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School Secretary

  

School Secretary
Louise Nadal
Tel. 020 7849 4959 | L.Nadal@lse.ac.uk

Louise's role is to manage all legal compliance and governance activities on behalf of the School, to act as Secretary to the Council and clerk of the Court of Governors, providing active support to the Director in relation to these matters and on the strategic management of the School, as well as undertaking any projects the School Director may require.

Executive Assistant
Monica Haile-Selassie
m.haile-selassie@lse.ac.uk

Monica's role is to provide support to the School Secretary in terms of coordinating the Secretary's schedule and arranging contract signings.  Monica is also the secretary to the Information Governance Management Board (IGMB) and the Prevent Group.

Governance Team

 

Head of Governance Services
Hilary Hunter
h.a.hunter@lse.ac.uk

Hilary leads the Governance team and supports the work of members as well as Council and their committees. She also administers the framework of governance documents. Hilary is secretary to Council, Remuneration Committee, Finance and Estates Committee and Governance Committee.  

Governance and Ethics Manager
Katie Crystal
ethics@lse.ac.uk

The Governance and Ethics Manager supports the continued strategic development and delivery of high-quality governance and ethical arrangements at the School. Katie is the School’s strategic and operational ethical lead, manages the School’s internal audit provision, and is secretary to the Audit Committee and Investments Sub-Committee.

Governance Officer
Lyndsay Galpin
l.galpin@lse.ac.uk

Lyndsay provides support for acacemic governance at the School, as secretary to Academic Board, Academic Nominations Committee and Honorary Awards Committee.  Lyndsay is also secretary to Ethics Management Board (EMB) and External Funding Ethical Review Board (EFERB).  

Governance Officer 
Meaghan Saunders 
m.k.saunders@lse.ac.uk


For general enquires contact glpd.governance@lse.ac.uk

Legal Team

 

Head of Legal Services
Geraldine Ismail, LLB (Hons), LLM (Human Rights), Solicitor
g.ismail@lse.ac.uk

Senior Legal Counsel
Mariachiara Valsecchi, LLM, Solicitor 
m.valsecchi1@lse.ac.uk 

Legal Counsel 
Lima Hussain, LLB, LLM, Solicitor
n.hussain11@lse.ac.uk

Paralegal
Samuel Dixon, LLM
s.d.dixon@lse.ac.uk

 
For specific legal enquiries, please use the contact details on the Legal Team webpage.

Information Rights and Records Management 

 

Information and Records Manager
Rachael Maguire, BSc LLM (Information Rights Law) GDip (Information Services)

Email: glpd.info.rights@lse.ac.uk

Rachael is the School's Data Protection Officer (DPO) and responsible for records management, managing FoI and DPA requests, managing DPA queries and compliance, developing policies, procedures, briefings, training materials and guidelines relating to records management and information rights. She is the Chair of the Information Management Steering Group. Rachael is a member of the Information Governance Management Board, Research Data Management Working Group and other groups as DPO, including leading the Data Protection Champions network.

Information and Records Management Assistant
Bhavika Dhanak-Jodha, BA (Hons) 

Email: glpd.info.rights@lse.ac.uk

Bhavika manages Freedom of Information Requests and Data Protection Act requests. She also helps Rachael where needed for other day to day activities. 


Further information on Information Rights and Management at LSE can be found here.

International Compliance

 

Head of International Compliance (IGC)
Melissa Nicholson, MSc, PGCE, PMP® 

Melissa has overall responsibility within the LSE for monitoring and managing all compliance and governance related requirements related to the School’s registered international entities and the International Growth Centre (IGC) activities in its countries of operation. She is responsible for international risk and security management; international tax, registration, and regulatory compliance (T&RC) and related due diligence for the IGC activities and programmes. She has expert knowledge of international regulatory and ethical compliance matters, due diligence,  risk management and safeguarding. 

Head of International Compliance (IGC) (Maternity Cover)
Dan Swann, MSc, DipGRC, PRINCE2©

Dan has overall responsibility within the LSE for monitoring and managing compliance and governance related requirements related to the International Growth Centre (IGC) and its activities in the countries in which it operates. He is responsible for international risk and security management; international tax, registration, and regulatory compliance (T&RC) and; related due diligence for the IGC’s activities and programmes. He has a background in financial services and professional services as a project manager and management consultant, specialising in compliance, risk management and programme delivery. 


Further information on the International Growth Centre can be found here.

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