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
The first Surrey Leaders webinar.
Guest speakers
- Dr Emma Keller, Head of Sustainability at Nestle
- Kirstie McIntyre, Group Head of ESG at Pepco Group
- Dr Steve Waygood, Chief Sustainable Finance Officer at Aviva Investors
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 2025
Sustainability: Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti & Emma Keller
Zoom
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2025
Surrey Leaders online webinar 2
10 April 2025
Zoom
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2025
Surrey Weekender
13 - 15 June. Surrey Leaders workshop currently set for Saturday 14 June.
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
Segun Akinwoleola
Founder - The Gym Kitchen
Michael Argile
Senior Commercial Marketing Lead - Microsoft
Lucy Barnes
CEO & Co-Founder - Lawyers Who Care
Charlotte Beyer
Finance Director - Renegade Urban Winery
Gemma Bourne
Managing Director, Head of Property - Better Society Capital
Alexander Collins
Chief Operating Officer - Infinite pl
Jonathan Cooke
Vice President, Finance and Strategy (Europe) - Deliveroo
Mark Di-Toro
Strategic Communications Director - Iwoca
Omar Ebeid
Founder and CEO - Zeal App
Volodymyr Fedoriv
Co-Founder & COO - Remofirst
Stephanie Fell
Head of Real Assets Investment Marketing - Nuveen
Varsha Gupta
Founder - Velocity 1
Abbie Hutty
Lead Systems Engineer - ispace inc.
Johnny Jiang
CEO of Beijing office - FirsTrust (China) Investment Co.
Emma Keller
Head of Sustainability - Nestle UK&I
Rebecca Middleton
Director - DTZ Investors UK
Alan Monkhouse
Managing Director, MENA - EcoMatPro
Folarin Oyeleye
Managing Director - JP Morgan
Alex Ramamurthy
Head of Health and Social Care - Wagestream
Elizabeth Redpath
Senior Director, Regional & Partner Marketing EME - BMC Software
Umer Saleem
Regional Director, Middle East - Falcon Autotech, Falcon Tech
Nurasyl Serik
Co-founder & CEO - Remofirst
Rob Sherry
Managing Director, UK & Ireland - QSC
Dominique Smith
Barrister - Deka Chambers
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.