Professor John Rallison, is a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge, and Chair of the University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate – the University body responsible for the work of the Cambridge Assessment group including Cambridge English Language Assessment.

Professor Rallison is Professor of Fluid Physics in the University’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and is a former Director of the Newton Trust which administers the Cambridge bursaries and also makes grants for research purposes within the University.