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

Next event

Thursday 30 January 2025

Surrey Leaders webinar 1: Sustainability

Zoom 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT)

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

  • 2024

    Surrey Leaders masterclass 1

    Saturday 5 October

    Join us at Horsley Towers for our first masterclass. 

  • 2025

    Surrey Leaders online webinar 1

    30 January 2025

    Sustainability: Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti & Emma Keller

    Zoom

  • 2025

    Surrey Leaders online webinar 2

    10 April 2025

    Zoom

     

  • 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

Segun Akinwoleola

Founder - The Gym Kitchen

Michael Argile

Michael Argile

Senior Commercial Marketing Lead - Microsoft

Lucy Barnes

Lucy Barnes

CEO & Co-Founder - Lawyers Who Care

Charlotte Beyer

Charlotte Beyer

Finance Director - Renegade Urban Winery

Gemma Bourne

Gemma Bourne

Managing Director, Head of Property - Better Society Capital

Alex Collins

Alexander Collins

Chief Operating Officer - Infinite pl

Jonathan Cooke

Jonathan Cooke

Vice President, Finance and Strategy (Europe) - Deliveroo

Mark Di Toro 1

Mark Di-Toro

Strategic Communications Director - Iwoca

Omar Ebeid

Omar Ebeid

Founder and CEO - Zeal App

Volodymyr Fedoriv

Volodymyr Fedoriv

Co-Founder & COO - Remofirst

Stephanie Fell

Stephanie Fell

Head of Real Assets Investment Marketing - Nuveen

Varsha Gupta

Varsha Gupta

Founder - Velocity 1

Abbie Hutty

Abbie Hutty

Lead Systems Engineer - ispace inc.

Johnny Jiang

Johnny Jiang

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

Emma Keller

Emma Keller

Head of Sustainability - Nestle UK&I

Rebecca Middleton

Rebecca Middleton

Director - DTZ Investors UK

Alan Monkhouse

Alan Monkhouse

Managing Director, MENA - EcoMatPro

Folarin Oyeleye

Folarin Oyeleye

Managing Director - JP Morgan

Alex Ramamurthy

Alex Ramamurthy

Head of Health and Social Care - Wagestream

Elizabeth Redpath

Elizabeth Redpath

Senior Director, Regional & Partner Marketing EME - BMC Software

Umer Saleem

Umer Saleem

Regional Director, Middle East - Falcon Autotech, Falcon Tech

Nurasyl Serik

Nurasyl Serik

Co-founder & CEO - Remofirst

Rob Sherry

Rob Sherry

Managing Director, UK & Ireland - QSC

Dominique Smith

Dominique Smith

Barrister - Deka Chambers

Angelo Vassiliades

Angelo Vassiliades

Marketing Director - Emirates Post

Alberto Verme

Alberto Verme

Director of Sales EMEA - Sportable

Matthew Walpole

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.

Read the story here