Professor Simone Wonnacott was elected as Co-Vice Chair of GuildHE in 2020. Simone is Vice Chancellor of Leeds Arts University, a position she has held since 2017. Under Simone's leadership Leeds Arts University has grown in provision and excellence. A £22m state-of-the-art building expansion was completed in 2019 in order to widen the course offering and benefit students. The new building includes a 230-seat performance auditorium and industry standard film and photography studios, enhanced fashion design studios, a new postgraduate study suite, a larger specialist arts research and reference library.