What is the Students' Union Trustees Board?
Having become a registered charity in 2009, Newcastle University Students' Union is required to have a board of trustees in place. The trustees ensure NUSU is meeting the legal and financial requirements, whilst also providing guidance and structure for future strategies and decision-making. Our board of trustees consists of six Full-time Sabbatical Officers (elected by you), two appointed students and four external members, chosen based on their level of experience, knowledge and skills.
Trustees Board
We look forward to hearing from you.
Peter Gibson
Peter attended Newcastle University, graduating in 1997 (LLb Hons) followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at The College of Law in York. Peter was admitted as a Solicitor in September 2001 and has worked in private practice ever since. Since 2006 Peter has owned and managed is own practice, Coles Solicitors, which has grown under his stewardship to nine offices employing in excess of fifty people.
Peter is the firm’s Managing Director and sole shareholder.
Chris Simpson
Chris attended Newcastle University from 2006 to 2009, graduating with a first in Maths with Management
After leaving Newcastle he worked for PwC in Newcastle for four and a half years. Three and a half of these were spent in external audit, covering organisations from charitable foundations up to FTSE 100 businesses. The final year was spent in risk assurance, providing internal audit services for clients.
Chris joined Northgate plc, the leading provider of light commercial vehicle hire, in April 2014 in the role of Group Financial Accountant.
Jon Bennett
Jon is a journalist, TV producer, media trainer and communications consultant.
He attended Newcastle University from 1993-96 and stayed in the region after graduating to train as a reporter with the North East daily newspaper The Journal. He moved to London in 1999 and since then has worked for a wide range of magazines, newspapers and TV news programmes.
Ben Sadler
Ben is a Management Consultant specialising in IT and Project and Programme delivery based just south of Manchester. Over the last fourteen years he has worked on and delivered major projects and programmes of work in Government, Healthcare and Telecommunications sectors in the UK, Europe and Asia. Prior to beginning his career, Ben graduated with a BA (Hons) in Music from Newcastle in 1996, before organising the First Year Conference (Freshers' Week) in 1996, and holding the position of President of the Student Union in 1997-8.
Tom Lowe
Student Trustee
Having graduated from a 4 year Maths and Statistics course here at Newcastle in 2017, I am now in my 2nd year of a PhD in Bayesian statistics. During my time as an undergraduate I have been part of my course's Student-Staff committee, had roles as the treasurer and publicity officer on the Maths Society, and have volunteered to help with the running of both Freshers Week and RAG Week. Now as a postgraduate I have kept on many of these responsibilities and added roles on the Students' Union's Steering Committee and Student Council, as well as becoming a committee member of the RAG society. Outside of university, I enjoy spending time socialising with my friends, playing music, running and cooking.
Bridget Donaldson
Student Trustee