Meet the team

Tristan Tipping

Chief Executive Officer

Tristan is the senior manager of our organisation, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Students' Union as well establishing our strategic direction, ensuring objectives are met in line with the vision and values as agreed with the Board of Trustees. Tristan works closely with our board and Sabbatical Officers, the Union's management team and the University Executive team.

Matthew Kitching

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Matthew supports Tristan to ensure the Union is delivering on its strategic objectives. He oversees membership services functions including Representation, Student Activities and the Advice Centre to provide the best student experience possible. Matthew is also responsible for the Union’s governance.

Sarah Jackson

Head of People and Development

Sarah ensures the wellbeing and safety of all of our staff as well as leading on our equality, diversity and inclusion work. She supports department managers on all things HR and manages our Training and Development team to enhance the employability of our members through the Leadership Academy, developmental programme, JobShop, and Bucks Award.

Simon McDowell

Head of Communications and Marketing

Simon oversees the Communications and Marketing team as well as monitoring and reporting on the Union's performance against annual KPI's. He also works closely with our external partners for advertising and sponsorships at Freshers' Fair, Union Awards, AU Dinner, and year round.

Lesley Favager

Head of Finance

Lesley has oversight of the Union’s finances. She is responsible for the preparation of statutory accounts, budgets and management accounts, and for ensuring that appropriate financial procedures are in place. She works alongside everyone from team members to trustees to help them have a good understanding of financial information. Lesley is also responsible for filing information with the Charity Commission.

Julia Crooks

Senior Adviser

Julia is the Senior Adviser and is mainly based at our High Wycombe Campus. The Advice Centre works collaboratively with the Vice Presidents Education and Welfare to deliver campaigns on support and advice to our members.

Tim Dixon

Welfare Adviser

Tim is a fulltime Welfare Adviser mainly based at our Uxbridge Campus supporting and advising our nursing students, though he also advises students from any of our campuses.

Hayley Bowden

Welfare Adviser

Hayley is a fulltime Welfare Adviser and is based at our High Wycombe Campus to help, support, and advise all of our members.

Wendy Lumley

Finance Assistant

Wendy is our Finance and Payroll Administrator and the longest serving employee of Bucks Students’ Union. She deals with all accounts payable and receivable and processes our payroll on a monthly basis for permanent staff and weekly for our large student staff team.

Nick Saunders

Information and Admin Officer

Nick is the Information and Admin Officer at our High Wycombe Campus. Alongside supporting student queries, he also helps to look after our reception, monitoring petty cash, and managing the student parking permits.

Sarah Nawaz

Administration Support Coordinator

As our Administration Support Coordinator, Sarah schedules our committee and Council meetings, makes sure they take place when and where they should and provides detailed documentation for each meeting. She also provides administration support to the Senior Management Team as and when required.

Mehvish Butt

Receptionist

Mehvish is the first smile you see when you arrive at the High Wycombe SU reception. She helps to signpost our members and university colleagues, either physically or over the phone, to the most appropriate service and also supports our finance team with admin tasks as required.

Harvey Wright

Events and Production Manager

Having started off as a student tech, Harvey manages the operations and technical offerings of The Venue alongside the BucksHire, ensuring both our community and commercial services are at a high standard.

Jenaya-Nicole Hackshaw

Venue Manager

The Venue Manager is in charge of the day-to-day running of our operations making sure our members are not only having fun, but are safe on nights out with us.

Jess Bradbury

Assistant Trainee Venue Manager

Jess assists The Venue Manager with our night-time operations, ensuring the smooth running of all our events and club nights.

Dennis Smith

Events and Venue Assistant

Dennis manages the upkeep of The Venue’s high-tech equipment and assists the team with Bucks Hire.

Zuzanna Wawrzkiewicz

Events and Venue Assistant

Zuzanna works alongside Dennis and assists The Venue manager to ensure a smooth operation of our venue and lounge. Zuzanna also maintains the social presence of The Venue socials to make sure you never miss an event.

Lucy Ryan

Student Experience Manager

Lucy manages our representation team, working closely with our student representatives to ensure feedback on the student experience is presented to the University. Lucy also oversees the work the team does with our Executive Officers and School Officers and is responsible for progressing student campaigns, making sure they are supported by the wider team. She is based across the High Wycombe and Uxbridge campuses and works closely with both VPEWs to ensure parity for students.

Will Deeley

Student Engagement Coordinator

Will is based at High Wycombe and plays an important role in the day-to-day running of Representation, supporting our reps based at the High Wycombe Campus. This includes organising elections and training, RepCon, and supporting these students through their responsibilities as a student rep. Will also works closely with our School Officers and Executive Officers, as well as student leaders across the University.

Natasha Neal

Student Engagement Coordinator

Natasha works closely with our Uxbridge & Aylesbury student reps, including organising elections and training, RepCon, and supporting these students through their responsibilities as a student rep. Natasha also works closely with our School Officers and Executive Officers, as well as student leaders across the University. She is based at Uxbridge and plays an important role in the day-to-day running of Representation.

Catherine Lymer

Student Activities Manager

Catherine manages the student activities team and oversees our big annual events like Give it a Go week, Varsity, AU Dinner, and committee training. She also works closely with our Green Ambassador to deliver on our sustainability campaigns and ensure we're continuing to be as sustaiable as possible both on campus and in our activities off campus.

Daniel Lawrence

Student Activities Coordinator (Societies and Sports for Fun)

Dan runs our student society groups and helps them to deliver a great experience to their members over the year. He also runs our Sport for Fun programme by organising recreational sporting opportuniities for our members for free and ensuring that the bikes for our bike hire scheme are being well looked after.

Alex Ditchburn

Student Activites Coordinator (Competitive Sport)

Overseeing all of our sports clubs and supporting our teams with organising training facilities, transport, equipment, kit, and committee member training, our Activities Coordinator (Competitive Sport) also oversees the two largest sporting events in the calendar, namely Varsity and our annual Athletic Union dinner to celebrate all the sporting achievements of the year.

Kelly Wiles

Student Activites Coordinator (Volunteering and Charitable Fundraising)

Overseeing our volunteering programme and supporting student in finding volunteering opportunitites that would provide them with industry experience and lifelong skills and suporting them in logging their hours. This person will also work closely with our RAG Ambassador to deliver unique and exciting fundraising events to support our two Raise and Give charities as chosen by our members each year.

Jessica Hughes

Training and Development Coordinator

Jessica delivers the Leadership Academy to help students to develop their CV's, build their interview skills and support them into leadership positions. She is also responsible for the planning and delivery of the skills and recreational activity programme, working closely with course teams to enhance the co-curricular experience of our members.

Imogen Sanders

Training and Development Assistant

Imogen organises our recreational activities and skills sessions, ensuring they are relevant to our membership. She also supports the wider Training and Development, and Student Activities teams to deliver their activities and events.

Ian Tuazon

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Ian is responsible for a lot of the digital platforms, from this website, to the creative visuals across our channels. He also oversees our social media accounts and the student podcast, and leads the team in on-boarding new shows and creative initiatives.

Ajay

Marketing Coordinator

As our Marketing Coordinator, Ajay supports our staff team and departments with campaigns, works alongside the Digital Marketing Coordinator to maintain our online presence across our website and social media channels and supports our print work through Bucks Printing.

Lorenzo Pio Di Zenobbia

Graphic Designer

Lorenzo is our graphic designer and is responsible for any of our materials you may see from posters across our campuses to the digital screens in The Lounge, The Venue and in our Students' Union offices.

Katie Smith

Projects Coordinator

Katie oversees both our Freshers' Helpers team and our Bucks Buddy scheme, ensuring that when our members arrive at University they have all the support in place to help them settle in, find their way around, and make the social connections that make university so exciting.

Student Staff

Freshers' Helpers

Our Freshers' Helpers are here to support our members from the very first day of arriving at university. You can always spot them as they're dressed in the brightest orange around and will be there to help you move in, show you around campus, and answer all of your questions about life at BNU.

Student Staff

Bucks Buddies

When you apply to study at BNU, a buddy will be assigned to you to answer any of your pre-arrival questions. They'll be in touch with you right through the year to check in and be a listening ear should you need one. They'll point you in the right direction for any support you need or recommend the best nights out for you to try.

Student Staff

Bar and Events Staff

Each year we recruit a number of bar and events staff who run our Lounge and Venue to ensure you have the best, safest experience in the town. This team have a vast range of skills and experiences and deliver the 7 day a week programme of daytime and night time events.

Student Staff

Representation

Our student reps, school officers, and executive officers work hard to ensure that you are getting the most out of your academic experience and provide the opportunity for you to initiate change through our representation team.

Jacob Afedi

Student Trustee

Jacob is a second-year nursing student, based at our Uxbridge Campus. He is also a student rep, and is Welfare Liaison of the Nursing Society.

Ishia Jack

Student Trustee

Ishia is a third year Counselling Psychology student and is also a student rep.

Om Dhadwal

Student Trustee

Om is a third year Airline and Airport Management student. He is also a student rep and a member of the Aviation Society.

Dee Whyte

Student Trustee

Dee is a third year Early Childhood and Primary Education student. Dee is also a member of the Musical Theatre Society.

Tracy Smith

External Trustee

Chris Smith

External Trustee

Jenny Wade

External Trustee