 The college is run by the Principal and Fellows . The Principal must be " a person distinguished for literary or scientific attainments , or for services in the work of education in the University or elsewhere " . The Principal has " pre @-@ eminence and authority over all members of the College and all persons connected therewith " and exercises " a general superintendence in all matters relating to education and discipline " . The current Principal , Sir Nigel Shadbolt , was appointed in 2015 . Fourteen Principals have been former students of the college : Griffith Powell ( elected in 1613 ) was the first and Alfred Hazel ( elected in 1925 ) was the most recent . The longest @-@ serving principal was Henry Foulkes , from 1817 to 1857 . 
