Graduation | Monday 26 January pm

Professor Natalie Armstrong joined City St George’s as Executive Dean of the School of Health & Medical Sciences in January 2025. Natalie is an internationally recognised health services researcher whose work uses ideas and methods from the social sciences to better understand, and seek to address, problems in the delivery of high quality healthcare.

Prior to joining City St George’s, Natalie was the Deputy Head of the College of Life Sciences at the University of Leicester, having previously been a Head of Department. As part of her role, Natalie was also the University-appointed Non-Executive Director to the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Group.

Natalie is Professor of Health Services Research having completed a BSc (Hons) Politics & Sociology at the University of Warwick, an MSc in Medical Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London, and her PhD at the University of Nottingham. Following postdoctoral positions at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Warwick, Natalie took up her first academic post in 2008 as Lecturer in Social Science Applied to Health at the University of Leicester. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in 2014, and to Professor in 2017.

Natalie’s appointment as the inaugural Executive Dean of the School of Health & Medical Sciences at City St George’s, followed the completion of the merger between City, University of London and St George’s, University of London. As part of her role, Natalie is delighted to be the University-appointed Non-Executive Director to the St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group.

Presiding officer: Professor Sir Drummond Bone, Honorary Rector, City St Georg’s, University of London

The procession will enter the Hall, accompanied by Marshals, in the following order:

1. Students’ Union Mace
2. Officers of the Students’ Union
3. Chaplains
4. Academic Staff
5. Departmental Presenters
6. Senate
7. Council
8. Honorary Graduand
9. Dean of School
10. Vice-President
11. Deputy President
12. University Mace
13. Honorary Rector

Order of the ceremony

1. Incoming procession accompanied by ‘Prelude to Te Deum’ by Charpentier
2. Opening address: Professor Elisabeth Hill, Deputy President
3. Award of Honorary degree: Lorraine Sunduza OBE
4. Introduction of the School: Professor Natalie Armstrong, Executive Dean
5. Award of degrees 
6. Closing address: Roman Asghar, Students’ Union
7. Procession retires accompanied by ‘Sonata from Die Bankelsangerlieder’ by Daniel Speer

Lorraine Sunduza

Honorary Graduate

Lorraine Sunduza OBE is the Chief Executive Officer of the East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), appointed to the substantive role in May 2024 after serving as Interim CEO since August 2023.

A qualified mental health nurse from De Montfort University, Lorraine began her career in adult mental health inpatient services before joining ELFT in 2002 as a charge nurse in the forensic directorate. Over the next two decades, she progressed through senior roles including Head of Nursing for Forensic Services, Deputy Director of Nursing for London Mental Health, Interim Chief Nurse (2017), Chief Nurse (2018), and Deputy Chief Executive (2021).

Recognised  for her leadership, Lorraine was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours for outstanding contributions to public service and the NHS.

Lorraine champions ELFT’s core values of care, respect, and inclusion, focusing on improving population health, staff wellbeing, and service user experience. Her leadership blends deep clinical expertise with strategic acumen, driving equitable, community-based, and integrated models of care.

Department of Nursing & Midwifery

Presenter: Dr Emma-Jane Berridge

Doctor of Philosophy

• Lewis Matthew Benjamin
• Haddijatou Ceesay

Master of Science in Enhanced Midwifery Care

• Kelly Alli
• Francesca Lois Bicknell
• Gabrielle Hazel George
• Olivia Kate Harris
• Joana Shkurti

Master of Science in Global Maternal Health

• Emma Mary Corcoran
• Maria Notario Lara
• Rahmanya Rahimi

Master of Science in Midwifery

• Banafsheh El Hattach

Bachelor in Midwifery

• Nimo Yasin Abdi
• Aisha Naima Adan
• Yasmin Adan Warsame
• Shakiba Adinehvand
• Ramla Ado
• Udoka Emmanuela Adomo
• Nasra Abdikarim Hussein Ahmed
• Ilayda Al
• Suzane Al-Chummari
• Fatima Abdulkadir Awes
• Fotini Bardi
• Khadeja Begum
• Naima Begum
• Kirandeep Kaur Bhambra
• Zhane Shaniqua Brown
• Taejha Amore Charles
• Ella Sarah Sarah Cunningham
• Husni Abdullahi Elmi
• Crystal Anurika Chinomso Eze-Ukaegbu
• Scarlett Rebecca Flynn
• Zannatul Gahangir
• Salome Garbe
• Dayana Lizbeth Garces Suquillo
• Maisha Haanee
• Julia Hossain
• Eleanor Rose Hutson
• Samira Issa Ali
• Georgia Jackson
• Ella Shanie Liburd
• Rahma Abdishakur Mohamed
• Karina Mohammad
• Marina Moradi Martinez
• Sabarina Hassan Nadif
• Ruwayda Dayah Omar
• Katelin Louise Parsons
• Ava Rose Rowell
• Farha Said Saleh
• Hasina Shahab
• Fathimath Shafaana Shamsudheen
• Ruweyda Ahmed Sheikh
• Claudia Ann Millicent Samantha Sheridan
• Stephany Imuetinyan Teles
• Aziza Thabiti
• Alexis Adriana Thompson
• Annabelle Rachel Tobias
• Zehra Tonbul
• Khadijah Abidah Uddin
• Seher Yorulmaz
• Zaynah Zaheer

Bachelor in Midwifery in Health Studies

• Nouratou Ganaba
• Georgina Ann Thom

Bachelor of Science in Midwifery

• Jennifer Eberechi Ajaelu
• Daniela Del Carmen Ballester Gomez
• Emily Rose Bruce
• Julia Daria Bugalska
• Anisa Begum Choudhury
• Halima Zaman Chowdhury
• Nancy Fatima Falco Mateo
• Kulsuma Islam
• Mellanie Keifala
• Nisha Khanom
• Abbie Kingsland

Presenter: Dr Lolita Alfred

Master of Science in Nursing - Adult and Mental Health (RN/Pre-registration)

• Omolola Alexandra Abiri
• Olayinka Olubisi Adeleye
• Joelma Freitas
• Queen MacAulay
• Blessing Dinah Arebun
• India-Mai Jardine
• Isioma Sophia Mekoma
• Okechukwu Christopher Morah
• Qansa Mohammed Omar
• Jessica Imogen Proudfoot
• Sudabah Shamshiri
• Auleria Chamba Sigfrid
• Hannah Marie Stubberfield

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing - Adult and Mental Health (RN/Pre-registration)

• Eunice Diamond Akenzuwa

Master of Science in Nursing (RN/Pre-registration) (Mental Health)

• Michael Abak
• Aladedunye Adetayo Adenikinju
• Olayinka Rukayat Adesanya
• Ibijoke Adeyemi
• Solomon Afolabi
• Ebere Agbo
• Chinenye Gloria Aghazu
• Abayomi Akinyele
• Paul Alade
• Sophie Albangbe
• Nonye Mary Anuche
• Francis Ozemoya Awanethoka
• Haja Fatmata Bangura
• Elias Chiguvi
• Afua Bafowaa Dadey
• Ebiere Joy Debekeme
• Corene Angella Dunkley
• Moyinoluwa Ekuntuyi
• Harold Ikechukwu Esealuka
• Michael Mensah Frempong
• Anne Omorovbiye Izedonmwen
• Isabel Kia Jepps
• Chantelle Kiomi Jones-Ibekwe
• Rene Nicolas Kahozi
• Mariatu Saidu Kamara
• Samuel Akindolu Leshi
• Joshua Luboneka
• Daniel Arinze Madubuike
• Bangalie Marah
• Chloe Rebekka McKenna
• Udonna Grace Mocha
• Neve Anna Morris
• Sumaya Nakato
• Blessing Chinyere Nwachukwu
• Chinyere Linda Nwachukwu
• George Nwankwo
• Charity Odion
• Promise Okafor
• Patricia Folakemi Olanrewaju
• Oluwakemi Esther Oni
• Kikelomo Motunrayo Owolabi
• Grace Salawu
• Suard Sana
• Syed Sameer Shakir
• Yusuff Oluwakemi Shittu

Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

• Victoria Amadi

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN/Pre-Reg) (Mental Health)

• Faiza Ahmed
• Benjamin Okechukwu Aka Ubachu
• Ayotunde Sunday Alesinloye
• Sahra Abbas Ali
• Ereola Lydia Ayeni
• Akiah Michelle Suzanne Bacchus
• Titilayo Elizabeth Bayode
• Anthony Mfon Edem
• Iman El Gourfti
• Christy Emike Esezobor
• Sylvester Etsiako
• Francesca Kaylee Hogg
• Bukola Simisola Sokoya Johnson
• Owen Kabodi
• Robert Kamara
• Aleeza Khawaja
• Manal Izzah Mahmood
• Andile Nicole Malinga
• Eirida Margeviciene
• Yasmin Omar Muuse
• Doreen Nalukwago
• Eunice Korkor Narh
• Cynthia Chidiebere Njoku
• Maureen Rossini Nyombi
• Temitope Odumosu
• Blessing Uchenna Ofomata
• Olayinka Tokunboh Okoruwa
• Eunice Ngozi Onyeaba
• Okechukwu Godwin Onyekwelu
• James Oroboghene Orior
• Esther Olayinka Peters
• Safiyyah Rahman-Uddin
• Richard Sarkodie
• Mercy Seidu
• Rani Narweiso Serwadda
• Agnes Rwagasore Sozi
• Fanta Turay-Ricketts
• Simranjit Kaur Tutt
• Collins Emeka Ugwu
• Diana Viegas

Presenter: Dr Helen Sisson

Master of Science in Nursing (RN/Pre-registration) (Children's Nursing)

• Beatrice Susan Eleonin Hunt Findley
• Amani Adeeb Ibrahim
• Fathima Fahmiya Samsudeen
• Riham Mohamed Yaslem

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN/Pre-Reg) (Child Nursing)

• Amira Mohamed Saleh Moustafa Abdelrahman
• Maryan Ali Abdi
• Hannah Abdi Ahmed
• Humairaa Maryam Ahmed
• Tasnim Akter
• Aiysha Noor Ali
• Asmaa Ali
• Huda Khadar Ali
• Salma Abdi Ali
• Aliyah Zahra Allybocus
• Amira Abdulkadir Amin
• Noor Sabah Asmatullah
• Yasmin Benchekroun
• Eunice Benson
• Dilan Celik
• Samara Jade Charles
• Faizah Chowdhury
• Telma Daniela Da Graca Jesus
• Jessica Dale
• Anaghieem Abdel Baset Milad Dawes
• Jazlynn Rita Dias
• Merve Dursun
• Maleeka Ejaz
• Muna Elouaraini
• Carlotta Foiani
• Mana Gurwara
• Poppy Frances Hall
• Nawal Mahamoud Hassan
• Tajri Hossain
• Ben Houghton-Cooil
• Nabeehah Husain
• Fatima Anjum Hussain
• Zara Hussain
• Hanni Mohamed Hussein
• Safa Ibrahim
• Juma Islam
• Samiha Islam
• Deeqa Ahmed Jama
• Vanessa Kabesa Mansama
• Yasmin Hasan Kamaly
• Shukri Muhamed Karama
• Rumana Khan
• Zahra Khan
• Shazeda Khanom
• Elizabeth Alys Knowles
• Leanna Jane Letchford
• Riffine Lomba - Nkalu
• Daniel Mateus Norena
• Marissa Giselle Militante - Dela Cruz
• Malak Mouradi
• Panashe Anne Mukada
• Mamnoon Musaddiq
• Zainab Hasanali Nawab
• Amelia Aimee Neville
• Sarah Ogechukwukama Nwebube
• Afusat Oluwakemi Okusanya
• Sumaya Mohamed Omar
• Hayaam Omar Mohamed
• Melissa Otero Suarez
• Emily Sarah Page
• Kimberly Pangilinan
• Pooja Bharat Patel
• Christopher Stephen Perth
• Sakee Prakash
• Giorgia Donatella Ratti
• Japheth John Rivera
• Yasmin Sangar
• Rithmika Rachel Santiago
• Farhia Abdi Sead
• Kainat Shahzad
• Hamssha Sivasithambaranathan
• Timoye Chantae Stewart
• Tasnim Tamira Uddin
• Umama Zikra Uddin
• Izabelle Rose Wilson
• Sophie Honor Wilson
• Layan Yassin
• Tanzila Zabith

Bachelor of Science in Health Studies

• Tanya Parris

Presenter: Claire Smitheram

Master of Science in Nursing (RN/Pre-registration) (Adult)

• Rudy Nii Kpani Addy
• Irene Onome Agbadamashi
• Joyce Eduwa Aguda
• Safuratu Bangura
• Abigail Elizabeth Katz Blake
• Balu Conteh
• Olaide Abimbola Dairo
• Hodo Mohammed Darwish
• Elena-Lucia Dinu
• Natalya Dzulaj
• Clare Janaki Holden
• Shannon Elizabeth Jameson
• Haja Zainab Kabba Toure
• Edie Koko McDonald
• Atichka Yunuzova Meklyova
• Victoria Morosan
• Angela Nakato Kiwanuka
• Tabitha Clare Anping Paterson
• Suanpeng Phomsouvanh
• Anna Kelvey Smith
• Fatmata Sow
• Deniz Tiknaz
• Eleanor Kate Usher
• Uzoamaka Darling Uzochukwu
• Sameria Lener Zahabi

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Studies (Non-Clinical)

• Ruth Allison
• John Kwame Fiadjoe
• Martha Ukpebor

Foundation Degree in Healthcare (Nursing Associate)

• Weini Abraha
• Iyabo Adetokunbo
• Deanne Marie Bryan
• Devante Oluwaseun Fagbemi
• Bibi Azeenah Gungah
• Osague Irabor
• Nobenguni Mthethwa
• Hattiyaporn Peers
• Zainab Sidibe

Foundation Degree in Healthcare: Nursing Associate (Direct Entry)

• Sabrina Mohamed Abdi
• Shanna-Kay Barclay
• Isabelle Camacho Martins
• Afene Tamara Eruse Naa Guobadia
• Awo Mustafa Jamaal
• Reya Najah Majid
• Zoha Malik
• Rufina Okparoka
• Shifa Zuber Raje

Presenter: Chris Torry

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN/Pre-Reg) (Adult)

• Nasra Abdulkadir
• Shengun Guler Abdullah
• Fadilat Abdullahi
• Ime Asabe Ademeta
• Ikram Rage Aden
• Foluke Afolabi
• Sabastina Agyapong
• Asli Abdirahman Ahmed
• Muna Mohamed Ahmedey
• Desmond Akpoto
• Naima Ali
• Marwan Mubarak S Alluhaibi
• Raghad Khalid A Alshabibi
• Isha Amaani
• Gloria Anane
• Gul Anus
• Fatima Olusola Awoyomi
• Neda Azami
• Marsha Natalie Baccas
• Freya Vita Baker-Clipston
• Saima Begum
• Nandhana Bindu Suresh
• Tanjina Akther Bishash
• Janel Ndidi Akua Sika Bonsu-Justice
• Emika Anne Violet Bradford
• Julia Agatha Phodaca Cabral
• Bethany Elsie Case
• Tin Tin Aye Tina Chan
• Raeesah Chowdhury
• Tasnim Maisha Chowdhury
• Kadina Ann Corlis
• Charlotte Dugon
• Elizabeth Nnenna Okezie Ezeronye
• Mariana Faria Ferreira
• Nashema Shou-Shanna Foote
• Comal Gafoor
• Fadya Anwar Garomesh
• Aileen Custodio Gayle
• Deborah Gaynor
• Terrie Ferdiye Gemal
• Lija Giniotyte
• Ana Nicole Gouveia
• Lisa Gurung
• Isabell Gwatidzo
• Peach Heffron
• Nadia Airin Hossain
• Hanaan Hussein
• Sabrina Osman Hussein
• Florence E Imo
• Jessica Anne Jackson
• Chevonne Bianca John
• Morgan Joyce
• Elie-Anne Kayembe
• Grace Victoria Kelly
• Bahishte Khan
• Ayesha Khanom
• Samra Khawaja
• Elvan Kivilcim
• Antoinette Mta Kamwe Kizyalla
• Shamini Kulothungan
• Nisha Lal
• Grace Mpongo Luwawu
• Catherine Mac Paul
• Leyla Salih Maeruf
• Kyman Kaur Mahli
• Michelle Jennifer Makwaza Djimo
• Kelly Mari Manaloto
• Marianna Manu
• Atidzhe Mehmed
• Afsana Miah
• Nabila Abdulkadir Mohamed
• Gabija Nakrosiute
• Eddie Mabel Nankya
• Zeliha Nehir
• Chinenye Nnagbo
• Linda Ichechi Rhian Nwoha
• Princess Alima Nyarkoa
• Folasayo Mary Oduniyi-Lawal
• Dorcas Isha Yetunde Oladuji Sesay
• Celestina Ayodimeji Olayemi
• Ayesha Monica Onwuama
• Vivian Omorowa Osifo
• Adenike Feyikemi Owolabi
• Zarath Adouni Eyitayo Melissa Rafiou
• Samiya Rahman
• Druv Rajkoomar
• Ruweda Said
• Ruqayya Saleem
• Maryam Hussein Saleh
• Mahek Ali Shah
• Roza Hameed Shareef
• Fadzai Shoko
• Victoria Spaine-Young
• Sakinah Sulaiman
• Fahima Sultana
• Selam Tewelde
• Umaimah Thava
• Jaime Lee Thorpe
• Eleonora Aurelia Tocco
• Lowri Anna Tune
• Chineye Udeh
• Jade Kimbell Roseli Villanueva
• Mareena Barnadeen Anne Warnakulasuriya Fernando
• Rachael Lauren White
• Tehillah Splendour Cynthia Williams
• Aleksandra Wisniewska
• Hanna Abdirahman Yusuf
• Samira Barkhadle Ziad

Presenter: Patricia Burrows

Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care (Practice Nursing)

• Amina Ali Pir
• Honor Rose Anderson
• Monique Sashane Brown
• Charlotte Hannah Earl
• Adenike Dorcas Elegbede
• Franca Odibe
• Sini Rajesh

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health and Specialist Community Nursing (SCPHN) (Health Visiting)

• Niretininuoluwa Adenike Afuye
• Amina Mohamud Ahmed
• Husna Ahmed
• Lucy Jennifer Elisabeth Andrean
• Mofiyinfoluwa Ayomide Collins-Longe
• Sonja Dimitrova
• Bonnie Anne Edwards
• Erline Shirlline Joseph
• Deborah Babumba Kizza
• Anna Patrycja Latala-Igwe
• Jessie Frances McErlain
• Chantel Lorraine McQueen
• Electa Mutyambizi
• Britney Tameira Noble
• Christiana Olawunmi Odebode

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health and Specialist Community Nursing (SCPHN) (School Nursing)

• Charlotte Stacy Malden
• Georgina Grace Kathleen Nicholson-Johnson
• Ashley Ruth Osasumwen Ojo
• Safia Omar
• Sezen Nebile Yazicioglu

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health and Specialist Community Nursing (SPQ) (Community Children's Nursing)

• Cloe Frances Smith

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health and Specialist Community Nursing (SPQ) (District Nursing)

• Chrystal Libby Lewis-John
• Lydia Grace Matulka
• Ifeoma Ntosi
• Danielle Louise Pryce
• Nelaila Serene Turay
• Dina Vadher-Aranjo

Graduate Diploma in Primary Care (Practice Nursing)

• Faith Nufime Kesselly

Bachelor of Science in Primary Care (Practice Nursing)

• Victoria Alice Tackley