

Surrey Leaders
Connect with leaders, re-connect with Surrey
A new alumni network bringing together an international group of peers excelling in their fields. Surrey Leaders will have access to three years of personal development opportunities including masterclasses, workshops and preferential access to University events.
The Surrey Leaders network has been made possible by a generous gift from YS Chi, Honorary Graduate and member of the University’s campaign board.
Next event
Surrey Leaders are invited to two exclusive sessions including a workshop on the Future of Work.
Guest speakers include:
Professor Ying Zhou, Director of the Future of Work Research Centre at the University of Surrey.
Surrey Leaders activities 2024/25
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2024
Surrey Leaders masterclass 1
Saturday 5 October
Join us at Horsley Towers for our first masterclass.
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2025
Surrey Leaders online webinar 1
30 January
Sustainability: Professor Monique Raats, Dr Emma Keller, Dr Kirstie McIntyre and Professor Steve Waygood
Zoom
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2025
Surrey Weekender
13 - 14 June
Surrey Leaders workshop to take place on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 June.
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2025
Surrey Leaders masterclass 2
10 and 11 October
Brooklands Hotel, UK
You may have to reinvent yourself half a dozen times, each time you learn something new again…YS Chi, on staying relevant and succeeding as a leader.

Meet the Surrey Leaders

Abiola Aderibigbe
Group Head of Legal and Commercial - BESA Group

Segun Akinwoleola
Founder - The Gym Kitchen

Matthew Allen
Director - Deloitte

Michael Argile
Senior Commercial Marketing Lead - Microsoft

Adwoa Asantewaa
Energy Economist - The World Bank

Lucy Barnes
CEO & Co-Founder - Lawyers Who Care

James Beirne
Commercial Manager - Automotive Precision Technology

Charlotte Beyer
Finance Director - Renegade Urban Winery

Michael Boggia
Vice President Sales - LoopUp

Gemma Bourne
Managing Director, Head of Property - Better Society Capital

Arran Broadbent
Chief Commercial Officer - Asurion

Alexander Collins
Chief Operating Officer - Infinite pl

Jonathan Cooke
Director, Strategic Finance & Analytics EMEA - Airbnb

Emma Cooper
Chief People Officer - System 1

Mark Di-Toro
Strategic Communications Director - Iwoca

Claire Dingley
Vice President Delivery - CloudFactory

Valentine Douglas
Chief of Staff - Vitol

Omar Ebeid
Founder and CEO - Zeal App

Volodymyr Fedoriv
Co-Founder & COO - Remofirst

Stephanie Fell
Head of Responsible Investment Marketing - Nuveen

Marianna Frantzis
Senior Director - Page Society

Nadeem Gabbani
Founder and CEO - Exobotics

Laurence Goodman
Chief Financial Officer - Octopus Energy

Varsha Gupta
Founder - Velocity 1

Thomas Hall
Director - EY

Abbie Hutty
Lead Systems Engineer - ispace inc.

Johnny Jiang
CEO of Beijing office - FirsTrust (China) Investment Co.

Dani Jordan
Director of Communications & Communities - Surfers Against Sewage

Tina Kataria
Senior Director, Marketing Transformation - Coca-Cola

Emma Keller
Head of Sustainability - Nestle UK&I

Peter Kent
Vice President, EMEA - State Street Advisors

Rebecca Middleton
Director - DTZ Investors UK

Alan Monkhouse
Managing Director, MENA - EcoMatPro

Nicola Newson-Love
Partner - PA Consulting

Monica Oluwole
Barrister - Crown Prosecution Service

Anthony Osunde
Head of Sales, West Africa - Krones

Folarin Oyeleye
Managing Director - JP Morgan

Alex Ramamurthy
VP Strategic Partnerships and Alliances - Wagestream

Elizabeth Redpath
Senior Director, Demand Strategy, Automation & Optimization - BMC Software

Monica Saavedra
CEO and Founder - Lambda Agri

Umer Saleem
Vice President, Middle East & North Africa - HWArobotics

Thomas Savage
Managing Director - Transwestern

Nurasyl Serik
Co-founder & CEO - Remofirst

Rob Sherry
Managing Director, UK & Ireland - QSC

Dominique Smith
Barrister - Deka Chambers

Kevin Smith
Principal - Bespoke Hospitality

Iryna Tsyganok
Co-Founder & CEO - Irysan

Angelo Vassiliades
Marketing Director - Emirates Post

Alberto Verme
Director of Sales EMEA - Sportable

Matt Walpole
Head of Digital - Bachy Soletanche
Surrey Leaders launch
We officially launched the Surrey Leaders network on 3 June 2024 at a special event held in the Palace of Westminster. It was a fantastic evening that also included the awarding of the 2023 Vice Chancellor's Alumni Awards.
It was the first time that we gathered some of the Surrey Leaders together and attendees had the opportunity to speak with YS Chi whose generous gift has enabled this network to be created.