Ms Philippa Hird

Ms Philippa Hird is currently the Chair and Pro Chancellor of the University of Manchester, the Senior Independent Director of Ordnance Survey and of Cambridge University Hospitals Trust and a Non-Executive Director of Cyber and Specialist Operations Command.

As Group Human Resources Director of ITV Plc until 2009, Philippa shaped the consolidation of the regional ITV companies. Prior to that she held general management and then HR roles in Granada Group Plc. She began her career in marketing with ICI and has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from The Queen’s College Oxford.

Mr Vincent Anandraj

With a lifelong passion for ensuring that all students have equitable access to quality education, Vincent Anandraj trained as a teacher and taught at schools in London, Hertfordshire and Singapore. He was instrumental in the setting up of three international schools in the Far East. He has extensive experience in fundraising in both the charity and commercial sectors.

He completed his MA at Queen Mary, University of London and has successfully worked with companies in the various sub-sectors of Tech. Serving as a NED for a number of companies and a Trustee at charities, Vincent advises on fundraising and growth strategies.

Dr Lewis Bremner

Lewis Bremner is Director of Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science at St Edmund’s College. He works on the history of knowledge, technology, and material culture, with a particular focus on the transnational history of Japan. He received his DPhil in History from the University of Oxford, and, prior to coming to Cambridge in 2022, held positions at Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the School of Global and Area Studies at Oxford.

Dr Blaise Mafuko Nyandwi

Dr Blaise Mafuko Nyandwi is a volcanologist and disaster risk specialist at the University of Goma (DRC), where he serves as Senior Lecturer at the School of Volcanology, Disaster Risk and Catastrophe Management. He holds a BA and MSc in Geology from the University of Goma, an MSc in Environmental Engineering from the University of Burundi, and a PhD in Volcanology from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research focuses on volcanic risk mitigation and community-based disaster risk reduction in the Virunga Volcanic Province.

He also is actively engaged in community-based initiatives to improve risk awareness and resilience, working with secondary schools in Goma such as coordinating an online DRR community between students in Goma and Sheffield (UK). He also supports local DRR stakeholders in strengthening operational practices. For over five years, he has contributed as a volunteer with the Start Network, supporting anticipatory action, particularly for flood risk in the DRC.

Mr Malcolm Cameron

Malcolm Cameron is a consultant Head and Neck Maxillofacial Surgeon and clinical lead at Addenbrooke’s, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust where he has worked for over two decades.  He qualified in Medicine from St Bartholomew’s Hospital after his Dental degree at Guy’s Hospital, London.

His training involved time at The Royal Marsden Hospital and completed at University College Hospital in London including Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.

Within Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, his special interests are head & neck oncology with special reference to mouth cancer and reconstruction. Additionally, he manages adult and paediatric facial trauma and he also looks after salivary gland pathology and complex cutaneous malignancy.

At Addenbrooke’s he is a trainer for medical and dental core trainees plus surgeons in higher training. He hosts student selected components (SSP’s) for clinical medical students at the University of Cambridge Medical School and is the supervisor for head and neck anatomy at St Edmunds College, Cambridge.

He is a contributing author to the medical text books: Essential Surgery, Maxillofacial Trauma and Aesthetic Reconstruction.

Dr Liam Saddington

Dr Liam Saddington is a political and environmental geographer based in the Department of Geography. His research examines the geopolitics of climate change with a particular focus on small island developing states. He has undertaken research in Fiji, Tuvalu, Antigua and Barbuda, Seychelles and Cabo Verde.

He contributes to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching within the Department. He is particularly interested in pedagogic innovations; outreach and widening participation; and connecting geography across primary, secondary and higher education.

Dr Kevin Loudon

Dr Loudon obtained his MBBS in 2008 and completed his specialist medical training in renal and internal medicine in the East of England Deanery. He became a Consultant Nephrologist in 2021 with a sub-speciality interest in transplantation and immune-mediated kidney disease. He spent a year as a Clinical Research Fellow funded by the Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust/Isaac Newton Trust before commencing his PhD at the Molecular Immunity Unit, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, funded by a Kidney Research UK Clinical Training Fellowship with Professor Menna Clatworthy. His research focused on bladder and kidney-resident innate immunity and its role in defence against infection and tissue repair. He is currently a Bye-Fellow and Director of Studies in Medicine (Pre-clinical) at St Edmund’s College, and a Consultant Nephrologist and Vasculitis Physician at Cambridge University Hospitals.

Prof Nikiforos Tsougarakis

Dr Tsougarakis has been Assistant Professor of European Medieval History at the University of Crete since 2022. Before joining the University of Crete, he was Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at Edge Hill University. His research focuses on the ecclesiastical history of the Venetian and Frankish states of Greece, especially in the period 1204 to 1500, with a particular focus on the Franciscans. He has also published on medieval pilgrimage, the crusades and heresy.