International Office Team

We travel overseas to meet prospective students and alumni, visit foreign schools and universities, keep in contact with foreign embassies in the UK and make sure that our international students enjoy their studies and life whilst they are in Southampton. We can also advise current students who would like to participate in any of our exchange programmes with overseas institutions.

Learn more below about the International Office Team and how to contact them.

Are you an overseas visitor interested in studying with us? Find out more about our courses, entry requirements and support for international students in our university life section.

International student recruitment 

Global

Nadia Gabr International Schools and Foundation Manager
Responsible for international schools and overseas foundation providers

Africa and Middle East

Melissa Gibson Regional Director
Overall responsibility for Africa and Middle East

Rami Al-Mousa Country Development Manager
Responsible for Middle Eastern countries

Americas

Sara Sandford Regional Director (Americas)
Responsible for Latin America
Specialist in FAPESP and FAPEMIG funding

Crockett Sewell Country Development Manager
Responsible for USA (based in the USA)

Cecilia Valdenea Country Development Manager
Responsible for Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean (based in Mexico)

South, South East and Central Asia, Russia, CIS, EU and UK-International

Donna Haynes Regional Director
Responsible for South and Central Asia, Russia and CIS

Lizzie Eyres Country Development Manager
Responsible for Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam

Elodie Sprenger Country Development Manager
Responsible for UK International

Jason Ong Jit Sim Country Development Manager 
Responsible for Malaysia (based in country)

Panishthi Sheth Country Development Manager 
Responsible for India (based in country)

Aakshi Vashist Country Development Manager 
Responsible for India (based in country)

Joshua Koster Country Development Manager
Responsible for Europe

East Asia Team

Zoe Yao Head of China Engagement
Responsible for China, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Macau SAR, South Korea and Taiwan

Tiefu Zhao Business Development Manager
(East Asia, China-based)

Agent Partnerships Team

Anisa Hoxha
Agent Partnerships Manager

Cosmin Angheluta
International Student Officer - Agents

University of Southampton Malaysia (UoSM)

Foohing Wong Head of Recruitment, Marketing and Admissions
Responsible for the University of Southampton Malaysia (all countries)

Umar Razzaq Recruitment Manager
Responsible for the University of Southampton Malaysia (all countries)

 

International partnerships and WUN at Southampton

Maria Norton
Senior International Partnerships Manager (Networks & Development)

Sarah Morss
International Partnerships Manager (Scholarships and Funding)

Christina Marshall 
International Partnerships Administrator 

Adam Hassan
International Partnerships Administrator

partnerships@southampton.ac.uk

Find out more about Worldwide Universities Network at Southampton.

Legal agreements

Joanna Wilson
Legal Agreements Manager