Philip John Gummett CBE is a British academic administrator.

Philip Gummett graduated from Birmingham University with a B.Sc. in Chemistry in 1969. ^[1] He graduated from Manchester University with the degrees of M.Sc. and Ph.D. ^[2]

Gummett was Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales from 2004 to 2012. ^[3] While Chief Executive, Gummett drew up a new structure for Wales's universities. The resulting plan led to a series of high-profile mergers of higher education institutions in Wales. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Philip Gummett served as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Director of the PREST (Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology) institute at the University of Manchester. He was Professor of Government and Technology Policy at Manchester University. ^{[1] [2] [4]} Gummett’s best known academic work is the monograph Scientists in Whitehall (Manchester University Press, 1980). ^[7]

Professor Gummett was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to Higher Education in Wales. ^{[4] [8]}

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