Watt Club Council
Watt Club Council
The Watt Club Council is the elected and appointed governing body of Heriot‑Watt’s official alumni association (The Watt Club). It represents alumni, works with the University to support and strengthen alumni engagement and plays an advisory role influencing alumni‑related strategy.
Watt Club Council President
We are delighted to confirm that Dr Heriet Kudakwashe Mhondiwa has now formally taken office as President of the Watt Club Council, effective 1 January 2026.
Candidates
The Watt Club Council Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025
The Watt Club AGM took place online on 28 January 2026, from 12:30–13:30 (UK time).
- Watt Club AGM 2025 minutes
- Event recording - Watch the recording of the AGM
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at watt.club@hw.ac.uk.
Founded in 1854, The Watt Club is the oldest graduates' association in the UK. With every student automatically becoming a member of The Watt Club on graduation, we now have over 173,000 global, specialist, innovative, expert, connected alumni scattered across more than 190 countries!
The Watt Club Council is the voluntary, elected body of alumni representatives and is charged with working with the University through the Development and Alumni Office (DAO), to keep our alumni community engaged. The Watt Club Council provides support and guidance to the University, and crucially, is able to directly influence University strategy and activity. Over the years, we've made great strides in modernising and revolutionising how we connect with our alumni community and deliver more of what they want.
We're now examining and refreshing how we work together in order to increase the number of alumni we are connected to, improve the strength of those connections, and harness our combined power to positively impact the world. Through the University's Strategy 2025, we have a laser focus on working together to help deliver on one of the Strategy's key themes – building flourishing communities – through a strong, energised and forward-looking Watt Club.