Our Team
AFSEE Staff

Professor Armine Ishkanian
Executive Director, AFSEE

Asmaa Akhtar
Partnerships Lead (maternity cover), AFSEE

Dr Giannis Efthymiou
Assistant Professional Research Fellow in Innovative Pedagogy, AFSEE

Grace Farrell-Twiney
Partnerships Lead (on maternity leave), AFSEE

Communications and Marketing Officer, AFSEE
Role is currently vacant, please direct AFSEE communication queries to e.ceccato@lse.ac.uk

Saara Honkanen
Programme Officer (Fellowship Experience), AFSEE

Dr George Kunnath
Associate Professor (Education) and Academic Lead, AFSEE

Saaga Leppänen
Programme Manager (Global Engagement and Impact), AFSEE

Ethan Moss
Programme Administrator, AFSEE

Anastasia Nazaryan
Projects Manager, AFSEE

Dr Annalena Oppel
Research Fellow, AFSEE
AFSEE Governing Board
The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity Governing Board provides operational and programmatic oversight and ensures fidelity to the programme’s mission, vision and principles. Its role is to nurture and support our programme’s growth and development and to serve as a champion for the programme, both internally and externally.

Dr Claire Gordon(Opens in a new window)
Board chair

Professor Ernestina Coast(Opens in a new window)
Board member

Dr Irene Guijt(Opens in a new window)
Board member

Professor Naila Kabeer(Opens in a new window)
Board member

Dr Phuong Nhan Le(Opens in a new window)
Board member

Professor Jenny Pearce(Opens in a new window)
Board member

Mohammed-Anwar Sadat Adam
Board member (Senior Fellow Representative)
AFSEE Programme Committee
The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity Programme Committee, which is chaired by the Executive Director, is a consultative body that provides knowledge and expertise to the programme around key areas including curriculum, programming and outreach.

Professor Armine Ishkanian
Committee chair

Asmaa Akhtar
Committee member

Dany Díaz Mejía
Committee member

Dr Giannis Efthymiou
Committee member

Badrul Hisham Ismail
Committee member

Dr George Kunnath
Committee member

Saaga Leppänen
Committee member

Professor Julie McLeod(Opens in a new window)
Committee member

Anastasia Nazaryan
Committee member

Zephanie Repollo
Committee member

Lee-Ann Sequeira(Opens in a new window)
Committee member
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