AUB is governed by its Board of Governors. The Principal and Vice-Chancellor, through the University Management Team, is responsible for the executive management of the University, supported by a number of executive committees. The Academic Board is the University's principal academic authority. Subject to the responsibilities of the Board of Governors and the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, the Academic Board has oversight of academic activities. In 2020, Professor Paul Gough was appointed Principal and Vice Chancellor of the university, following the retirement of Professor Stuart Bartholomew, who had served as Principal and Vice Chancellor at the institution since 1997. In march 2021, it's Chief Operating Officer Nick Welsh was convicted of fraud in a court martial relating to his service in the British Army.