – 1938 Sir James Irvine Orme Masson, 1938 - 1952 John Macnaghten Whittaker, 1952 – 1965 Sir Hugh Norwood Robson, 1966 – 1974 Professor Geoffrey Donald Simms, 1974 – 1990 Professor Gareth Gwyn Roberts, 1991 – 2000 Professor Robert Francis Boucher, 2001 – 2007 Professor Keith Burnett, 2007 - 2018 Professor Koen Lamberts, President and Vice Chancellor 2018 - present.