Central support

This team provides administrative and project management support to the Office of the Vice Provost (Education & Student Experience) across a range of strategic initiatives.

Sonale Karadia 

Compliance Manager

Email: s.karadia@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 3108 6463 (internal: 56463)

I lead on Finance, Human Resources and compliance for the Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) team. I provide operational support across the breadth of the Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) activities. I am also the EDI Inclusion Lead for Arena.

Key working relationships:

Vice Provost (Education and Student Experience); UCL HEDS Director and Department-Facing Business Partners within Professional Services (Finance, Human Resources, Compliance). I work closely with the Compliance Officer.

Contact me about

• Finance, HR, Health and Safety and Estates for VPESE 
• Compliance for VPESE

Jodi Feakes

Executive Assistant 

Email: j.feakes@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 3108 6503 (internal: 56503) 

I am the Executive Assistant to members of the Senior Education Team:

• Professor Jennie Shaw, Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience)
• Professor Kathryn Woods, Pro-Vice-Provost (Education – Student Academic Engagement)
• Professor Parama Chaudhury, Pro-Vice-Provost (Education – Student Academic Experience)

I provide comprehensive administrative support to senior academic leadership, including strategic diary management, coordinating meetings and events, and acting as a key liaison for internal and external stakeholders.

Julia Grund

Compliance Officer

Email: j.grund@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: +442031086472 (internal: 56472)

I am responsible for the operational functions with particular emphasis on Finance and Human Resources and work closely with the Compliance Manager and HEDS Director to ensure compliance with governance frameworks of UCL.

Contact me about

• HR for Careers Team
• Operational finance activities for Careers Team
• Careers Freelancers Management