Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees has ultimate responsibility for the governance, financial and strategic direction of the Students' Union. The Trustees:
- Make sure that everything we do benefits students at City, University of London. As the Students' Union is a charity with set aims and objectives, we are required to ensure that everything we do benefits our members. As well as monitoring what the Students' Union is doing now, the Trustee Board approves our strategic plan, ensuring that we will continue to benefit future generations of City, University of London students.
- Ensure that the Students' Union remains financially solvent: If the Students' Union is to carry on benefiting students, it must have the money both in the short and long term to do this. For example, the Trustees have to approve all significant items of expenditure and the annual budget.
- Ensure that the Students' Union doesn't break any laws relating to the work that we carry out. As your Students' Union offers many services to our members, there are many laws and regulations that we have to follow. For example, when enabling students to fundraise for charity, we must comply with charity fundraising laws. If the Students' Union were found to have broken any laws, it is the Trustees who would be ultimately responsible and could potentially face legal action.
- Maintain the reputational health of the Students’ Union.
Each of the Trustees has their own experiences which, collectively, help ensure that the Board of Trustees can carry out its roles.
To see the minutes of previous Board of Trustees Meetings please click here.
Current Trustees
Saqlain Riaz
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Sabbatical Trustee
My role as a sabbatical trustee is to collaborate with the board in ensuring our students’ union has the necessary financial and structural stability for the purpose of its selfless, impartial, and smooth running, and in so doing represent our student body as per our bye-laws and live Union policy.
Shaima Dallali
Sabbatical Trustee
To be provided.
Ruqaiyah Javaid
Sabbatical Trustee
To be provided.
Vacant
Student Trustee
To be provided.
Alan Latham
Lay Trustee
To be provided.
Rumnique Gill
Lay Trustee
I greatly admire the role that Student Unions’ play, particularly in challenging Universities to do better and ensuring genuine representation of the student voice. My career has focussed on leading enhancements to the student experience in HE. It is a privilege to be a Trustee at City Students’ Union..
Nick Ratcliffe
Lay Trustee (Deputy Chair)
Nick is a Management Consultant working with UK Universities. Nick was an elected sabbatical officer and later an external trustee at Nottingham University Students Union, and a school and an FE College Governor. He is a strong believer in the value of students’ unions and their role in representing students.
Clare Searle
Lay Trustee
Clare is passionate about creating simplicity in an intricate world, running a consultancy specialising in transformation and coaching in SMEs. She became a trustee at City to use her experience to support students operating in critical roles, and support the SU to offer students every opportunity in life.