Team
In line with our principles, everyone involved OxFizz is a volunteer. Meet the people who are trying to raise money for charity in a different way.
Leadership
Board of Directors
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Jamie Dear (Director)
Jamie has a background in charity and social enterprise. He manages Trust Youth, a growing educational charity which sets up mini-charities in schools. He is an Ambassador for Helen & Douglas House in Oxford, and has also worked with the Charities Advisory Trust. While at university, Jamie led Jacari, a fifty-year old Oxford charity providing support for children who speak English as a second language. He now chairs the board of trustees. He is a trustee of both Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (OCVA) and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), and sits on the advisory panel for Third Sector: First Choice, a structured graduate entry scheme for the sector. He is founder of Oxford Fission.
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Bobby Seagull (Director)
Bobby works for Nomura financial services group as an equity cash trader. A former Chairman of the Blueprint Investment Club and the Royal Holloway Investment Society, Bobby has been a semi-finalist in the World Universities Public Speaking Championship.
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Chris Stainton (Director)
Chris has a background in business and entrepreneurship. He is the former Chairman of Oxford Student Publications Limited, the largest independent student media group in Europe. In 2007, Chris established UniVentures, a graduate recruitment consultancy, which was featured in the Financial Times. He was also Co-Founder and President of The Oxford Investment Club, and Chairman of the first Oxford Private Equity Conference. Chris has a passion for social enterprise and is a Student Ambassador for the Royal Geographical Society. After graduating from Oxford University he is currently studying at Cambridge
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Senior Management Team
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Anoushka Babbar (Chief Executive, Oxford Tutoring)
Anoushka is a second year student at The Queen's College, Oxford reading Economics and Management. She is interested in innovative ways of raising funds for charities and is particularly excited at the opportunities to harness volunteers' skills and experiences to provide a viable service and raise money for charity. She enjoys living and working in different cultures, and won a scholarship to work in Mumbai as an ambassador for the UK India Business Council. As an Alumni Officer for the Franco-British Student Alliance, she enjoyed organising high profile events, such as at the House of Lords, to bring together many interesting students and professionals from the UK and France to debate (nicely) issues the countries tend to disagree on. She enjoys playing the flute, speaking in a polyglot of languages and most of all, being involved in an exciting social enterprise.
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O-J Dyar (Chairman, Oxford Tutoring)
O-J is a fourth year medical student at Brasenose College, Oxford. He has a strong interest in the third sector, with past experience as treasurer for the Oxford and Banbury Alzheimer’s Society branches. Before founding Oxford Tutoring, he was the Business Manager of OxFizz. He is also passionate about teaching, having taught for a private summer school in Oxford, and he has been an online mentor for aspiring medical students with Bright Journals. He is Chairman and founder of Experience Medicine, which promotes public understanding of medical science. He is also Chairman and founder of The Nexus Foundation Trust which aims to generate awareness of and resources for charitable causes, through promoting greater individual engagement. He has been awarded the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Award, and the National Medical Student Prize. In his spare time he enjoys playing tennis, creating chess puzzles, and writing scripts.
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Ricky Gosh (Chief Executive, Career Interview Coaching)
Ricky is a second year student at University College, Oxford. He first became involved with philanthropy through the Duke of Edinburgh award and has worked for several charitable organisations since. He is incredibly excited about the challenge of making the innovative OxFizz model work in practice and relishes being part of a new wave of social entrepreneurship. He enjoys travel (Eastern Europe), football (Colchester United) and eating (Thai), as well as playing bass guitar with enthusiasm, if not great skill, in a band. In his spare time, he tries to complete a law degree.
Consultants
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Dr Sunny Kotecha (OxFizz Coach)
Sunny provides coaching and mentoring support to the OxFizz team. She has extensive experience in coaching and mentoring with organisations including the Windsor Fellowship and Enterprisers; she now runs her own company - Silver Lining Coaching. Sunny has previously worked for Goldman Sachs and The Times. She is also often asked by the BBC to feature on the radio as an expert in topics ranging from religion and identity to relationships and conformity. Sunny holds degrees in Experimental Psychology and Sociology from the University of Oxford. Her PhD thesis investigated aspirations and ambitions from a career choice perspective.
To find out more about her work please visit www.silverliningcoaching.com.
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Jette Lundgren (Recruitment & Training Consultant, Career Interview Coaching)
Jette has worked for Unilever in Germany and in the UK, most recently as Demand Planning and Sourcing Manager. She has substantial experience in interviewing, having worked in the HR department for Gemini Consulting, as well as interviewing with Unilever and assessing the apprentices' recruitment programme.
Interns
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Coming soon.
Andy is Publicity Executive of Career Interview Coaching.
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Yilun is currently a first-year student at Merton College, Oxford. He participated in the Duke of Edinburgh program and was involved in the school's medic service as part of the German Red Cross. Through OxFizz, Yilun wants to make a positive impact on the local community and actively engage in furthering the success of social enterprises. He enjoys reading, movies, and playing serious sports like table tennis and table football. When he is not trying to improve on his English, he likes talking to Germans in their native tongue or to Chinese in his second language.
Yilun is Finance Officer of Oxford Tutoring.
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Ann is in her second year studying (though mostly avoiding studying) PPE at St Catherine's College. She enjoys working as CFO for OxFizz as it allows the opportunity for hands on experience working in a social enterprise. She is also part of the Oxford Hub and has helped to organise the Oxford Forum for International Development for two years. In her very limited spare time she enjoys sleeping.
Ann is Finance Officer of Career Interview Coaching.
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Sophie is an undergraduate reading Ancient and Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford. Her interest in charitable work stems from volunteering at a local nursing home whilst at school and an Age Concern charity shop in the Summer vacation. Working at interviews in her college has also given her insight into the stresses and strains of the Oxbridge interview process. She was drawn to OxFizz because of her interest in new ways to raise money for charity and the invaluable experience it offered. At Oxford, she is also involved in the University History Society and captains the women's football team for her college.
Sophie is Recruitment & Training Coordinator of Oxbridge Interviews.
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Kevin is a 3rd year Engineering, Economics and Management student at Trinity College. He has lived a proverbial nomadic lifestyle, having resided in four different countries over the span of his 22 years of existence. His favourite activities include meeting new people, snowboarding working out and sports with sticks. In his spare time, he enjoys sampling exotic food, salsa dancing and jamming on his guitar. He also appreciates quality stand-up comedy, and is especially enthralled by British dry humour. Kevin joined OxFizz in 2008, and remains inspired by the entrepreneurial twinning of innovation with benevolence.
Kevin is the Recruitment & Training Manager of Career Interview Coaching.
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Lena is a second year student at New College, Oxford. She was studying Experimental Psychology, but has now switched to Physiological Sciences, specialising in Neuroscience and Molecular Medicine. She has carried out a range of philanthropy including teaching primary school children Latin and to read and volunteering at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. She is thrilled to have this opportunity to be involved in the start up and running of Oxford Tutoring. She spends her days playing sports or at the gym, looking after her friends, and occasionally writing an essay.
Lena is Marketing Manager of Oxford Tutoring.
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Harriet is a second-year law student at Teddy Hall. She originally joined Career Interview Coaching as an opportunity to meet people from other colleges and feel like she was doing something worthwhile with her time, and thinks that it's been a great way of doing both. The best tip she has learned whilst being an intern is to smile and make lots of eye contact in interviews. As well as being publicity manager for the CIC team, Harriet is a president of her college law soc and enjoys singing in her college choir. In her spare time she likes to ice skate, swim and drink quite a few cocktails.
Harriet is Publicity Manager of Oxford Tutoring.
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Tope is a second year Physicist from Hertford College, Oxford. He believes OxFizz provides students with a fantastic opportunity to develop their skill set while working for a good cause. He feels that his time in OxFizz has given him first hand exposure to the power of the social enterprise business model, and hopes to apply what he has learnt in his life after OxFizz. Outside Physics, Tope plays rugby for his college team and competed with the university level Judo squad. He is also a huge fan of art and hopes to visit every continent before graduating.
Tope is Recruitment & Training Executive of Career Interview Coaching.
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Rebekah is a first year graduate student at Wadham College, Oxford, studying for a DPhil in Inorganic Chemistry. She first became interested in philanthropy as a teenager after taking a position as a care worker. Since then she has been involved in voluntary work with children, teenagers and disabled adults, and raising money for charity. She is excited about being a part of a social enterprise, and helping to change the way people think about charity and fundraising. She enjoys rowing, travelling, cooking and drawing.
Rebekah is Chief Operating Officer of Oxford Tutoring.
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A historian at Pembroke College, Hayley has a longstanding interest in the charitable sector, participating in voluntary projects across the world. This has ranged from working as an English teacher in schools in Hong Kong, to helping to build an orphanage in Mongolia. Through OxFizz, Hayley is now focusing on projects closer to home, with a large percentage of OxFizz's charitable donations assisting local causes. This helps interns to foster incredibly strong community links, giving a unique way to give back to the area and witness the impact of OxFizz's work first-hand.
Hayley is Deputy Chief Executive and Secretary of Career Interview Coaching.
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Hugo is a second year historian at University College. Usually more likely to be seen on the rugby pitch, this is his first venture into social enterprise at Oxford. However, he is very excited by this opportunity as he really believes in OxFizz’s ethos of providing a professional service for charity profit. His previous experience in the charitable sector includes spending a month working as a volunteer in a hospital in Ethiopia and funding and organising a holiday for handicapped children from Nottingham. He is also the current Secretary for the Ball Committee for University College.
Hugo is Publicity Executive of Career Interview Coaching.