Our people

Anastasia is a British-Greek architect, tutor, soprano and linguist. She is a Design Fellow in the Architecture Faculty, teaching third year undergraduate students.

She is the director of Glover Architects, a London based studio that focuses on remodelling unusual historic properties for private clients, as well as new builds and commercial projects that embrace the elemental.  They work with local and salvaged materials, vernacular techniques, high attention to detail, layering of spaces and time’s inevitable patina. Completed projects include the remodelling of various London townhouses, a ruined 15th century castle, a rural Meditation Retreat in Ireland, and reinhabitations of island ruins in Greece.

She also sings with Musarc, an avant-garde choir collective who perform all over Europe. She speaks five languages and previously worked as a Japanese and Chinese interpreter for the BBC, having lived in Tokyo, Beijing, Florida, Athens as well as a Zen Buddhist Monastery in France.

Andrea is a Fellow and College Teaching Officer in Law at St Edmund's. He studied law at the University of Bologna, Cambridge, and at the European University Institute. Andrea's current research examines how legal discourse represents complex socio-economic realities. His work incorporates insights from cognitive sciences, game theory, and economic sociology to investigate how law (mis)understands the social world. Prior to his current role, Andrea taught EU law, Roman law, labour law, and law and economics at LSE and Cambridge.

I am a genetic epidemiologist who works on casual inference from observational data. My research focuses on using the inheritance of genetic variation to emulate randomised control trials, and thereby accelerate drug development. 

Having failed to become a philosopher, Benji became a genetic epidemiologist. He currently works at the Medical Research Council Biostatistics and Integrative Epidemiology Units (at the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol respectively). His research leverages the random inheritance of genes to emulate clinical trials ('Mendelian randomization'), and thereby accelerate drug development for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions. His PhD research won the 2023 Cambridge Public Health Early Carer Researcher award for developing a novel approach to assess the causal impact of intergenerational risk factors, such as familial second-hand smoke exposure.

In addition to being an Associate Tutor at St Edmunds, Benji is a tutor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Publications

Former Acting Bursar at St Edmund's College.

My professional background is in engineering, computer science, microelectronics and AI. My research interests lie at the intersection of science, technology and religion – in particular the ethics of AI and its application as a trustworthy, beneficial tool to support human flourishing.

Graham Budd is the Executive Director of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. He was previously President and COO at Arm, before his retirement from the company in 2021.

He read Engineering at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, before starting his career in technology at Thorn EMI Electronics. He has over 30 years experience in computing and the global semiconductor industry, including his work leading the development of several of Arm’s pioneering early single-chip computer designs. In 2005 he became Executive VP and General Manager of Arm’s Processor Division, then Chief Operating Officer from 2008. He was a member of Arm’s Executive Committee from 2005 and joined the main Arm Board in 2017.

Graham has held a number of business and charity Board roles and is currently a non-executive Director at Oxa, an Autonomous Vehicle software company, and Chair of the Aidan Charitable Trust. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Commissioner at the AI, Faith and Civil Society Commission.

Jeffrey Liu is a dynamic leader with a diverse background, having been a former Chinese National Swimming Champion and an expert in global finance and real estate investment. As the CEO and Founder of Posh Global Investment Limited, he is a visionary entrepreneur who transforms ideas into successful ventures. His passion for global investment has grown into a thriving enterprise with operations spanning Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania.

Beyond his commercial achievements, Jeffrey is a Senior Partner at Beijing Cornerstone & Partners Law Firm, where he provides intellectual property consulting services to Fortune 500 companies, including Nestlé, Victoria’s Secret, and Estée Lauder.

Jeffrey is committed to contributing his global expertise and resources to St Edmund’s College. His support will extend across multiple areas, including the College bursary, international programmes, global finance and real estate investment, as well as entrepreneurship and personal development, benefitting both students and the wider college community.

Josh Copeland is the executive director of the University of Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway. As executive director, he manages the administration and operations of the Gateway, and works in collaboration with academic leaders to create new research partnerships and initiatives in London. He is responsible for implementing academic vision and strategy, building strategic
relationships with UK universities and strengthening Notre Dame’s position in London as a leader in experiential learning, research and global education. An important component of his role is ensuring the success of the GK Chesterton Collection as a new gathering point for research activity at the Gateway.

Previously, Josh was the director of student affairs for Notre Dame in London, and before that with Minerva University in London. He has worked in other administrative and development roles at Oxford University, and for several years was the rector for residential life at Conway Hall, Notre Dame’s student residence in London.

Originally from the United States, Josh spent a decade as a professional opera singer and teacher before embarking on a career in university administration after moving to the UK in 2011. He continues his singing and teaching whenever the opportunity arises, and enjoys exploring the English countryside around the southeast with his wife and twin boys.

I am the Domestic Bursar here at St Edmund's, the Vice Chair of Anglia Care Trust, a Director of Meet Cambridge and is a member of the Military Education Committee for the East of England.

Rob was educated at King’s School Worcester. Upon leaving, as an Army Scholar, he entered Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment in 1986. Rob’s military career saw active service in Belfast and South Armagh between 1987 and 1989, in Arctic Norway in 1991 and then as an instructor at the School of Infantry, leaving in 1994. As a sportsman, Rob played rugby for the Combined Services against Scotland and Wales at U21 level and for the senior Army in the Tri-Services competition and played for Moseley in the top flight before the game turned professional. Rob then spent 7 years in the Financial Sector broking Fixed Income Products. He founded a financial risk management business and concluded the first ever ‘weather derivative’ transaction in Europe. Following the 9/11 attacks, Rob joined the insurance broker Aon as a Terrorism Risk Consultant. He transferred to the risk-taking side of life as an underwriter for a Lloyd’s of London syndicate insuring international businesses against acts of terrorism and damage from War, Kidnap for Ransom. He pioneered insurance for global shipping fleets against Somali Piracy around the Horn of Africa. Rob’s insurance career ended in Switzerland where he rebuilt and led a Reinsurance business until 2015. Before joining St Edmund’s in 2022, Rob was Director of 11 companies owned by a Private Healthcare business and, through his own business, provided leadership and team development consulting to various UK sectors.

Personal Profile

Rupert was the Religion Editor and Hispanic Editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 2000 to 2020 and was previously Assistant Editor of The Tablet. He held a Visiting Fellowship at Oxford University from 2011 to 2013. His books include: Benedict XVI (Hodder, 2005), Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack (Penguin, 2012), Rowan’s Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop (Hodder, 2014), God Is No Thing: Coherent Christianity (Hurst, 2016), Does Religion Do More Harm Than Good? (SPCK, 2019), Outgrowing Dawkins: God for Grown-Ups (SPCK, 2019), The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering (Hodder, 2022), and The Eclipse of Christianity and Why It Matters (Hodder, 2024)