Meet the Executive Committee

Co-Chair – Alexendra Fanghanel (a.n.d.fanghanel@greenwich.ac.uk)

Vice Chair – Ciprian Alupei (c.alupei@greenwich.ac.uk)

Secretary – Mike Hatherly (m.k.g.hatherly@greenwich.ac.uk)

Medway Officer – Tyler Cook (t.d.cook@greenwich.ac.uk)

Memberships Officer – Maira Pasmaki (m.pasmaki@greenwich.ac.uk)

Key Aims and Objectives

The community aims to:

  • provide a safe, supportive and confidential environment for members to discuss their experiences and issues they might face in the workplace,
  • work with senior management towards the elimination of discrimination, harassment, victimisation and/or bullying,
  • influence policy making through original projects and research to ensure that diverse equality perspectives are proactively considered,
  • support the University with the training of staff at all levels so they can better understand the perspectives and needs of staff and students from diverse backgrounds,
  • gain and share an understanding of the experiences of staff and students from diverse backgrounds, and highlight any inequalities that influence learning and teaching,
  • celebrate the diversity of the workforce by participating in national and local events,
  • promote opportunities for social networking.
  • Seek to engage with other similar networks in other HEIs to share success stories, projects and approaches to specific challenges

Further details of our key aims and how we achieve them can be found in our Terms of Reference and LGBT+ Staff Community Strategy

Our Terms of Reference

Our Terms of Reference outline key information about the mechanics of the LGBT+ Staff Community, including:

  • Aims and Objectives
  • Membership Information
  • Role of the Executive Committee
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Confidentiality and Records

To read our Terms of Reference, please click here.

Our Strategy

We are currently reviewing our LGBT+ Staff Community Strategy, in order to reflect our goals and how we envision the communities development in the future. We are developing this in line with the This is Our Time 2030 Strategy.

We will update information here about the Strategy once this has been ratified later in the year.

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