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 the Environmental Quantification Lead. Jay is a Loughborough Alumni, from UAA year 2016/2017.
The UAA President is responsible for the vision & strategy of the Alumni community, represents the UAA on the UNITECH board as voting member and represents the UAA at key events, such as the general assembly week or 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.

Jay O'Nien

Vice-President

Annalena Kill

Currently working as an International Top Graduate at GOLDBECK in Europe after studying Civil Engineering & Business Administration at RWTH. Annalena is a RWTH Aachen Alumna from UNITECH year 2020/2021.
Replaces the President in absence, is jointly responsible with the President for all strategic tasks, owns the core processes to run the UAA (Ways of Working, Onboarding processes, etc.), the UAA GA timeline & agenda and is the spokesperson for guidance & support within the UAA Active Community.

Financial & Information Officer

Albert Garcia

Currently working at Wallbox as a Data Analyst in Barcelona, Albert is a UPC-Barcelona Alumni from the Unitech year 2019-2020.

Albert’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

Qianhan (Q) Gong

Q, alumni from 2015-16, is working at IWC Schaffhausen and leading strategic initiatives and projects in talent attraction, employer branding, culture and talent development.

In the UAA council, he aims to partner closely with all council members and the Unitech Office in bringing its purpose to life. Q is responsible for defining and guiding the marketing and communications strategy, as well as expanding the teams to enable all key stakeholder groups to stay up-to-date with, aware of, inspired by and engaged with Unitech initiatives, programs and events.

Programme Lead

Alice Granehed

Currently with ABB in Sweden, working with Sustainable Supply Chains within the Robotics industry. Alice is a Chalmers Alumna, from UNITECH year 2020/2021.
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, the key event being the UAA Symposium each spring.

Local Chapter Lead

Clara Mogno

Recently joined RWE Renewables for a graduate program starting in Hamburg, Clara is a PoliMi Alumni from the Unitech cohort 2020-2021.

Clara's role in the council is local chapter lead, through which she hopes to bring as many Unitech alumni and students together as well as making sure that the promotion plan is working properly at each academic partner to attract talented students into the program.

Strategic Relations & Special Projects Lead

Abdulqadir Abshir

Currently working as an International Management Trainee at the Bühler Group in Switzerland. Abdul is a Trinity College Dublin alumnus from the programmer year 2019/2020. In this role he’ll be owning the relations between the UAA and various strategic stakeholder groups, driving initiatives that drive synergies through relationships & collaboration.