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RUAA UK - Central Committee

Where it all began: the central committee, functional teams, school and regional chapters.

About

The heart of RUAA

RUAA UK is the founding home of the association, based on the Riverbend campus in Bristol. The Central Committee leads ten functional portfolios and coordinates the four school alumni organisations and the regional chapters across the United Kingdom.

It is also the main liaison with Riverbend University and its Alumni Relations Office.

Executive committee

Central committee

Elected by members of RUAA Bangladesh to lead the association's work in Bangladesh.

Grace MacDonald
President
2025-2027
Ngozi Li
Senior Vice President
2025-2027
Ngozi Taylor
Vice President
2025-2027
Tunde Patel
Vice President
2025-2027
Sean Sharma
Vice President
2025-2027
Eleanor Whitfield
Vice President
2025-2027
Kwame Smith
Secretary General
2025-2027
Oliver Stewart
Senior Joint Secretary
2025-2027
Hannah MacDonald
Joint Secretary
2025-2027
Mei Chen
Joint Secretary
2025-2027
Eilidh Khan
Joint Secretary
2025-2027
Yusuf Wilson
Treasurer
2025-2027
Harry Davies
Assistant General Secretary
2025-2027
Rohan Byrne
Assistant General Secretary
2025-2027
Siobhan Brown
Director
2025-2027
Wei Walker
Director
2025-2027
Jack Evans
Director
2025-2027
Siobhan Davies
Director
2025-2027
Daniel Thomas
Director
2025-2027
Jack Khan
Director
2025-2027
Kwame Williams
Member
2025-2027
Chloe Brown
Member
2025-2027
Fatima Jones
Member
2025-2027
William Sharma
Member
2025-2027
Ananya Thomas
Member
2025-2027
Daniel Mensah
Member
2025-2027
Rohan Nowak
Member
2025-2027
Arjun Byrne
Member
2025-2027
Working teams

Teams and their mandates

Volunteer teams turn the committee's priorities into programmes.

01 Events & Programs

Plan and deliver the annual calendar: reunions, seminars, Global Connect and cultural events.

Initiatives: Grand Reunion 2026 planning; quarterly seminar series.

  • Zofia Rossi Head
  • Ewan Stewart Team Member
  • Hana Murphy Team Member
  • James Li Team Member

02 University Affairs & Alumni Office Liaison

Represent alumni to Riverbend University and work with its Alumni Relations Office.

Initiatives: Alumni seat on convocation committee; campus mentoring days.

  • Priya Adeyemi Head
  • Hannah Patel Team Member
  • Oliver Taylor Team Member
  • Hannah Mensah Team Member

03 Membership, Career & Industry Relations

Grow and verify membership, run career services and industry partnerships.

Initiatives: Global alumni database drive; career fair with 40 employers.

  • Emily Khan Head
  • Ewan Patel Team Member
  • Jack Thomas Team Member
  • Giulia Adeyemi Team Member

04 Global Chapters & Country Coordination

Support existing chapters, onboard new countries, and run the Global Advisory Board secretariat.

Initiatives: Standard chapter charter; onboarding of two new country representatives.

  • Eleanor Whitfield Head
  • Megan Chen Team Member
  • Ciaran Smith Team Member
  • Chidi Walker Team Member

05 Communications & Media

Own the website, newsletter, social media and press relations.

Initiatives: Monthly newsletter; migrating Facebook announcements to the website archive.

  • Siobhan Wong Head
  • George Evans Team Member
  • Imran Johnson Team Member
  • Fatima Mensah Team Member

06 Women Empowerment, Inclusion & Engagement

Champion inclusion and grow women alumni leadership.

Initiatives: Women in Leadership mentoring circle.

  • Ava Sharma Head
  • Kenji Smith Team Member
  • Callum Stewart Team Member
  • Harry Ali Team Member

07 Social Welfare & CSR

Coordinate relief, scholarships and community impact projects.

Initiatives: Winter coat drive; hardship bursary fund.

  • Yusuf Wright Head
  • Omar Johnson Team Member
  • Ananya Wong Team Member
  • Rhys Chen Team Member

08 Finance & Audit

Maintain accounts, budgets and annual audit.

Initiatives: Digital receipts for membership and donations.

  • Wei Williams Head
  • Aisha Li Team Member
  • Kwame Chen Team Member
  • Sean Wright Team Member

09 Legal & Governance

Maintain the constitution, elections and policies.

Initiatives: Constitution amendment for the 2026 global structure.

  • Zofia Johnson Head
  • George Patel Team Member
  • Wei Wright Team Member
  • Mateusz Patel Team Member

10 IT & Digital Platforms

Run the RUAA Global platform, alumni database and digital card.

Initiatives: Launch of ruaa.example.org and the alumni ID.

  • Arjun Nowak Head
  • George Sharma Team Member
  • Ava Smith Team Member
  • Chidi Smith Team Member
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