Meet the Team
Sharne Procter
Director of the International Office
Sharne oversees all activity in the International Office.
Email: sharne.procter@durham.ac.uk
Fiona O'Carroll
Deputy Head of the International Office
Fiona is in charge of a range of projects and deputises for the Director.
Email: fiona.o'carroll@durham.ac.uk
Marketing and Recruitment Team
Victoria Anderson
Deputy Head (International Recruitment & Marketing)
Victoria is responsible for the planning and management of the recruitment and marketing activities across the International Office.
Email: v.h.anderson@durham.ac.uk
Kate Brennan
International Recruitment Manager
Kate is responsible for international student recruitment in the Faculty of Science.
Email: kate.brennan@durham.ac.uk
Jasmine Bual
Regional Manager (South East Asia)
Jasmine is responsible for international student recruitment in South East Asia including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.
Email: jasmine.k.bual@durham.ac.uk
Jessa Collings
Regional Manager (Americas)
Jessa is responsible for marketing and recruitment across the Americas. She also line manages the International Officer (Latin America) and International Officer (North America).
Ana-Maria Costea
International Officer (Latin America)
Ana-Maria is responsible for international student recruitment across Latin America including Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
Eleanor Garrick
Regional Manager (East Asia excl. China)
Eleanor is responsible for international student recruitment across East Asia (excl. China) including Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Australia.
Bill Hoare
Regional Manager (South Asia)
Bill is responsible for marketing and recruitment in South Asia including India and Pakistan.
Email: bill.hoare@durham.ac.uk
Nathan Lamb
International Officer (North America)
Nathan is responsible for marketing and recruitment across North America.
Email: nathan.j.lamb@durham.ac.uk
Tracy Maratty
International Administrator
Tracy supports the Marketing and Recruitment team. She also looks after marketing including promotional material and website.
Email: t.l.maratty@durham.ac.uk
Dr Liadi Mudashiru (Kola)
Senior Regional Manager (Middle East and Africa)
Kola is responsible for marketing operations in the Middle East and Africa.
Email: liadi.mudashiru@durham.ac.uk
Callum Murrell
International Administrator
Callum supports the Marketing and Recruitment team. He also looks after the agent network.
Email: c.d.murrell@durham.ac.uk
Martin Pout
International Recruitment Manager
Martin manages international student recruitment activities for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health.
Email: martin.j.pout@durham.ac.uk
Lauren Scarratt
International Officer (International Schools: EU and Gulf)
Lauren is responsible for international student recruitment across the UK, EU and the Gulf including Norway, Turkey and UAE.
John Sowerby
Project Officer
John is responsible for the partnership with Study Group.
Email: john.sowerby@durham.ac.uk
Partnerships and Global Opportunities
Jemima Lloyd
Deputy Head (Partnerships and Global Opportunities)
Jemima is responsible for the development of International Partnerships, Networks and Scholarships.
Email: jemima.lloyd@durham.ac.uk
Emma Moore
International Partnerships Officer
Emma looks after university partnerships, networks and scholarships.
Email: emma.moore@durham.ac.uk
Dr Joe Mulhern
International Partnerships Officer
Joe looks after university partnerships, networks and scholarships.
Lucy Turzynski
Matariki Secretariat Manager
As the Secretariat, Lucy manages the governance of the Matariki Network and coordinates activities across all seven member universities.
Abir van Hunen
GCRF CDT Co-ordinator
Abir is responsible for supporting the activities of the Durham Global Challenges Centre for Doctoral Training. The training centre hosts 25 international PhD candidates from a developing nation.
Email: abir.van-hunen@durham.ac.uk
Study Abroad & Exchange
Simon Litchfield
Exchanges & Study Abroad Manager
Simon is responsible for managing the University’s Erasmus, overseas exchange and study abroad programmes including agreements, support and admissions.
Rachael Bird
International Co-ordinator
Rachael supports the Exchanges & Study Abroad Manager. She also supports and administers the admissions process for incoming Erasmus/Overseas Exchange & Study Abroad students and the administration of Erasmus staff exchanges. Rachael is also the Health & Safety Coordinator for the Department.
Email: rachael.bird@durham.ac.uk
Tracy Donnelly
International Co-ordinator
Tracy supports the administration of student mobility programmes with external agencies and partner universities.
Email: tracy.donnelly@durham.ac.uk
Mike Purvis
International Co-ordinator
Mike supports the International Partnerships and Mobility team. He also supports and administers the admissions process for Erasmus/Overseas Exchange & Study Abroad programmes (outgoing).
China Team
Jian Li
Head of China Operations
Jian is responsible for international student recruitment and partnerships development in China. She also has responsibilities for management of the China office operations.
Address: 4/F Landmark Building Tower 1, 8 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Beijing
Email: jian.li@durham.ac.uk
Tel: +86 (0)10 6590 6903
Yingying Xu (Kristi)
China Recruitment Manager
Kristi is responsible for international student recruitment activities in China.
Address: 16/F Garden Square, 968 Beijing Road West, Shanghai 210000, China
Email: yingying.xu@durham.ac.uk
Tel: +86 (0)21 8017 3200
India Team
Savi Aggarwal
International Officer
Address: UKIBC-Gurgaon, Infinity Towers, Cyber City, Gurgaon, India
Tel: +91-9999030528
Email: savi.aggarwal@durham.ac.uk
Shilpi Prasad
Country Manager, University Relations
Address: UKIBC-Gurgaon, Infinity Towers, Cyber City, Gurgaon, India
Tel: +91-9999074032
Email: shilpi.prasad-martin@durham.ac.uk
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