Western University, Canada. Britta Baron has been named Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (International) of Western University. Britta previously served as Director of the International Department at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, where she led a team of 60 responsible for developing and implementing an institution-wide international strategy. From 2006-18, Britta was Vice-Provost & Associate Vice-President (International) at the University of Alberta, responsible for international student recruitment and services, education abroad, research collaboration, institutional partnerships and international capacity building. She helped grow undergraduate international enrolment from 4% to 16% and 20% to 34% for graduate students. Prior to Alberta, she held several senior roles with DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) promoting international education programming across North America, the UK, Ireland and the Middle East. Holding undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Göttingen and University of Bonn, respectively, Britta has published numerous academic papers in the field of international education. She is currently a member of the Governing Board of Bielefeld University and has served other institutional boards in Canada, the US and Germany.