The current UAA Council

The UNITECH Alumni Association is managed by an elected council composes of Alumni from the network. These council members see to the consistent running of the network. Council member terms are two years long. Please reach out to any of the Council members via LinkedIn if you have any questions or queries.

UNITECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

President

Currently working at Bühler in Switzerland, as a global product manager. Abdulqadir is a Trinity alumnus, from UNITECH year 2019/2020.
The UAA President is responsible for the vision & strategy of the alumni community, represents the UAA on the UNITECH board as a voting member and represents the UAA at key events, such as the general assembly week and the March meetings

The UAA constitution serves as the foundation of activity across the UAA. The latest version can be found here for Alumni to reference.

Abqulqadir Abshir

Vice-President

Maria Mijancos

Currently working as an Automation Engineer at Eli Lilly after studying Industrial Engineering and Business Administration. Maria is a UPC alumna and student representative from UNITECH year 2023/2024.
Replaces the President in absence and is responsible with the President for all strategic tasks and oversees key operational processes, helping ensure the effective and successful functioning of the UAA Council

Financial & Information Officer

Leon Keating

Currently working at Danfoss as a Global Postgraduate. Leon is a Trinity College Dublin Alumni from 2022.
Leon's role in the UAA is to lead the organisation's technology initiatives and oversee its financial operation to enable council members, project managers and alumni to bring the maximum value to the network.

Marketing & Communications Lead

Salma Abdelmohsen

 Alumna from UNITECH year 2022/2023, Salma is currently based in Paris and working as a Wind energy Engineer at DNV France. During her exchange in Chalmers, she lead the media team and worked closely with the UAA on marketing events aimed towards her cohort and future students in the programme. Now in the UAA council, she aims to define effective communication guidelines and partner with all key UNITECH stakeholders enabling them to bring their ideas to life and share them within the active and Alumni community.

Programme Lead

Arianna Piazza

Currently working for Georg Fischer in Switzerland as a strategic portfolio manager Arianna is a Politecnico alumna from Unitech cohort 2023.
She is responsible for ensuring that the network of UNITECH alumnus can keep developing and re-connecting post-program year and to bring the network together for memorable topic-specific events throughout the year, bringing her experience from the past two years, including her role as Project Manager of the 2026 symposium, the key event each spring.

Local Chapter Lead

Marçal Uriach

Currently working at Hipra as a final packaging deputy coordinator. Marçal is a UPC alumni from the 2023 cohort.
Marçal’s role is to keep the community alive, by ensuring that it remains active after the Unitech year, and serve as a bridge between the different UAA locations. Moreover, Marçal ensures that the promotion plan is working properly at each academic partner institution to attract talented students to the program.

Strategic Relations & Special Projects Lead

Alice Granehed

Alice is a Chalmers alumna from UNITECH cohort 2020/2021. The UAA Strategic Relations Lead is responsible for managing key strategic partners of the association well as leading innovation projects to strengthen the position of the UAA