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Our staff

This is our team, who work tirelessly to ensure you have fun, and have a say in how things are run, here at Greenwich. If you are interested in joining us check out the current opportunities here.

We are contactable via email at greenwichsu@gre.ac.uk or phone at:
Yellow coloured map marker drop Avery Hill Reception: 020 8331 9596
Pink coloured map marker drop Greenwich Reception: 020 8331 7629
Green coloured map marker drop Medway Reception: 01634 888 9890  

Some of our team work at a particular campus; look out for the map markers next to their names. If there's not a marker, then that staff member works across all three campuses.

Key of campus markers - Avery Hill is yellow, Greenwich is pink, Medway is green

 

Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive

 

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Kate Dawson

Chief Executive

(She/Her)

 

Operations 

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Uzma Arif-Fryer

Deputy Chief Executive
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

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Head of Operations 

 

Melissa Miles

Organisation Development Manager

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Ria Akthair

HR & Office Coordinator

(She/Her)

 

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Finance Manager

 

Safwan Bazara

Finance Officer

(He/Him)

 

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Alison Samuel

Finance Assistant

(He/Him)

 

Campus Engagement and Opportunities

 

Mark Heffernan

 

Mark Heffernan

Head of Campus Engagement and Opportunities

 

 

Yellow coloured map marker drop Ryan Penny

Campus Engagement Manager (Avery Hill)

 

 

 

Yellow coloured map marker drop Lilah Mertens

Sports Coordinator

 

 

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Front of House Coordinator
 

 

 

Pink coloured map marker drop Connor Radcliffe

Engagement and Opportunities Manager (Greenwich)

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Pink coloured map marker drop Krishmi Karki

Engagement and Opportunities Coordinator (Societies & Events)

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Engagement and Opportunities Coordinator (Events)

 

Hannah Dennis

 

Green coloured map marker drop Hannah Dennis

Engagement and Partnership Manager (Medway)
 

 

 

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Engagement and Opportunities Coordinator (Societies) – Medway
 

 

 

Green coloured map marker drop Emma Harris

Senior Engagement and Opportunities Coordinator (Medway)
 

 

 

Green coloured map marker drop Jo Hollamby

Reception Supervisor  (Medway)

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Student Voice and Representation

 

 

Emma Pleasant

Head of Student Voice and Representation

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Maddy Scott

Academic Communities & Representation Manager

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Ellie Snee

Democracy and Insight Manager

 

 

Ivan Mouraviev

Governance and Policy Coordinator

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Green coloured map marker drop Vincent Nnoli

Academic Communities & Representation Coordinator (Faculty of Engineering & Science)

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Pink coloured map marker drop Tomek Gola

Academic Communities and Representation Coordinator (Business School)

 

 

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Academic Communities and Representation Coordinator (Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences)

 

Pink coloured map marker drop Tam Page

Academic Communities and Representation Coordinator (Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences)

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Advocacy and Policy

 

 

Kirsty Merry

Head of Advice and Wellbeing

 

 

 

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Advice Centre Manager (Avery and Greenwich)
 

 

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Yellow coloured map marker drop ​Pink coloured map marker drop Melissa Benzerrad

Adviser

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Adviser

 

Paul West

 

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Medway Advice Centre Manager

 

Lesley Duffy

 

Green coloured map marker drop Lesley Duffy

Medway Adviser

 

Steph Scott

 

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Retention and Wellbeing Project Manager

(She/They)

 

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Zuza Franusiewicz

Retention and Wellbeing Project Coordinator

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Commercial Services and Enterprise

 

 

Leroy Cyrus

Head of Commercial Services and Enterprise 

 

 

Trish Tomczynska

Deputy Head of Commercial Services

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Jay Olapade

Area Manager

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Yellow coloured map marker drop Ruby Ellis 

Retail Manager

 

 

Pink coloured map marker drop Lukasz Zawodny

Food and Beverage Manager (Greenwich)

 

 

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Assistant Food and Beverage Manager (Greenwich)

 

 

 Green coloured map marker drop Somil Aggarwal

Food and Beverage Manager (Medway)

 

 

 Green coloured map marker drop Luke Gosnay

Food Development Manager

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Rianne Stewart

Sales and Events Manager

 

 
 

 

Marketing and Communications

 

 

Shakira Hylton-Lecouf

Head of Marketing and Communications

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Olly Hicks-Pattison

Deputy Head of Marketing and Communications

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Jaime Paterson

Designer

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Tamanna

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

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Melanie Heng

Senior Commercial Marketing Coordinator

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Green coloured map marker drop Em Lambourne

Design and Marketing Specialist (Medway)