Colin Riordan

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Colin Riordan CBE FLSW
Professor Riordan in 2019
Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University
In office September 2012 – August 2023
Preceded by	Sir David Grant
Succeeded by	Wendy Larner
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex
In office October 2007 – 2012
Preceded by	Sir Ivor Crewe
Succeeded by	Anthony Forster
Personal details
Born	(1959-07-27) 27 July 1959 (age 65) Paderborn, Germany
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Manchester

Colin Bryan Riordan CBE FLSW (born 27 July 1959) is a British academic who was formerly President and Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University from September 2012 to August 2023.^[1]