Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Board
Composition and membership
Composition and membership 2025/26
2025/26
| Position | Member |
|---|---|
| Director of EDI Services (Chair) | Veronica Moore |
| EDI Services Manager | Denise Coles |
| Social Impact & Inclusivity Manger | Lisa Brooks-Lewis |
| Current School EDI Leads | |
| AACME | Rebecca Higginson |
| ABCE |
Karen Blay (maternity leave covered by Ksenia Chmutina until January 26) |
| DCA | Lorraine Young |
| LB | Sarah Barnard |
| Loughborough London | Burce Celik |
| SSEHS | Daniel Rind |
| SSH | Abigail Davis |
| Science | Atish Vadher |
| Wolfson | Laura Justham |
| Professional Service Principal (Registry/Student Services/Library/Doctoral College ) |
Hayleigh Vasey |
| Professional Service Principal (VCO/OD/HR/Health and Safety ) |
Laura Crawford |
| Professional Service Principal (RIO/M&A) |
Stuart King |
| Professional Service Principal (Finance/IT) |
vacant |
| Professional Service Principal (Estates/Sport) |
vacant |
| Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Executive Officer (LSU) | Harry Huffen |
| Director of Student Influence (LSU) | Nicky Conway |
| Director of Student Services | Charlie Wheeldon |
| Director of Human Resources | Matt Hammonds |
| Director of Organisational Development | Sharon Platts |
| Unite Union Rep | Jan Short |
| Unison Union Rep | Irvin Hendrickson |
| UCU Union Rep | Angela Martinez Dy |
| Age Appreciation Staff Group Chair | Catherine Armstrong |
| Early Careers Network Chair | Joseph Bou-Nassif |
| International Staff Group Chair | Roberta Bernabei |
| LGBT+ Staff Network | Stevie Ashurst |
| MAIA Network Chair | Gemma Towle/Henrietta Pocock |
| Part-time Staff Group | Eduarda Castro |
| REACH Staff Network | Chukwuma Ogbonnaya |
| Religion & Belief Network Chair | Angela Tarry |
| Staff 2000 Network | Michael Wraight/Steven Black |
| Staff Inclusivity Group | Emma Nadin |
| Working Parents and Carers Network | Abbie Loney/Ksenija Kuzmina |
| Secretary | Becky Henry |
Please note that as Associate Deans for EDI and Professional Service EDI Principals are appointed from mid 2025, EDI Board membership will be updated.
Composition and membership 2024/25
2024/25
| Position | Member |
|---|---|
| Director of EDI Services (Chair) | Veronica Moore |
| EDI Services Manager | Denise Coles |
| Social Impact & Inclusivity Manger | Lisa Brooks-Lewis |
| Current School EDI Leads | |
| AACME | Elizabeth Ratcliffe |
| ABCE |
Karen Blay (on maternity leave) |
| DCA | Kerri Akiwowo Lorraine Young Cecilia Landa-Avila |
| LB | Suzana Grubnic |
| Loughborough London | Jennie Wong |
| SSEHS | Daniel Rind |
| SSH | Elizabeth Mavroudi Emma Richardson |
| Science | Kinga Morsanyi |
| Wolfson | Ella-Mae Hubbard Chukwuma Ogbonnaya |
| Staff representative from grade 1-5 community | TBC – Steve Warren, Head of Operations, Estates & Facilities Management has been asked to nominate |
| LSU EDI Executive Officer 24/25 | Atlas Alberich |
| LUCU Equality Officer | Angela Martinez Dy |
| Staff representative from the Doctoral Research community | TBC – Steve Christie, APVC (Doctoral College) has been asked to nominate |
| Director of Human Resources | Matt Hammonds |
| Director of Student Services | Charlie Wheeldon |
| Director of Organisational Development | Sharon Platts |
| Secretary (Strategic Planning Team) | Amanda Silverwood |
Please note that as Associate Deans for EDI and Professional Service EDI Principals are appointed from mid 2025, EDI Board membership will be updated.
Composition and membership 2023/24
2023/24
| Position | Member |
|---|---|
| Director of EDI Services (Chair) | Veronica Moore |
| EDI Services Manager | Denise Coles |
| Representatives from the School EDI Committee (see note below) | |
| AACME | Elizabeth Ratcliffe |
| ABCE | Karen Blay |
| DCA | Kerri Akiwowo Lorraine Young Cecilia Landa-Avila |
| LB | Suzana Grubnic |
| Loughborough London | Jennie Wong |
| SSEHS | Daniel Rind |
| SSH | Elizabeth Mavroudi Iris Wigger |
| Science | Kinga Morsanyi |
| Wolfson | Ella-Mae Hubbard Chukwuma Ogbonnaya |
| Representative from the staff networks via Networks of Networks | Rotating attendance |
| Staff representative from grade 1-5 | vacant |
| Student representative LSU | Rachel Wan |
| Union Representative | Kerry Featherstone |
| Doctoral researcher representative | vacant |
| Director of Human Resources | vacant |
| Director of Student Services | Charlie Wheeldon |
| Organisational Development representative | vacant |
| Secretary (Strategic Planning Team) | Amanda Silverwood |
| In attendance: | |
| PVC(EDI) | vacant |
| Others by request or co-opted as appropriate | |
Note: Due to the size of EDIOB each stakeholder group (e.g. School) can only have one representative at each meeting.
Composition and membership 2022/23
2022/23
| Position | Member |
|---|---|
| Chair: Director of EDI Services | Veronica Moore |
| School EDI Committee representatives | |
| AACME | Tom Carslake |
| ABCE | Monia Del Pinto |
| DCA | Mazher Iqbal Mohammed and Kerri Akiwowo |
| LBS | TBC |
| Loughborough London | Jennie Wong |
| SSEHS | TBC |
| SSH | Iris Wigger and Catherine Armstrong |
| Science | Meredith Coney and Kinga Morsanyi |
| Wolfson | Sheryl Williams |
| Staff network representative | Rotating attendance |
| Staff G1-5 representative | Pete Shaddock |
| Student representative LSU | TBC |
| Union Representative | Jan Short |
| Doctoral researcher representative | Naomi Alormele |
| Director of Human Resources | Anne Lamb |
| EDI Manager | Emma Dresser |
| Secretary (Planning Office) | Amanda Silverwood |
| In attendance: | |
| PVC(EDI) | Charlotte Croffie |