Executive Committee

Executive Committee 2026/2027

If you’re interested in joining the Executive Committee | Cardiff UCU for the academic year September 2027 to August 2028, please complete this form and return it to ucu@cardiff.ac.uk by Thursday 4th February 2027.

You just need to select the role, add your name and have two people sign your nomination. Further details can be found Cardiff UCU Branch Rules | Cardiff UCU under 9.2. Nominations.

If you want to speak to members of the exec, please contact the office (ucu@cardiff.ac.uk) or Dom (dfarelli@ucu.org.uk) or Beli (beli.evans@cardiffucu.org.uk).  

Executive Officers 2026-2027

President: Thanasi Hassoulas

Vice President: Aline Bompas

Vice President: Lois Price

Chair: Elisa Wynne-Hughes

Treasurer: Sandy Gould

Secretary: Nicki Kindersley

Membership/Recruitment Secretary: Renata Medeiros Mirra

Equality and Diversity Officer: Please contact the office in the first instance

Anti-Casualisation Officer: Gabriell Bramley

Health & Safety Officer (Job Share): Andy Skyrme

Health & Safety Officer (Job Share): Andy Buerki

Learning Representative: Candice Morey

Pensions Officer: Emmy Eklundh

Environmental Officer: Chris Graves

Media and Communications Officer (Job Share): Andy Williams

Media and Communications Officer (Job Share): Joey Whitfield

Policy Officer: Huw Williams

Staff Wellbeing Officer (Job Share):Stephen McKenna Lawson 

Staff Wellbeing Officer (Job Share): Ryan Prout

Disability Officer: Michelle Aldridge-Waddon

  • School: HUMAN (Formerly English, Communication and Philosophy)
  • Telephone ext: 79017
  • Email: AldridgeM@cardiff.ac.uk

Anti-Racism Officer: Sarju Patel

LGBT+ Officer: Ryan Davey

Organising Co-ordinator: Anthony Ince

Post Graduate Researcher Rep: Morgane Dirion

Wales Higher Education Sector Committee Member (HESC)

Chris Graves – Secretary to Wales HESC

Ordinary Committee Members 2026-2027

Paul Webster 

Joseph Phillips 

John Harvey

David Wood – Casework Coordinator

Rachel Davies 

Mark Aston

Co-opted Committee Members 2026-2027

Up to 6 members may be co-opted by the executive committee each year.

Roles that need filling:

  • Workload Job Share: Professional Services

Please let us know if you are interested in any of the above roles by e-mailing the office ucu@cardiff.ac.uk

Higher Education Sector Committee Member UCU Cymru

Chris Graves – Chair, Higher Education Sector Committee – UCU Cymru

Negotiating Committee

Members of the executive committee will be elected to the negotiating committee at the October 2026 executive committee meeting.