Graduation | Tuesday 14 July am

Professor Charles Lees was previously Dean (People and Resources) and Professor of Government in the College of Business, Government and Law at Flinders University, Australia (2017–2022) and Head of Department and Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath (2011–2017).

He writes on electoral behaviour, party systems, coalition government and environmental politics and policy, and has provided research and advice for the Centre for American Progress, Australian Labor Party, the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, the UK House of Lords and the Scottish Executive amongst others.

He is a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of Sussex and Associate Fellow in the Institute for German and European Studies at the University of Birmingham. He has held visiting fellowships at the University of California San Diego, the Australian National University, the University of Sydney, the University of Bath, and Cardiff University.

Adrian Haxby has worked in and around the City of London for over 40 years, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1985 and then joining S.G. Warburg & Co. Ltd, an investment bank, which eventually became part of UBS. At UBS he worked as a Managing Director in London, Paris and Frankfurt advising corporate clients on wide range of transactions, including IPOs, mergers & acquisitions and capital raising.

He is currently a partner in Opus Corporate Finance, a corporate advisory boutique specialising in Energy Transition and Climate Change. During and after his time at UBS he acted as Chair of HBV, a Hackney-based charity for the alleviation of poverty promoting and funding entrepreneurship among the immigrant community in the borough.

He became a lay member of Council at City University in 2015 and served on Council for 9 years as a member of the Strategic Implementation, Audit & Risk and Finance Committees. His particular areas of focus on Council were the University’s strategic development, financial performance and sustainability and the student experience. He remained as a Special Appointee to the Finance Committee for the purposes of the merger of City, University of London and St George’s University, which completed in July 2024.

He was educated at The Minster School, Southwell and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read Classics & Modern Languages (BA Hons.).

He passed two significant age milestones in the last year: he became a grandfather (twice) and purchased a 7-wood (a golf club for older gentlemen).

His interests outside work include his family, golf, skiing, sailing, fly fishing and indoor rowing. He is married to Vivienne (“Viv”) and has three children Edmund, William and Clementine and two grandchildren Lily and Arlo.

Presiding Officer: Professor Elisabeth Hill, Deputy President & Provost, City St George’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. Honorary Fellow
7. Senate
8. Council
9. Executive Dean of School
10. Vice-President
11. University Mace
12. Deputy President & Provost

Order of the ceremony

1. Incoming procession: accompanied by ‘Prelude to Te Deum’ by Charpentier
2. Opening address: Professor Elisabeth Hill, Deputy President & Provost, City St George’s, University of London
3. Award of Honorary Fellowship: Adrian Haxby
4. Officiating Dean’s speech: Professor Charlie Lees, Executive Dean, School of Policy & Global Affairs
5. Award of degrees
6. Closing address:  Chiara Rex (BSc Criminology with Data Analytics)
7. Outgoing procession: accompanied by ‘Sonata from Die Bankelsangerlieder’ by Daniel Speer

Department of International Politics

Presenter: Dr Stefano Pagliari

Doctor of Philosophy

• Chirag Ahuja
• Malak Fouad Maurice Fouad Azer
• Stuart James Hooper
• Aimira Imanova
• Tabitha Poulter

Master of Arts in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

• Hala Hamze
• Nana Yaa Obiyaa Osei
• Sofiya Vysheslavtseva

Master of Arts in Global Political Economy

• Mohammed Al Maktum
• Vanessa Kethleen Carvalho Oliveira
• Oliver Joseph Davies
• Cemal Erdoyuran
• Teofil Petkovski

Master of Arts in International Politics and Human Rights

• Deema W A A Alothman

Bachelor of Arts in History

• Ahmed Abdulkadir
• Zaira Amin
• Fiza Ayyaz
• Artem A Boreiko
• Harrison Eric Bounds
• Oscar Jeremiah Cardy
• Hafsa Shehzad Chaudri
• Rahma Aliyah Chohan
• Sarah Zaynab Chowdhury
• Catherine Alice Antonia Gibson
• Ismail Gungor
• Max Dylan Grierson High
• Shuhana Islam
• Marco Mario Leoncini
• Alina Manir
• Orinda Miftari
• Liba Saeed
• James Stephen Edward Shields
• Jazmin Siddiki
• Ming Chak Suen

Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics

• Emily Paula Aheto
• Sami Sharif Al-Sayyad
• Mishal Alshaya
• Tracey Azams
• Zehra Zana Bezan
• Ben James Bowley
• Luca Casciotta
• Bahatel Dien Nassr Ahmed Doka
• Alishba Fahim
• Lara Goknil I'Anson
• Mohammad-Saoud Hamaz
• Jahnay Kaya Hamilton-Andrews
• Thomas William Henry Haward
• Nathan Patrick Edward Hobbs
• Filsan Hassan Ismail
• Besjona Isufi
• Horatio Anthony Linton Jones
• Shahzaib Khan
• Pavithen Kirubakaran
• Diogo Macedo Lopes
• Maximilian Moeritz
• Adenekan Eniola Oloyede
• Taiwo Tobiloba Mohammed Olaolu Oshun
• Arad Rezavandi
• Ra We Said
• Yasmin Shadieva
• Sheza Shafiq
• Benjamin George Shed
• April Jones Sparkes
• Sakshi Wadadar
• Abdullah Naeemul Hoque Zaman

Bachelor of Science in International Political Economy

• Uzma Abdin
• Muhanad Abdirahman
• Aisha Ali Abdullahi
• Mustafa Acar
• Saidamirkhon Agzamov
• Laila Ahmad
• Ahlam Abdalla Ahmed
• Ali Ahmed
• Mohammed Ismail Ahmed
• Mohammed Rahed Ahmed
• Zakaria Mohamed Ahmed
• Aymaan Yunus Alam
• Rais Faiz Alam
• Mohamed Imzad Ali
• Wahaj Ali
• Abdullah Alibrahim
• Tartil Al-Kaissy
• Mohamed Hazem Saeed Ali Alnowais
• Yash Bhagesh Kumar Ambasana
• Shahena Inaya Amin
• Olga Aristova
• Lara Baykoc
• Linah Begum
• Muhammed Rayyan Benarab
• Hafsah Binti Abdul Halek Bin Amir
• Georga Tia Burnett
• Carlo Capua
• Emre Nidai Cevdet
• Harnoor Kaur Chagger
• Haider Barkaat Chaudhri
• Hoi Wang Chiu
• Geralda Cupi
• Maha Mohamed Dahir
• Alexander Dhima
• Bojidar Dimitrov
• Priyanshu Hunsraj Dusseea
• Hafssa El Mtakham
• William David Enticknap
• Ozan Er
• Zeynep Sena Ercan
• Lara Esteves Dos Santos
• Giada Ghiaroni
• Dalion Maÿllis Joën Guibei
• Ramah Habib
• Hodan Mohamed Hassan
• Sami Raja Hassan
• Alexander Joshua Hudd
• Samiha Hussain
• Abdirahman Mohammed Hussein
• Sultan Shah Ibrahim
• Tanjila Islam
• Usman Ali Islam
• Raneen Jawaod
• Shah Nabil Kamaly
• Jaiden Singh Kava
• Ersalan Khalid
• Leyla Natasha Khalid
• Amina Khan
• Saffa Samiullah Khan
• Suraia Khan
• Aryan Kumar Kohli
• Etjens Kozinecs
• Nikoloz Lezhava
• Lia Mariel Lockward Reynoso
• Ethan Luswata
• Kawthar Abdifitah Mahmoud
• Trycia Yasminale Manzeke
• Mahad Mohamed
• Tazmin Nahar
• Nikita Nedoshovenko
• Khadijah Raadeyah Noah
• Mukhtar Yusuf Noor
• Walid Nsouli
• Abobakir Omary
• Hilal Muhumed Osman
• Mohamed Abdiwahid Osoble
• Karan Ashwin Patel
• Krishna Bharatkumar Patel
• Kush Patel
• William Pellegrino
• Keerthika Raguraj
• Mohammed Umair Raja
• Piravina Thulasi Rajeetharan
• Maanasha Rajkumar
• Maksym Rybinskyi
• Saira Rubaba Sajjad
• Angelina Samburova
• Thomas Samuel
• Dina Hassan Sharif
• Ashton Shepherd
• Periklis Filippos Siganos
• Christian Staple
• Gidon Abraham Stemmer
• Anjica Sureshkumar
• Aveesa Tariq
• Sambhavi Thakur
• Amaan Usmani
• Gabriele Verdolin
• Drini Vuniqi
• Mohammed Danish Wahid
• Jameel Mustafa Walji
• Phoo Myat Nay Yehtut
• Roberts Zabudskis

Bachelor of Science in International Politics

• Ralina Abibullayeva
• Adina Zara Ahmed
• Basma Martada A Algali
• Aleeza Ali
• Mashour Aljarba
• Aisha Alusta
• Ammarah Arif
• Jacque Ryan Bader
• Ayub Azam Bahadur
• Somran Bakhshi
• Tanner Kyle Bernardi
• Migena Boda
• Rayyan Bilal Khan
• Declan Alexander Browne
• Ashfa Rahman Chowdhury
• Muhammad Zuhayr Choychoo
• Alisha Bibi Chutoo
• Sara Colaj
• Karim Dahmri
• Lily Jane Dell-Siden
• David Dummai
• Chardonay Jade Duncan
• Khadija Sadaqat Fareed
• Annisa Abdisamad Ali - Hashi Ghelle
• Esmira Guliyeva
• Munira Hashi
• Fairous Hasimin
• Simran Kaur Deol Hothi
• Inaya Hussain
• Mohamed Abass Hussein
• Hadiya Mohamed Ibrahim
• Maisha Islam
• Zara Sultana Islam
• Rishika Jain
• Prina Nimesh Patel
• Yasmeen Jama
• Sakina Zehra Kazmi
• Anastasiya Kharitonova
• Maria Kulakova
• Ieva Maliaukaite
• Laiba Maqbool
• Lamek Zewldi Menigstiab
• Saud Jamil Mirza
• Assiya Mahmoud Mohamed
• Sahar Mujadidi
• Aisha Ahmed Musse
• Fatima Zahara Najeeb
• Aman Patel
• Sophia Arabella Paul
• Annabelle Shouko Pollack
• Daniel Prymaka
• Rawandeep Kaur Purewal
• Yusuf Ahmed Seedat
• Amira Slimani
• Anastasia Todorova
• Azkia Uddin
• Radhiya Bint Uwais
• Emeliina Vilo
• Keah Louise Wilson
• Mercy Precious Sanyu
• Anastasia Yakovenko
• Idil Mohamed Yusuf

Bachelor of Science in International Politics and Sociology

• Yerkebulan Abdukalykov
• Sumaiya Ahmed
• Alreem Khalifa A A Al-Thani
• Elidona Bokrugji
• Nuha Chowdhury
• Renae Paige Ebanks
• Rafa Gurafi
• Zannat Hussain
• Muhammed Abu-Sufiyan Zohair H Miah
• Amira Basha Mohamed
• Ibrahiim Ahemd Mohamed
• Syeda Nowrin Nawar
• Kyla Kelsey Riley
• Sarah Maria Sabbagh
• Ruqaiya Yasmin White

Bachelor of Science in Politics

• Lina Addas
• Sumayyah Afzaal
• Noha Faisal Askar Alfatlawi
• Naa Amanuah Ankrah
• Nanette Asumadu Brobbey
• Fergus Reginald Coia
• Seamus Duncan-Maguire
• Najma Sharif Hussein
• Bensu Inal
• Sana Batool Lodhi
• Idil Mohamed
• Rodaina Abdulhamid Mohamed
• Huraira Rahman
• Samira Rofique
• Yacine Sedour
• Edward Smart
• Ali Sultan
• Muhammad Sayeed Uddin
• Abigail Sondi Wonga

Department of Sociology and Criminology

Presenter: Professor Chris Rojek

Doctor of Philosophy

• Clare Lindsay Bowen
• Reza Hussaini
• Catriona Tielei Luscombe
• Eryn Parker
• Katherine Rachael Smith

Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice

• Saba Akhtar
• Tasha Heidi Bangaroo
• Kara Anne Witwer

Bachelor of Science in Criminology

• Nawaal Abdirisak
• Amelia Niaz Afzal
• Yameen Ahmed
• Ana-Maria Antonesi
• Denis Arcana
• Eisha Kaur Atwal
• Kadija Bah
• Lona Nabil F Bahrawi
• Ewa Anastazja Banasik
• Fatmata Barrie
• Hazera Begum
• Khadija Begum
• Tasnima Begum
• Rhianna Antonette Bent
• Bianca Carp
• Mariam Chaer
• Lena Chellal
• Bianca Chirila
• Gurnish Dhanoya
• Paris Raquel Douglas
• Marli Lilla-Marie England
• Laura Gacek
• Saniyyah Haque
• Syed Izhaar Hoque
• Amelia Hussain
• Maryam Hussain
• Neslihan Ilhan
• Nusrat Amira Jahra
• Hannah Mae Hamoay Jandayan
• Fabiha Jannath
• Laylah Nzihinzishi Kalisa
• Yagmur Karacam
• Mohammed Razaul Karim
• Ariana Bahar Kohestani
• Tharsa Nanthakumar
• Sahra Nasrat
• Klea Alesia Osmanaj
• Hatice Ozkes
• Hevin Ozserik
• Deenah Imran Patel
• Kirthana Ragupathy
• Fatima Rahman
• Cristabel Mary Rowles-Davies
• Dilek Fatma Sakar
• Irene Salvati
• Ambra Sulaj
• Syeda Tasniya
• Jordan Waresh

Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Sociology

• Rania Mariam Ahmed
• Sangida Ahmed
• Zahrah Aaliyah Ahmed
• Osob Ali
• Haya Abdulla Mahmoud Ahmed Alqaissieh
• Lauren Leoni Mary Bailey
• Vishayini Balasubramaniam
• Sajedah Bibi
• Loreta Mirdza Bumane
• Yingjie Cai
• Chloe Amaryllis Doggett
• Hazal Elma
• Kateryna Getman
• Maiza Mahamed Nur Hassan
• Finn Jack Hildesley
• Zainab Hussain
• Humaira Mumtaz Iqbal
• Afsana Islam
• Mohammed Arhaan Islam
• Fatima Islaw
• Thaminah Jaber
• Kareem Sameer D Kano
• Paris Karimi
• Maryam-Maria Karkhaneh
• Fatima Zehra Kazmi
• Maisha Khatun
• Zainab Khurram
• Taha Fatima Mirza
• Nadira Mohamed Mohamud
• Anisa Hussein Mukhtar
• Iluckia Paskaran
• Paige Elle Power
• Mohammed Huzaifa Rahman
• Kalina Grace Rodrigues
• Hiba Nafith Salama
• Nicoleta Daniela Sarbu
• Emma Louise Smith
• Marifa Sultana
• Holly Elizabeth Thorpe
• Saathana Vigneswaran
• Aryan Aman Vyas
• Liyana Myshaa Zarin
• Kamil Ziolkowski

Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Sociology with Data Analytics

• Naila Ikra Abdul
• Leticia De Paula Tavares
• Tanbir Gazi

Bachelor of Science in Criminology with Data Analytics

• Arnaaz Brar
• Orpita Islam
• Lok Sham Leung
• Rocco Marusso
• Michaela Piatkova
• Chiara Rex
• Artima Rodyoi

Bachelor of Science in Sociology

• Lulu Ahmad
• Asiya Ahmed
• Syeda Sadia Ahmed
• Amani Ali Jama
• Najiyat Anjum
• Anya Raini Heili Arumugam
• Sumaya Begum
• Sumiyya Begum
• Feroza Boyce
• Aimee Nicole Dobson
• Hajera Ferdous
• Alimah Islam
• Emma Elizabeth Johnson
• Salma Kabir
• Errona Koshi
• Lily Ruth Lowenberg
• Fatimah Ashraf Mahmood
• Yasmin Maisha
• Jessica Ana Maria Mantaluta
• Marta Lidia Martinez
• Ilqa Nasir
• Amanda Dawit Segen
• Anisa Samihah Uddin
• Zoha Wasim
• Nawal Yacub

Bachelor of Science in Sociology with Data Analytics

• Zoha Akhtar
• Kethia Nzola
• Abinnaya Vajanthan

Bachelor of Science in Sociology with Psychology

• Musammat Zahirah Ahmed
• Nuzhat Khanum Ahmed
• Sharmin Ahmed
• Cleona Alexander
• Humayra Yasmin Alom
• Samara Razia Anwar
• Sama Mahmood Mohamed Saleh Badri
• Fahmeda Begum
• Fathima Begum
• Jannah Begum
• Khulsuma Begum
• Sirin Begum
• Tahsin Begum
• Millie Cavender
• Tejinder Kaur Chana
• Mahjabeen Chowdhury
• Naufat Chowdhury
• Thahirah Chowdhury
• Phoebe Elise Damms
• Salma Daouny
• Mahrukh Dilshad
• Mariama Ahmed Elmi
• Naz Erukcu
• Ariana Haydar
• Cerys Hobbs-King
• Tzu-Tien Huang
• Bushra Mohammad Abdi Ibrahim
• Fadime Ince
• Maliha Islam
• Mohammad Abdul Jakir
• Moira Jo Laudato
• Cheuk Fung Trevor Luk
• Hanan Mahamoud
• Keith Ashley Maliglig Esquillo
• Rabia Malik
• Arabella Florence Vivienne S L Meyer-O'Kane
• Aurooj Nadeem
• Varsha Sathya
• Maryam Siddiqui
• Shriya Tandon
• Nafisah Thasnim
• Mathusha Thiyakarajah
• Sameera Uddin
• Suheda Yilmaz
• Aurelija Zavarzinaite

Bachelor of Science in Sociology with Psychology and Data Analytics

• Yasmin Thamina Aziz
• Erica Hossain
• Nusin Hussain
• Aaiza Masood Khan
• Sanzida Laboni
• Maham Omer
• Xintong Wu