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Mariam Sohail

Student Trustee

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Isabella Mugoba Naziwa

Student Trustee

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Isabella is an Aston Alumni currently studying the MSc Strategic Digital Marketing course here at Aston University. Throughout her years at Aston, Isabella has been passionate about the student voice and contributing to the experience of her peers through roles such as Society Committee Member, Student Rep, Mentor, Chair of a Staff/Student Consultative Committee and more. Passionate about diversity & inclusion and digital marketing, Isabella was able to combine the two during her undergraduate placement year and continues her work alongside her studies at a world-leading manufacturing company. Isabella is keen to continue being a voice for students here at Aston whilst also bringing her professional expertise in diversity & inclusion and digital marketing to the board to positively impact the Student Union and the experience of students at Aston University.

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Arun Shoker

External Trustee

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Arun works as a Mentoring Programme Coordinator at The Diana Award, he coordinates the delivery of a 12-week mentoring programme to secondary schools all across the Birmingham region. Arun previously worked at Aston University as part of the AimHigher team

Anton Schwarz

Alumni Trustee

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Anton was President of the Students’ Union in 1978. He has some great memories of the SU and is keen to support the SU in his role of Alumni Trustee. After graduating from Aston in the late 70s, he and his best friend set Laser Expertise Ltd – a Fabrication and Laser Cutting business in Nottingham, which he remains the Managing Director of today.

Saskia Loer Hansen

University-Appointed Trustee

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Saskia Loer Hansen is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Engagement) at Aston University with responsibility for business and civic engagement, international and marketing, development and alumni relations, and for the University’s student support functions. Prior to this appointment, Saskia held the role of Pro-Vice-Chancellor International at Aston for two years, and maintains a strong interest in the University’s internationalisation agenda.

Katy Baker

Alumni Trustee

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Katy holds the role of Director of Services at Oaks Consultancy, helping organisations of all shapes and sizes across the sport, education, public and third sectors

Callum Roberts

External Trustee

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Callum has worked in HE for 9 years since leaving University in 2012. Originally specialising in Sports Development, he has since gained managerial qualifications and taken on a leadership role at the University of Buckingham as the Sport & Students' Union Manager. He is strong believer in partnership working and has established a strong network of Town and Gown relationships at his institution. In the last three years he has developed the student voice on campus significantly, introducing Sabbatical Officers for the first time in the Union's history and bringing the academic representative system under the supervision of the Union. Recently he was also elected as the Professional Services Representative on Council for the University of Buckingham.

Callum is excited to learn more about the work of Aston Students' Union and will not be afraid to challenge the staff and officers to ensure that students are getting the best possible experience and support from their Union.

Student Officers

The student officers are also on the board of trustees, to learn more about them check out these pages:

The Trustee Board currently has one vacancy for an independent/external trustee and will be recruiting for student trustees in 2020.