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Fozia Nisar: Head of School
Fozia is the Head of School at Montgomery Primary Academy.
Quickfire Questions with Evan Watts
Evan, now a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Ontario, credits Warwick Medical School for shaping his global perspective and enabling his return to Canada for postgraduate training.
SMLC Spotlight: Laura Connelly
Laura is a Marketing Coordinator at Sonoco's Consumer Products European Marketing Department.
Lloyd McCann: Chief Executive Officer
Lloyd is the Chief Executive Officer at Tamaki Health.
Jure Tus: Associate Solicitor
Jure is a Associate at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.
Rootes magazine is live
In Warwick's 60th year, we're delighted to bring you RootesLink opens in a new window - your commemorative alumni and supporters' magazine celebrating our first six decades.
Saquib Rahman: Senior Law Lecturer
Saquib is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Law at North South University.
Toyosi Ayoola: Vice-President and Compliance Officer
Toyosi is the Vice-President and Country Compliance Officer at Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited & Butterfield Trust (Guernsey) Limited.
Niyati Agrawal: International Experts Group Project Executive
Niyati is an International Experts Group (IEG) Project Executive at Avalere Health.
Lanqing Yang: Deputy Director at the World Industrial Research Institute
Lanqing is the Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Research Office at the World Industrial Research Institute, under the China Centre for Information Industry Development (CCID).
Quickfire Questions with Anoushka Chati
As an Operational Resilience Analyst at Ardonagh Specialty, Anoushka draws on skills gained at Warwick to tackle real-world challenges and drive collaborative problem-solving.
Muhammad Gul: Customer Operations Manager
Muhammad Gul is the Customer Operations Manager at Royal Mail in Oxford.
Chidi Ekuma: Founder of Mellent
Chidi is the founder of Mellent, he leads the strategic direction of the company, focusing on leveraging AI to deliver personalised financial wellness.
Scholarship Stories: Keeley O'Keefe
Only 14% of care leavers under 19 will go on to university. The odds may have been against Keeley, but, through determination and talent, along with the support of alumni like you, she’s taking her first steps into higher education at Warwick.
Changing lives: Student support driven by alumni
Thanks to your incredible support, more than £150,000 has been raised to support students at Warwick this academic year. You may have spoken to one of our callers and heard about the difference alumni support makes to student lives.
Ryan Gomez: ADAS Systems Engineer
Ryan is an ADAS Systems Engineer at Jaguar Land Rover.
60 years of giving
As Warwick celebrates its 60th anniversary, you're invited to look back at the vital role you have all played in shaping our journey. Over the past six decades, your generosity - our alumni, donors, supporters, and volunteers - has fuelled scholarships, research, and campus transformation, ensuring Warwick has quickly grown into one of the leading universities in the world.
Manas Bedse: Project Planner
Manas is a Project Planner JRL Group - Midgard Ltd.
Scholarship Stories: Yuki Chan
Inspired by her parents’ dedication as teachers, Yuki Chan, a second-year PhD student, made the bold decision to leave the comfort of her home in Hong Kong and embark on an academic journey through a global lens.
SMLC Spotlight: Lora Jones
Lora began at London & Partners before moving into journalism, rising to Senior Journalist at the BBC and now continuing her investigative work at ITV News.
Forbes 30 under 30 List 2025
Congratulations to our Warwick alumni who have been recognised in the 10th Forbes 30 under 30 List. The list recognises innovators and changemakers in a variety of fields.
Warwick love story: Diane and Jake
Diane and Jake met during the first week at Warwick through the fencing club, and they reconnected six years later in Cambridge. Then they decided to buy a house together and were married in July 2002.
SMLC Spotlight: Hanna Ward
Hanna is a Journalist at the BBC's Today programme, working with the most well-known voices in British broadcasting and producing content for around 6 million weekly listeners.
SMLC Spotlight: Jae Marple
Jae set up his own translation business in 2018 and works with agency clients across various sectors.
SMLC Spotlight: Joseph Lewsey
Joseph is a patent translator for the World Intellectual Property Organization, translating patent texts from German into English.
SMLC Spotlight: Claudia Lussana
Claudia completed a PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages and is now into her fourth year of secondary school teaching in Surrey.
Warwick love story: Hassan and Hamna
Both far from home in Pakistan, they found friendship, love, and a second home in the heart of Warwick campus.
Esther Tichauer: Associate Director (Sales and Operations)
Esther works for a pharmaceutical company that specialises in women’s healthcare - taking pride in a career that helps deliver life-changing medicines that empower women to thrive at every stage of their lives.
Phoebe Singer: Freelance Marketing Manager
Phoebe describes the myriad ways you can be involved in marketing and how she fell on her feet with freelancing after being made redundant.
Shaun Lordan: FinTech CEO
Shaun always knew he would end up in finance. Now he leads a dynamic organisation that merges commercial acumen with a passion for doing good.
Lily Searle: Senior Associate
Lily advises companies, and investment banks working with companies, who wish to list their shares on one of the exchanges operated by London Stock Exchange.
Physics Spotlight: Michelle Watson
Michelle is a Student User Experience Officer at the University of Warwick.
Psychology Spotlight: Joshua Smith
Joshua has multiple occupations, including lawyer, director and board advisor.
Quickfire questions with Arshia Qazi
Arshia chose Warwick because of its prestigious law school, and her favourite place on campus is the Piazza.
Quickfire questions with Abhi Desai
Warwick community’s diversity and openness made Abhi feel welcomed while also helping him grow.
Mandy Leung: Legal counsel
Mandy is a legal counsel for both the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions at her firm.
Nabiha Khan: Managing Director
Warwick’s diverse and challenging academic environment helped Nabiha develop the adaptability and resilience needed to excel in the hospitality sector.
Shira's poetry collection
Shira studied in the Master of Arts in International Performance Research program and is now publishing her poetry collection.
Mehdi Gholikhan: passion for education
Mehdi is an English language teacher, and his passion is to change lives through education.
Phoebe Singer: year abroad at Monash
Phoebe’s favourite memories at Warwick include her year abroad at Monash University and her time with Warwick Devils.
Aarti Mahesh Advani: Barclays Trainee Solicitor
Aarti tackles complex legal, policy, and regulatory challenges as part of her traineeship, which is primarily focused on ESG.
Akansha Sumaria: Director
Akansha works as a Director of two companies she set up with her husband (also an alumnus) in Tanzania.
Rachel Carter: Managing Director
Rachel discusses her path into hospitality and her advice that learning of any kind is always seen as a positive.
Quickfire questions with Suzanne Ovenden
The interdisciplinary nature of Suzanne’s helped her to excel in diabetes care and systematic review research.
Psychology Spotlight: Yuan Cheng
Yuan is currently doing a PhD in management at the Business School, Centre of Decision Research at the University of Leeds.
Neha Rajesh: Google Marketing Lead
Neha's goal is to help small and large businesses in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa work smarter, safer, and more sustainably.
Robert Hebden: Sustainability Reporting Analyst
After graduating with his Master’s last year, Rob now works as a Sustainability Reporting Analyst at Dentsu, managing global emissions data and supporting sustainability reporting.
Mardiros Ovagemyan: AML Associate Analyst
Mardiros loves the puzzle-like nature of his work as an analyst where he tries to detect money laundering or any other financial fraud.
Psychology Spotlight: Nia Helyar
Nia works as a Trainee Forensic Psychologist, she delivers Offender Behaviour Programs and psychological therapy to prisoners.
Mallika Bhasin: Consultant
With over seven years of experience in the startup innovation ecosystem, Mallika was drawn to work at the national policy think tank of India.
Psychology Spotlight: Biswajit Chaki
Biswajit is the founder and CEO of Engramia, a start up focused on transforming education in India.
Physics Spotlight: Tom Dumsday
Tom is a Credit Risk Analyst at Jefferies. He analyses counterparts and assesses their creditworthiness.
Physics Spotlight: Rohan Gadiyar Varadaraj
Rohan is a PhD student in Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, currently applying for postdoctoral positions.
Physics Spotlight: Jane Davina Clark
Experienced in industrial research and development, Jane later became interested in astronomy and is working on her fourth book.
Life Sciences Spotlight: Rushikesh Mhaisne
Rushikesh is a Production Scientist at Kings College London, working to establish the new facility supporting AAV research.
Quickfire questions with Siddhant
Warwick's rigorous and flexible math courses enabled Siddhant to build strong fundamentals while pursuing applied mathematics.
Life Sciences Spotlight: Katie Endersby
Katie is an Environmental Safety Scientist at Unilever, where she focuses on the biodegradability and persistence of chemicals.
Lizzie Hart wins film pitch award
Lizzie Hart (BA Theatre and Performance Studies, 2024) has won the Comedy Production Award at The Pitch Film Fund 2025 Awards.
Life Sciences Spotlight: Isaura Garcia Manoso
Isaura's degree at Warwick helped her to learn more about crop production, agriculture, and plant science.
Life Sciences Spotlight: Ibrahim Rather
Ibrahim works with pharmaceutical companies on their medical affairs projects and events.
Life Sciences Spotlight: Bethan Davies
With a background in biomedical science from Warwick, she pursued a PhD in bone biology and later a postdoc in Belgium.
David Mussell: one of Warwick's first cohort
David's time at Warwick taught him to approach problems from different perspectives, even in retirement.
History Spotlight: Thomas Bartley
Thomas leveraged research roles and society leadership to build strong analytical and communication skills.
Kit Brant: from Warwick society president to library specialist
Their time at Warwick was transformative, teaching them independence and leadership.
Morgan Skeels-Caldwell: Detective Constable
Morgan handles serious and complex crimes, including fraud, theft, and violent offenses.
International Women's Day 2025
In celebration of International Women's Day, we are shining an additional light on the fantastic achievements of our global alumnae. From established leaders to rising stars, these women are shaping the world around us and the Warwick of today.
From music to mountain gorillas
More than 20 years as a travel writer have taken Nick Ray (BA History and Politics, 1994) to some of the most spectacular places in the world. Now a location scout in Cambodia for blockbuster movies, he’s still in touch with friends from his student days.
Breaking barriers and leading change
In an exclusive interview, WMG Scholar, Amina Zahid, (MSc Programme & Project Management, 2021), reflects on her time at Warwick and offers her advice and expertise to current and future students.
Warwick love story: Akansha and Pujan
Akansha Sumaria and Pujan Sumaria Shah are among many couples who found their lifelong partners during their studies here. Their friendship sparked on the first day of university, brought together by neighbouring rooms and an instant connection.
Warwick love story: Jatin and Harnoor
Did you know that many in your alumni community found their soulmates here? Jatin Goel and Harnoor Gauba Goel are just one of these couples. They both travelled from India to study at Warwick in 2011 and tied the knot in 2022.
Transforming futures: Work experience driven by alumni support
Your support is empowering our students. Through your kind-hearted donations, you’re enabling students from all backgrounds to access work experience that will help them define their personal career path.
Max Beaumont: Founder
As Founder of NUMA, Skytree, and Atlantis Space City, Maximus is on a mission to build a permanent presence in Low Earth Orbit over the next fifteen years.
The impact of your support in 2024
The generosity of your alumni and supporter community is driving lasting change – empowering students and advancing vital research. You’re helping us break down barriers to higher education, enrich students’ experience, and fund innovative research with global impact. Thank you.
New Year Honours 2025
Congratulations to our Warwick alumni and staff who have been recognised in the 2025 Kings New Year Honours.
Bertrand: CEO and Founder
From a decade in strategy consulting to the challenges of entrepreneurship, Bertrand has built his running business from the ground up.
From Warwick graduate to PhD researcher in French cinema psychology
Returning to Warwick for her PhD was an easy decision for Ellie, even after a year working on the Côte d'Azur.
Donal Connolly: Director of Credit and Collections
Donal helps bring light to rural communities in Africa through helping set up payment plans for solar panels.
The key science of interlingual language signs invention
Encapsulating more than thirty years of academic life, Daguang's monograph was greatly influenced by his time at Warwick.
Computer Science Spotlight: George Lynch
George works as a Data Analyst at British Airways where he must digest complex mathematics and be able to communicate it effectively for stakeholders.
Life Sciences Spotlight: Manav Patel
Manav shares how his Life Sciences degree helped him.
Chemistry Spotlight: Ellie Clifford
Ellie discusses why she loved her time studying Chemistry at Warwick and how it's helped her in her role as Admissions Assistant at the University of Kent.
Tom Maidment: Sustainability Senior Manager
Careers are flexible, they evolve over time. Tom Maidment started as an Undergraduate Engineer; he now works in food sustainability with hopes to save one billion tonnes of CO2 by the time he turns 30.
Juhie Radia: Senior Global Customer Analyst
Alongside a career mapping and analysing data, Juhie is also a climate advocate and mentor who's represented environmental and sustainability policy in the UK at the Y7.
Anna Donovan: Product Manager
Anna's original career path was in the Arts sector, but it was a tech start-up that sent her off on a new challenge, working on a diversity of products.
From biology undergrad to doctor to therapist to author
Tom Davies' (BSc Biological Sciences, 2012) new book, Self-Obsession, is set for release in May 2025.
History Spotlight: Ricardo Aguilar-González
Ricardo's PhD in History focused on the impact of colonization on food, drink, and health in Mesoamerica.
History Spotlight: Meliha Hussain
Since graduating, Meliha has gone on to further study at Warwick and taken on a role as Co-Creation Officer, working to make assessments more inclusive for students.
Quickfire questions with Devika
Devika reflects on her time at Warwick and the change of pace it offered coming from a busy Indian city.
Spinning success with Pratik Gadia
Pratik Gadia is the Founder and CEO of The Yarn Bazaar, a startup company that appeared on the TV show Shark Tank India.
From childhood curiosity to career
Ozair Hudli's passion for engineering began in childhood, inspired by his family’s background in the manufacturing industry.
Boost your professional journey with Warwick Alumni Mentoring
WMG alumnus Ozair Hudli (MSc Engineering Business Management, 2023), joined the Warwick Alumni Mentoring Programme on Warwickgrad to help other graduates and students like Mahesh Ram Krishna Raj, a current MSc Engineering Business Management student, develop his career. Hear their perspectives on what it’s like to be a mentor and mentee in the programme.
The secure route of Werachai’s cyber path
Chevening Scholar Werachai Prayoonpruk returned to Bangkok after graduating and now works for Global Fusion Centre as a Country Manager.
From business excellence to AI innovation
Surya Narayan Saha (MSc Management for Business Excellence, 2012) wrote Reform: Harnessing AI's Power in Modern Businesses.
Jayaraja leads the renovation of historic Alfoxton Park House
Jayaraja (BA QTS (Phys Ed), 1985) is leading a team of volunteers in renovating the historic Alfoxton Park House.
Yu Tang and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Yu Tang is a VP and Economist in a Global 500 bank, managing £2.5 billion in assets.
Edwards's Warwick journey of opportunity and community
Edward chose Warwick for its opportunities that included a transformative year abroad at Monash University in Australia.
Applications are now being taken for the prestigious Feuer International Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence
The Feuer International Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence are prestigious and highly competitive PhD scholarships. Funded by successful Warwick alumnus Jonathan Feuer (BSc MORSE, 1983) they were established to create a group of extremely talented, academically brilliant, world-leading young researchers with potentially world-changing ideas in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Find out more here. Deadline to apply is the 31 October.
Help evolve Warwick’s brand
As we approach our 60th anniversary, we’re evolving Warwick’s brand to better represent who we are today and what we aspire to be as we look to our future.