David Mino Allen Green (born August 1952) is an economist and university administrator. Green is the son of Mino Green (1927–2022), a

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-born electronics scientist, and his wife Diana (née Allen) (- 2012). Mino's father was a jewellery and antiques dealer who served in the anti-communist White Russian army before fleeing the

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in 1917. He studied economics at

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. He has been Vice-Chancellor of the

University of Worcester The University of Worcester is a public research university, based in Worcester, England. With a history dating back to 1946, the university began awarding degrees in 1997 and was granted full university status in 2005. History In 1946 an Emerg ...

since 2003. In 2017, he accused

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, after Heaton-Harris wrote to him in an attempt to compile a "hit list" of university professors who teach Brexit courses. Green called it "the first step to the

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". In 2018, he was appointed a

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for services to higher education, but faced criticism over his high pay, which was £319,000 at the time. He has been Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire since 2021. In September 2024, he opposed a rise in university tuition fees, arguing that funding for universities needed to be overhauled as the current system was broken.

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Portrait by Kathy Priddis
1952 births Living people Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Worcester British economists Vice-chancellors by university in England Deputy lieutenants of Worcestershire Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{Academic-administrator-stub