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Professional Services Staff

Find a member of our administrative staff by searching the team areasor alphabetical listbelow.

Team areas

  • Nallini Samuel

    Nallini Samuel
    Head of Operations

    Email: n.s.samuel@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: Department Operations and Communications, including financial records and budget, Junior Recruitment, HR processes, Space Management, Business Continuity, Health and Safety and Communications projects.


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    Andy Wilson
    Department Manager (Planning and Resources)

    Email: a.wilson5@lse.ac.uk
    Ask me about: leading the Professional Services team, principal administration for financial policy and planning, administrative staff management, succession planning and change management, reviewing submissions to School Committees and external agencies/funding bodies and review processes for academic staff.

    Department Operations and Communications, including financial records and budget, Junior Recruitment, HR processes, Space Management, Business Continuity, Health and Safety and Communications projects.


Operations

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    Sharon Peate
    Department Administrator

    Email: s.b.peate@lse.ac.uk, econ.hub@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: handling enquires, Department health and safety procedures, Business continuity, the Department's Public Lecture Programme (PLP), departmental student study rooms, coordinating GTA office hours, room bookings, reporting maintenance issues to Estates, providing administrative support to candidates.

  • Daria Turekova

    Dária Turekova
    Administration Officer

    Email: d.turekova@lse.ac.uk, econ.hub@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: the Department’s website, communications activities, administrative operations within the Department of Economics, promotion of departmental events, internal staff newsletter, Macro seminar series, CMS; handling enquires.

  • deborah-adams

    Deborah Adams
    Faculty Affairs Manager

    Email: d.adams3@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: OneFinance, expenses, budgets, Junior Recruitment-NAC/ECT/LSE Fellows and IT requisition.

  • Bea Vasques

    Beatriz Vasques
    Faculty Affairs Officer

    Email: b.vasques@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: Departmental Committee meetings, executive and diary support to the Head of the Department of Economics.

Communications

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    Lakmini (Mini) Staskus
    Head of Programme Delivery

    Email: l.staskus@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: BSc, MSc, MRes/PhD programmes, programmes team, teaching allocation, mentee and exam marking allocation, recruitment of Graduate Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows and Course Managers, departmental lecture and class timetable, and Teaching Committee.

  • Sarah Burton

    Sarah Burton
    Undergraduate Programme Manager
    Economica Journal Manager

    Email: s.l.burton@lse.ac.uk

    If you have a query about applying to our BSc programmes, please the Undergraduate Admissions Office who administer applications.

    Ask me about: Management of BSc Programmes and BSc exams, pastoral care, Secretary to the Sub-Board of Examiners, managing BSc Welcome and social events, member of the BSc SSLC.

    Economica journal queries should be addressed to Economica@lse.ac.uk

  • Alice O'Donkor

    Alice O'Donkor
    Student Experience Manager

    Email: a.odonkor@lse.ac.uk, Econ.Stu.Engagement@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: maintenance of the programmes websites, Student Hub, social media, student newsletters, promotion of programmes events, maintenance of programmes mailing lists.

MSc

  • kelly-lewis

    Kelly Lewis
    MSc Programme Manager

    Email: k.lewis4@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: management of MSc Programmes and the EC400 introductory course, MSc Exams, MSc Welcome and social events, Graduate Course Choice, Academic Mentor allocation and MSc SSLCs.

  • John Canfield

    John Canfield
    MSc Programme Manager (MSc Economics Two Year Programme and EME

    Email: J.R.Canfield@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: management of MSc Programmes and the EC2A0 introductory course, MSc Exams, MSc Welcome and social events, Graduate Course Choice, Academic Mentor allocation and MSc SSLCs.

  • Rudi Clayton

    Rudi Clayton
    MSc Programme Administrator
    Journal Administrator, Economica

    Email: r.clayton@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: management of MSc Programmes and the EC2A0 introductory course, MSc Exams, MSc Welcome and social events, Graduate Course Choice, Academic Mentor allocation and MSc SSLCs.

  • Kirstie Jarvis

    Kirstie Jarvis
    MSc Programmes and Student Engagement Administrator

    Email: econ.msc@lse.ac.uk; Econ.Stu.Engagement@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: administration of MSc Programmes, MSc Welcome and social events, MSc exams and student communication, MSc newsletters and MSc SSLCs.

BSc

MRes/ PhD

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    Emma Taverner
    MRes/PhD Economics Programme Manager

    Email: e.taverner@lse.ac.uk, econ.mres.phd@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: management of MRes and PhD Economics programmes, support and advice to MRes and PhD students, the MRes/PhD Econ SSLC, the MRes Sub-board Committee, PhD progress reports, supervision, exams and assessments, theses and vivas, research allowances, Moodle and student webpages, the PhD job market, student communications, and research student events.

  • Will McGeogh

    Will McGeough
    MRes/PhD Economics Programme Administrator and Teaching Support

    Email: w.mcgeough@lse.ac.uk, econ.mres.phd@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: administrative support for the MRes/PhD Programme including the PhD Job Market, Moodle, exams and assessments, student communications and events. I also support the Department's Head of Programme Delivery with all aspects of the Department’s teaching activities.

  • Shubhra Mitra

    Shubhra Mitra
    Graduate Admissions Manager

    Email: econ.pgadm@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: overall management of the Department’s admissions policies, processes (Taught Masters, MRes/PhD Economics programmes and Visiting Research), coordinating academic selectors, liaison with , supporting applicants/offer holders and maintaining admission-related information on the Department website.

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    Lorna Severn
    Graduate Admissions Administrator

    Email: econ.pgadm@lse.ac.uk

    Ask me about: administrative support for the team, MRes/PhD Economics offer and funding nomination processes, the MRes/PhD Admissions Committee and Funding & Recruitment Committee; administration for the MRes/PhD Economics programme and MSc offers, supporting applicants and offer holders, managing and reporting admissions data, maintaining admission-related information on the Department website.

Alphabetical list