Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources 

Indi Seehra is the Director of Human Resources at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Until May 2014, he headed up Human Resources at the University of Cambridge. He was a Fellow of the Judge Business School at Cambridge until March 2016, and is a regular speaker at international conferences. He is also the coordinator of the “SGPC/Cambridge” Scholarship, facilitating students to achieve postgraduate qualifications at the University of Cambridge. 

In addition to this, Indi is also the Chair of the European Pension Scheme for all research-based organisations (RESAVER).

Indi is also the Chair of CRAC (Careers Research and Advisory Council) Pension Trustee Board. CRAC runs the international Vitae programme for Researchers. 

Indi has held a number of significant private and public sector appointments including HR Director of the Crown Prosecution Service and subsequently the National (previously known as SOCA) Crime Agency. He is an adviser to the International Bar Association's Global Employment Forum and is regularly involved in task groups looking to overcome the barriers to mobility for Researchers. He is a regular speaker on Leadership and Organisational Behaviour and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Contact Indi: 020 7849 4664, i.seehra@lse.ac.uk 

Ciar McKenna-Charley - Executive Assistant to the Director of Human Resources

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Contact: c.mckenna-charley@lse.ac.uk

Neelam Talewar - Director, People Management Transformation Programme (seconded from her substantive role as Head of HR Operations)

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Neelam Talewar is the Director, People Management Transformation Programme - a change management project which involves the procurement of a new HR and Payroll system. She has HR experience in both private and public sector organisations and is skilled in driving and implementing organisational change. She joined LSE in January 2015. She leads the HR Systems Optimisation Programme, which is designed to optimise work flow, and traditional process through the use of technology, as well as coordinating the longer term HR projects designed to improve the organisations capability in managing its people. She also manages recruitment.

Neelam has occupied various roles which have been challenging due to their importance in mitigating reputational damage for the organisation. She holds a Masters in Personnel and Development, and is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Neelam has been instrumental in delivering transformational change within key departments and has forged effective working relationships under some quite challenging circumstances to successfully deliver service improvements.

Contact Neelam: 020 7106 1311, n.talewar@lse.ac.uk

Lisa Morrow - Director, HR Policy and Employee Relations 

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Lisa Morrow is the Director, Policy and Employee Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and has lead HR responsibility for a number of strategic employee relations projects, as well as a range of employee engagement and staff wellbeing activities.  

Her background is in Employee Relations, having worked in this area for ten years prior to moving into Business Partnering. As a result of her experience in these areas, she has been involved in many different strands of HR activity including formal casework, Employment Tribunals, TUPE, performance management training, policy writing and recruitment. 

Lisa also holds a Masters in Human Resources Management and Employment Studies.

Contact Lisa: 020 7852 3666, l.morrow@lse.ac.uk

Jacinta Stevens - Head of Organisational Learning 

 Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Contact Jacinta: j.stevens4@lse.ac.uk

Sharon Dixon - Senior HR Partner

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Sharon Dixon leads the HR Partnering Team. She has over twenty five years of experience in leading and developing teams with a background in operational roles, before moving into Business Partnering. Her experience lies in multi-layered and complex casework, Employment Tribunals and coaching for improved performance.

Contact details: s.l.dixon1@lse.ac.uk

Saima Faisal Ali - Director, HR Operations

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Saima Faisal Ali is the Director, HR Operations. Saima has 20 years of experience in HR Operations, Talent Management, Organisational Change, Employee Relations and Business Partnering.

Saima is leading HR Operations, Information and Systems, Reward and Contributions teams. Saima also has experience in budgeting and financial management, risk management and compliance, and uses a broad range of skills to analyse problems and deliver creative, value-added improvements. She facilitates leaders develop and maintain a high-performance culture through coaching and mentoring.

Saima has a Masters in Organisational Psychology from City University of London and an MBA in Human Resource Management. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and British Psychological Society Verified Assessor for Personality and Ability testing.

Contact details: S.F.Ali@lse.ac.uk

Sharon Dixon - Senior HR Partner

Contact details: s.l.dixon1@lse.ac.uk

Fran Hannan - HR Partner (Job share with Alison Bishop)

Contact details: Hr.Partner-Jobshare@lse.ac.uk

Alison Bishop - HR Partner (Job share with Fran Hannan)

Contact details: Hr.Partner-Jobshare@lse.ac.uk

Sugirtha Damadram - HR Partner 

Contact details: s.damadram@lse.ac.uk

Louise Dokkari - HR Partner

Contact details: l.dokkari@lse.ac.uk

Helen Harris - HR Partner

Contact details: h.harris1@lse.ac.uk

Kwame Adomakoh - HR Partner

Contact details: k.t.adomakoh@lse.ac.uk

Solmaz Kolahi - Senior HR Adviser (IGC)

Contact details: s.kolahi@lse.ac.uk

Chadia Jahan - Assistant HR Partner

Contact details: c.jahan@lse.ac.uk

Lisa Morrow - Director, HR Policy and Employee Relations 

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Lisa has lead HR responsibility for a number of strategic employee relations projects, as well as a range of employee engagement and staff wellbeing activities. This includes responsibility for policy development, union negotiations, leading on the staff survey process and related activity and supporting School-wide EDI initiatives.

Contact details: 020 7852 3666, l.morrow@lse.ac.uk

Beno Azebiah - Senior HR Policy Adviser

Reports to: Lisa Morrow - Director, HR Policy and Employee Relations 

Beno's role includes drafting, updating and reviewing a range of policies and guidance.

Contact details: B.Azebiah@lse.ac.uk

Kieran Darling - Senior HR Policy Adviser

Reports to: Lisa Morrow - Director, HR Policy and Employee Relations 

Kieran’s role mainly focuses on the drafting, consultation, implementation and review of a wide range of policies. He also provides support throughout the year to a number of wellbeing projects and initiatives, supports with aspects of staff engagement (including Staff and Pulse Surveys), and shares responsibility with several other colleagues for keeping the HR webpages updated. 

Contact details: 020 7955 6545, K.Darling1@lse.ac.uk

Elisabetta Viotto - HR Policy Adviser 

Reports to: Lisa Morrow - Director, HR Policy and Employee Relations

Elisabetta is responsible for the overall management of mediation provision at LSE and for liaising with trade union representatives, acting as Secretary to the School’s Joint Negotiation, Information and Consultative Committees (JNICC and JNCC). She contributes to the development and implementation of new HR policies and procedures and is responsible for maintaining, reviewing and updating existing policies. She also provides support to a number of key staff engagement and wellbeing projects and initiatives (such as Staff/Pulse Surveys and Flu Vaccination programme). 

Contact: 0207 852 3659, e.viotto@lse.ac.uk

Lucy Mu - Staff Disability and Mental Health Adviser

Reports to: Lisa Morrow - Director, HR Policy and Employee Relations

Lucy provides confidential advice, guidance and specialist support to disabled staff, including those who are neurodivergent or have a long-term health or mental health condition. With oversight of relevant policies, processes, budgets and responsibilities, Lucy also provides advice and support to line managers, the HR Partnering team and anyone else who is working to ensure barriers to work are removed for disabled staff and that reasonable adjustments are identified and provided as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Contact: l.h.mu@lse.ac.uk

Nikhil Kalghatgi - HR Manager           

Reports to: Saima Faisal Ali - Director, HR Operations        

Contact details: 020 7955 6367, n.kalghatgi@lse.ac.uk

Kim Lamboi - HR Adviser   

Reports to: Nikhil Kalghatgi - HR Manager                       

Contact details: k.lamboi@lse.ac.uk

Maisha Farhat - HR Administrator 

Reports to: Nikhil Kalghatgi - HR Manager                       

Contact details: m.farhat@lse.ac.uk

Raj Lakhani - HR Manager, Reward

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Contact details: 020 3486 2961, r.lakhani@lse.ac.uk                          

Meeta Bhatt - HR Adviser                 

Reports to: Raj Lakhani - HR Manager, Reward & Contribution

Contact details: m.bhatt@lse.ac.uk

Part-time, available Mon-Wed 9.00am-2.00pm

Edina Nadasdi - HR Adviser                                 

Reports to: Raj Lakhani - HR Manager, Reward & Contribution  

Contact details: 020 7106 1394, E.Nadasdi@lse.ac.uk  

Sarah Pedder - HR Manager, Immigration Compliance

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Overall responsibility for Immigration Compliance

Contact details: 020 7955 6303, s.pedder@lse.ac.uk 

Ciar McKenna-Charley - HR Adviser

Reports to: Sarah Pedder - HR Manager, Immigration Compliance

Contact details: c.mckenna-charley@lse.ac.uk

Gabriele Coppa  - HR Administrator

Reports to: Sarah Pedder - HR Manager, Immigration Compliance

Contact details: g.coppa@lse.ac.uk              

Sarah Pennycard - HR Adviser

Reports to: Sarah Pedder - HR Manager, Immigration Compliance

Contact details: S.Pennycard@lse.ac.uk

Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Reports to: Saima Faisal Ali - Director, HR Operations

Contact details: 020 7955 6980, c.m.milani@lse.ac.uk

Charley Servis - HR Administrator (Salaried)

Reports to: Neelam Talewar - Director, People Management Transformation Programme (seconded from substantive role as HR Administrator, Salaried)

Contact details: 020 7107 5399, c.servis@lse.ac.uk 

Leticia Dias - HR Administrator (Hourly)

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: 020 3486 2944, l.o.dias@lse.ac.uk

Juan Du Plessis - HR Operations Coordinator (Hourly/Casual)

Reports to: Neelam Talewar - Director, People Management Transformation Programme (seconded from substantive role as HR Operations Coordinator, Hourly/Casual)

Contact details: 020 7107 5028, j.duplessis@lse.ac.uk

Joseph Stannard - HR Administrator (Hourly/Casual)

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: 020 7107 5504, j.stannard@lse.ac.uk

Vacant - HR Administrator (Hourly/Casual)

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: 

Maisha Farhat - HR Receptionist

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: m.farhat@lse.ac.uk

For general HR queries, please contact humanresources@lse.ac.uk or call the main Reception Telephone on: 020 3486 2945

Sandy Patel - HR Administrator (Hourly)

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: S.Patel64@lse.ac.uk

Shiny Machado - HR Administrator (Salaried)

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: S.Machado1@lse.ac.uk

Nisha Khanderia - HR Administrator

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: n.khanderia@lse.ac.uk

Ebrima Dampha - HR Administrator (Salaried)

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: e.dampha@lse.ac.uk

Simran Katoch - HR Administrator (Salaried)

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: S.katoch@lse.ac.uk

Milalini Pal - HR Administrator (Salaried)

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: M.Pal3@lse.ac.uk

Sanusha Vadlamudi - HR Administrator (Salaried)

Reports to: Chiara Milani - HR Operations Manager

Contact details: s.vadlamudi1@lse.ac.uk

Ratnanjali Simhadri - PowerApps Developer Analyst (maternity cover for Anna Shea)

Reports to: Saima Faisal Ali - Director, HR Operations

Contact details: r.simhadri@lse.ac.uk

 Anna Shea - Senior HR Adviser (Transformation) 

Reports to: Saima Ali - Director, HR Operations

Contact details: A.L.Shea@lse.ac.uk

Jessica Cleary - HR Adviser

Reports to: Sugirtha Damadram, HR Partner 

Contact details: 020 7955 6217, HR.maxwell-cleary@lse.ac.uk,
j.cleary@lse.ac.uk

Anuradha Mahey - HR Adviser

Reports to: Sugirtha Damadram, HR Partner 

Contact details: 020 7955 6579, a.mahey1@lse.ac.uk

Kalika Chana - HR Administrator 

Reports to: Sugirtha Damadram, HR Partner 

Contact details: k.chana@lse.ac.uk

Cynthia Maxwell -  HR Adviser

Reports to: Sugirtha Damadram, HR Partner 

Contact details: 020 7955 2943, HR.maxwell-cleary@lse.ac.uk,
c.maxwell@lse.ac.uk

Monika Rodney - HR Adviser

Reports to: Sugirtha Damadram, HR Partner 

Contact details: 020 7955 6183, m.rodney@lse.ac.uk 

Bedia Bulut - HR Administrator

Reports to: Sugirtha Damadram, HR Partner 

Contact details: b.bulut@lse.ac.uk 

Giulio De iacovo - HR Manager, HR Information & Systems 

Reports to: Saima Faisal Ali - Director, HR Operations

Contact details: G.De-Iacovo@lse.ac.uk

Dafydd Myddleton-Williams - HR Manager (seconded to People Management Transformation Programme)

Reports to: Neelam Talewar - Director, People Management Transformation Programme

Contact details: d.myddleton-williams@lse.ac.uk

Venkata Nerella - Senior HR Analyst

Reports to: Dafydd Myddleton-Williams - HR Manager 

Contact details: v.v.nerella@lse.ac.uk

Schama Bhatt - HR Analyst (on maternity leave)

Reports to: Dafydd Myddleton-Williams - HR Manager 

Contact details: s.n.bhatt@lse.ac.uk

Susana Jimenez Chaparro - HR Systems Administrator 

Reports to: Dafydd Myddleton-Williams - HR Manager 

Contact details: 020 7955 7108, S.Jimenez-Chaparro@lse.ac.uk

Deborah Demathieu - HR Analyst (maternity cover for Schama Bhatt)

Reports to: Dafydd Myddleton-Williams - HR Manager 

Contact details: d.demathieu@lse.ac.uk

Michael Peters - HR Manager, Pension Benefits

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Enquiries relating to pensions tax allowances, USS retirement planning and pension policy.

Contact details: 020 7106 1131, m.j.peters@lse.ac.uk

Rhys Clarke - Senior Pensions & Payroll Administrator

Reports to: Michael Peters - HR Manager, Pension Benefits

Enquiries relating to the administration of the Schools’ pension schemes including auto-enrolment and additional contribution queries, retirement or transfer requests and general benefit enquiries.

Contact details: 020 7955 7595, r.clarke1@lse.ac.uk

Jacinta Stevens - Head of Organisational Learning

Reports to: Indi Seehra - Director of Human Resources

Contact details: J.Stevens4@lse.ac.uk

Ben Isted - Organisational Learning & Development Consultant 

Reports to: Jacinta Stevens - Head of Organisational Learning

Contact Ben for: 

• Management and leadership development and programmes
• Team development, team building and psychometric tools
• Coaching 
• Career development and CDRs
• Personal and professional development 
• 360 reviews 
• Digital learning

Contact details: B.D.Isted@lse.ac.uk

Vacant - HR Organisational Learning Administrator

Reports to: Organisational Learning & Development Consultant 

Abhi Chakraborty - Organisational Learning & Development Project Lead

Reports to: Jacinta Stevens - Head of Organisational Learning

Responsibilities include/ can be contacted for more information on:

• BAME Mentoring/Mentoring Scheme for PSS staff
• Research and Policy Staff Development 
• AURORA Women's Leadership Development Programme
• OL-led events ,e.g, the annual Professional Services Staff Conference

Contact details: A.Chakraborty5@lse.ac.uk

Sabina Bielich - Organisational Learning and Development Administrator

Reports to: Organisational Learning & Development Consultant 

Sabina's responsibilities include coaching and mentoring support, induction and course evaluation and data  and OL project support.

Contact Sabina for

• PS staff induction
• Mentoring 

Contact details: S.Bielich@lse.ac.uk

Tami Lawal - Organisational Learning and Development Advisor for Apprenticeships

Reports to: Organisational Learning & Development Consultant 

As an Organisational Learning and Development Advisor for apprenticeships, I assist staff in improving skills through professional qualifications at work. I enjoy guiding individuals to explore opportunities for professional growth and self-development. My key interests include, apprenticeships, Human Resources, Organisational Learning and Development, Organisational Psychology, Professional Wellbeing, and talent development and many more!

Contact me for all things apprenticeships.  

Contact details: O.Lawal1@lse.ac.uk