Election of the Next Master of Selwyn

The Fellows of Selwyn College are delighted to announce that Suzanne Raine has been elected as the next Master of the College.  She will take up the role on 1 October 2025 when Roger Mosey steps down from office.

Suzanne Raine graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge with a double first in History. She served for 24 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office on foreign policy and national security issues, including postings in Poland, Iraq and Pakistan. She was Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre from 2015-2017 and Director of Counter-Terrorism from 2017-19.  Since leaving the civil service in 2019 she has engaged with academia through the Centre for Geopolitics in Cambridge and as a Visiting Professor at Kings College London, where she lectures on risk anticipation and warning.  She is a member of the Public Interest Board of EY.  She is currently also Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Imperial War Museum and a member of the Board of Trustees at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world’s oldest think tank.

The election process was led by the Vice-Master of Selwyn College, Professor Janet O’Sullivan, who commented, “I am thrilled that Suzanne Raine has been elected as our next Master. In addition to her hugely distinguished career in public service, the fellows were impressed by Suzanne’s inclusive leadership style, her warmth, empathy, and charisma.  We are very much looking forward to welcoming her into Selwyn’s very special community.”

Suzanne Raine said, “It is wonderful to have been elected Master of Selwyn College.  Its distinctive and confident approach has made it a vibrant community, of which I am excited to become a part.  The college has shown clearly that it is possible to be academically excellent and open and welcoming to all; I look forward to working with every element of the community to learn and shape what comes next.”