The Alumni Networks and Volunteers Working Group reports to the Alumni Advisory Board and offers guidance to the Alumni Relations team specifically on the network of Alumni Groups around the world.
Areas the Group is currently providing support on are:
- Advising the Alumni Engagement team on providing appropriate support and services to the worldwide network of volunteer-led Alumni Groups
- Supporting the Alumni Engagement team in its aim to recruit recent alumni to the Alumni Group network
- Assisting with the planning of the Alumni Groups Global Leadership Conferences
- Helping to identify, cultivate and, where appropriate, establish Alumni Groups.
- Consolidating the good working relations between the Colleges and the University
The Networks and Volunteers Working Group members are also there to provide extra support to all Alumni Groups. Whether you are having difficulty with arranging events or have an idea but don't quite know how to execute it, the members are there for all Groups to contact.
The Working Group meets twice a year, but also works on projects in between meetings such as the resources pages for Alumni Groups.
Ms Alexandra Draycott (Hewison)
Jesus College 2000, Social and Political Sciences
- Strategy and Innovation Consultant specialising in foresight with 20 years of experience across government, corporates and social sector
- CEO of Cambridge University start up spun out of SPARK Program, Egg Advisor
- Founding member of Oxbridge Alumni Society UAE
- Oxbridge UAE Committee Member since 2012, holding positions including Chair and currently Vice Chair
- Chapter Lead for the UAE for CAMentrepreneurs
- Joined NVWG in 2003, currently holds the position of Vice Chair
Jennifer Tam
Downing College 2014, Master of Business Administration, Judge Business School
- LNG Manager at ExxonMobil Singapore, focuses on marketing and delivering liquified natural gas to global power and gas companies
- Co-Chair of Cambridge Judge Business School Singapore Alumni Chapter (2023-Present)
- Work and lived in Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and the UK
- B.Eng in Chemical Engineering from Western University in Canada
- Joined NVWG in 2023, currently holds the position of Vice Chair
Dr Dora Iliana-Medina
Robinson 2005, Chemical Engineering
- PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK.
- MS in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, USA.
- BS in Chemical Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico.
- Highly commended in the Sellafield Ltd Award for Engineering Excellence (IChemE awards) and invited as a Keynote speaker in the Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society.
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, USA.
- UNESCO-L’ORÉAL “For Women In Science” International Fellow, MIT, USA.
- L'Oréal-UNESCO International rising talent. The program awards each year the 15 most promising young women scientists around the world. These young researchers are the very future of science and recognising their excellence will help ensure that they reach their full potential), France.
- Member of the National System of Researchers – Mexico.
- Vice President of the MIT Alumni Mexico.
- Active member of academic and research boards.
- Awarded with the MIT-MISTI Global Seed Fund, USA.
- Climate Change Advisory Council Nestle, Mexico.
Mr Ian Roberts
St John's 1975, Natural Sciences
- Retired IT consultant.
- I am on the committee of the Cambridge Society of Edinburgh.
- I am on the committee of the Lord's Taverners Scotland.
- I am a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSAScot).
- I play for Scottish Thistles Masters Hockey Club.
- I am a keen golfer. For the lawyers amongst us, I won the Marshall Hall Cup in 2022.
- I am a committee member of the Johnian Society
Mr Karsten Wenzlaff
2007, Trinity Hall, MPhil in International Relations
- Worked as a consultant on financial innovation both to the public and the private sector, as well as a researcher.
- He is an Affiliate Researcher at the Cambridge Judge Business School, in particular the Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF). At his residence in Hamburg, he is a researcher in Alternative Finance where he also teaches.
- He is the Trinity Hall Regional Representative in Northern Germany and Secretary of the Oxbridge Society of Hamburg.
- At the Oxbridge Society of Hamburg, he and the Committee have created networking events for recent graduates, freshers, families with young children, and of course the traditional Annual Dinners.
- He enjoys reaching out to other Cambridge Alumni Networks all over the world and discover how to create vibrant and dynamic Alumni Groups.
Mr Ryan Xi
St Edmund’s College 2017, MPhil in Engineering
- Founding Chair, Guangdong Cambridge Alumni Group
- Captain, CUGC Stymies Golf Team (2018)
- Upon graduation, joined Girdear Group, one of the highest-grossing womenswear brands, leading the Online Retail Division (as well as group operations in Alchohol, Real Estate, Healthcare)
- Member, Youth Advisory Committee, UNITAR Global SDGs & Leadership Development Center (Model UN Project)
- Associate Member, ChinaINeda (中國獨立非執行董事協會)
- APEC Voices of the Future (VOF) Hong Kong Representative