Professional Services Staff

Find a member of our administrative staff by searching the team areas or alphabetical list below.

Team areas

Sarah Burton
Head of Operations (Maternity Cover)

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.

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.

Operations

Sharon Peate
Department Administrator

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

Ask me about: handling Department 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 PhD Job Market candidates.

Dária Turekova
Administration Officer

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

Ask me about: administrative operations within the Department of Economics, administrative support to academic and senior administrative staff, managing the Department’s Macro seminar series, MSc Programmes Events and other departmental events, organising departmental social events, handling Department enquires.

Deborah Adams
Business Support Officer

Email: d.adams3@lse.ac.uk

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

Jocelyn Maclean
EA to the Department of Economics

Email: j.maclean@lse.ac.uk

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

Communications

Oceana Taylor
Senior Communications Officer

Email: O.Taylor@lse.ac.uk, Econ.Comms@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: the Department’s website and social media channels (content, updates and analytics), Economica social media, digital resources, communications activities, communications strategy, promotion of departmental events, internal staff newsletter, staff mailing lists, CMS training.

Lakmini (Mini) Staskus
Head of Programme Delivery

Email: l.staskus@lse.ac.uk, econ.teaching@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.

John Canfield
Undergraduate Programme Manager

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

If you have a query about applying to our BSc programmes, please contact 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.

Alice O'Donkor
Student Engagement and Communications Officer

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
MSc Programme Manager (MSc Economics and MSc EME Programme)

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.

Rudi Clayton
MSc Programme Manager (MSc Economics Two Year Programme)

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
MSc Programme Administrator

Email: econ.msc@lse.ac.uk; econ.exams.pg@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: administration of MSc Programmes and the EC400 introductory course, MSc exams and student communication.

BSc

Narmin Crorie
BSc Programme Administrator

Email: n.crorie@lse.ac.uk, econ.exams@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: administrative and advisory support for all matters related to BSc exams, assessment guidance for students in accordance with the LSE Academic Code, supporting BSc Welcome and social events, class changes, supporting the organisation and administration of the BSc SSLC.

Isabella Nichols
BSc Programme Administrator

Email: i.nichols@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: administrative support for BSc Programmes, BSc exams and student communication.

MRes/ PhD

Emma Taverner
MRes/PhD Programme Manager

Email: e.taverner@lse.ac.uk

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

Jide Gbadamosi
Teaching & Research Ops Assistant

Email: j.gbadamosi@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Administrative support for the Department’s Research activities, including the REF and KEI, support for the MRes/PhD Programme including PhD Job Market support and student communications, ORA contracts.

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 LSE Graduate Admissions, supporting applicants/offer holders and maintaining admission-related information on the Department website.

Lorna Severn
Graduate Admissions Administrator

Email: econ.pgadm@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: administrative support for the Graduate Admissions 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.