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.
About Surrey Leaders
As a Surrey Leader, you will benefit from:
- Time and space to reflect and invest in your personal development
- Opportunities to connect and collaborate with other Surrey Leaders from diverse backgrounds and sectors
- Invitations to exclusive masterclasses
- Webinars from Surrey academics and leading business experts to support your personal and career development
- Keep up to date on the latest research and innovation emerging from the University of Surrey - your intellectual home
- Recognition as a Surrey Leader on your LinkedIn profile and the University of Surrey website
- The opportunity to build your leadership contacts further as we recruit 30+ new alumni leaders per year and expand this impactful network
Surrey Leaders launched in June 2024 and the first masterclass will take place on Saturday 5 October.
- You will be invited to two in-person learning and development or networking opportunities, and two online events per year
- Participation is not accredited
- You will also be offered preferential opportunities to access other University events, talks and activities that may interest you
- There will be optional opportunities to meet or mentor current Surrey students and/or recent graduates, many of whom might be just the future talent you've been looking for
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.
Surrey Leaders at launch - June 2024
5G/6G Innovation Centre
Surrey Sports Park
School of Veterinary Medicine