she/her | Chief Executive Officer

As Chief Executive, Misbah leads the operations of the Students' Union coordinating the whole staff team and all of our projects and initiatives. With the direction of the Trustee Board, she is responsible for advancing the strategic direction of the Union and ensuring we consistently provide excellent services and experiences for the student body at Lancaster. 

To book an appointment with Misbah, contact her Personal Assistant, Charlotte.

she/her | Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive

Charlotte provides administrative support to the Chief Executive and helps the Senior Leadership Team. She is also the Secretary for the Trustee Board and its sub-committees. 

he/him | Head of Advocacy & Governance

 Chris provides leadership to a range of departments in the Students' Union including Advice, Voice, Communications, IT and Societies & Student Communities. Chris is also the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Data Protection Officer for the Students' Union. 

he/him | Head of Finance & Resources

Philip is our Head of Finance and Resources.

she/her | Advice Service Manager

Vicki manages our Advice Service ensuring that our team delivers high quality, professional and impartial advice to students, predominantly on academic and house matters. 

she/her | Student Advice Caseworker

Eliza works with the Advice team to offer independent and non-judgmental advice to students on a range of matters including academic and housing issues. 

he/him | Student Advice Caseworker

Stephen works with the Advice team to offer independent and non-judgmental advice to students on a range of matters including academic and housing issues.

he/him | Student Insight & Voice Manager

Frank manages our representation and democratic functions, as well as our political and campaigning work as a member-led organisation. He also manages our Insight Team who conduct research to help us better understand students and their contexts to inform our work and representatives. 

he/him | Academic Representation Coordinator

Chih-Hsiang works closely with the Vice President Education to support Academic Reps in every department at Lancaster in order to help them represent your academic interests such as programme content, timetabling, assessment and feedback, and teaching quality.

he/him | Societies & Student Communities Manager

Pat leads the Societies and Student Communities team in the Students' Union supporting over 150 societies, nine College Execs, six Liberation & Campaign Forums and four student media groups.

he/him | LUSU Green Coordinator

Scott leads LUSU Green – the Student Union’s home for sustainability events and campaigns. He delivers a range of events including ECOChallenge, nature-based volunteering and the Climate Conference. He lead’s on the Union’s sustainability strategy, LUSU Sustainability Committee, and the Sports, Societies and Colleges Sustainability Competition – empowering students to take action on sustainability.

she/they | Societies Assistant

Polly provides advice for societies, assisting them in coordinating activities and helps with their day-to-day running, working with other teams in the SU to ensure societies receive funds, promote events, and prepare new execs for their roles, as well as answering any queries societies may have.

she/her | Intervarsity Sport Coordinator

Sophie supports student sports clubs, LUSU and University Sports staff to plan, facilitate and develop intervarsity sport at Lancaster. Sophie also acts as the main contact between Lancaster and other Universities regarding all external sporting competitions, including BUCS events.

she/her | Events Manager

Aimee leads the Events team in delivering unforgettable experiences, entertainment and events for students at Lancaster. She coordinates our dedicated team of student Crew staff and project manages a range of significant Union events including Welcome Week, Christmas Markets and end of year celebrations. 

she/her | Sugarhouse Assistant Manager

Rebecca is the Sugarhouse Assistant Manager.

he/him | Finance Accounts Assistant

Yin is the finance accounts assistant for the Students' Union.

she/her | Housing Manager

Safiya oversees management of the Students’ Union lettings agency and the team therein, ensuring a profitable, safe and customer focused operation. Safiya is always trying to improve the development and continuous improvement of the SU Living offer. Safiya wants to ensure a enjoyable and stress free experience for all students & tenants.

he/him | Communications & Design Manager

Iain leads the communications and design team responsible for spreading the message about all the great projects, campaigns and events that the Students' Union is involved in. This involves coordinating a range of activities including graphic design, photography, branding, social media, website, articles and newsletters. 

she/her | Communications Assistant

Shannon supports the comms and design team to showcase the work of the Students' Union. This involves lots of activities including coordinating social media content, updating the website and writing news articles.

she/her | Communications Production Assistant

Imogen supports the comms and design team, focusing on creating video content for the Students' Union. She also helps with other SU promotional material such as the website, articles, and social media in order to support the work of the Students' Union.

he/him | IT Systems Support Coordinator

Paul looks after the IT infrastructure in the Students' Union providing technical support and advising on digital projects and initiatives. He also manages the UnionCloud system.

he/him | Commercial Marketing Assistant

Ben works with a variety of external companies and businesses that want to connect with students, and supports society and sports club sponsorships, striving to ensure that students get the best value and support.