The Team
The UTS BSoc Executive Team is comprised of five Officers who handle the organisation and governance of the Society and eight Directors who oversee the operation of their respective portfolios areas and teams.
The Officers
Caster Calma
Caster's Bio
As the President of the UTS Business Society, Casta oversees the leadership and governance considerations of initiatives and annual administration activities of the society.
He works closely with the Executive team to deliver initiatives that holistically enrich the social lives and career aspirations of business students, guided by the best interests of our members and stakeholders.
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Sarah Harvey
Sarah's Bio
Sarah works closely with the President and other executives and aiding in the organisation and management of the society.
This includes liaising with the Chairperson to ensure internal operations are optimised and morale is high, as well as assisting with the planning and creation of large social and professional events, run both on and off campus.
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Sarah Cullen
Sarah's Bio
Sarah’s role is to ensure meetings are effectively organised and minuted, and maintaining effective records and administration for the Society.
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James Roworth
James' Bio
James’ role within BSoc is to work closely with the President to ensure financial stability. This includes paying creditors and budgeting for both social and formal events.
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Zac Cowan
Zac's Bio
Zac’s role as the chairperson includes coordinating team development activities, resolving any disputes that may arise between the committee, supporting the President and the senior executive team and chairing the monthly executive and general committee meetings throughout the year.
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The Directors
Matt Wedlock
Matt's Bio
Matt’s team focuses on the academic side of BSoc, aiming to assist students to get a head start in their course. Most of our initiatives enhance student’s study skills and familiarising themselves with a new learning environment.
Matt and his team release two important publications each year; First Year’s Handbook & Majors Guide to provide vital information on students’ social and academic experience.
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Hughie Flannery
Hughie's Bio
As Marketing Director, Hughie is in charge of promoting all of BSoc’s events for the year. This involves coordinating portfolios, creating content for BSoc’s social media platforms and writing blog posts for our website. Hughie is also the Graphic Designer for all of the event graphics, as well as IT director who looks after the BSoc website.
With the help from his team, Hughie manages the marketing of over 30 events a year!
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Nicky Simond
Nicky's Bio
Nicky’s role involves organising events and partnerships to raise awareness and money for BSoc’s chosen charities. Alongside her team, Nicky seeks to embody BSoc’s social consciousness and create awareness around current ethical issues in the business world.
This year her team is looking to integrate social justice across all aspects of BSoc.
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Phoebe Whitfield
Phoebe's Bio
In Phoebe’s role as Socials Director, she handles all of BSoc major parties and events. Hoping to inject a more fun side to university life, Phoebe and her team organise everything from the BSoc First-Year Camp to our 700 person Frat Party and the Business Ball at the end of each year.
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Joanna Drewe
Joanna's Bio
Joanna’s portfolio hosts networking events throughout the year and directly connects with companies to promote graduate and internship opportunities through BSoc’s social media channels.
The main events each year include the Careers Guide Launch Night, Mentoring program, High Achievers Breakfast and they also help BSoc’s sponsors to host bespoke events and case competitions.
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Alex Jacobs
Alex's Bio
Alex’s portfolio handles the event co-ordination of sport related events within BSoc. They give many students, across societies and universities, a chance to network and become friends through sport.
This involves supervision of activities such as Bubble soccer and formulation of social sport teams.
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The Committee
Education & Innovation
Director: Matt Wedlock
The Team:
- Lara Carter
- Alyssa Clark
- Annabelle Druce
The education portfolio focuses on the academic side of Bsoc, aiming to assist students get a head start in their business degree. Much of the initiatives of education are focussed on first year business students, consequently, assisting them in their transition to university. The education portfolio releases two major publications: the majors guide and first year’s handbook, in doing so providing vital information based on the experiences of students in later years.
Socials
Director: Phoebe Whitfield
The Team:
- Olivia Fleming
- Lucas Olgers
- Thomas O’Sullivan
- Sophie Paviour
- Isabelle Sherbon
The team is responsible for organising BSocs Social calendar. That includes First year O’Camp, parties, pub crawls, and the annual Business Ball. Outside of this we want to make sure everyone is making the most of their social experience at university as part of the BSoc Family.
Marketing & IT
Director: Hughie Flannery
The Team:
- Annabelle Alam
- Lachlan Davis
- Ellie Oppenheim
- Angus Robertson
The Marketing portfolio intends to attract and entice as many UTS Business students into our diverse and welcoming community as possible; through continued engagement with our Facebook following of over 8000 likes, and growing social platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Sponsorships
Director: Joanna Drewe
The Team:
- Syed Daanish Mahmud
- Liesel Millard
- Georgina Walker
- Daniel Warren
The Careers Portfolio is the professional development arm of UTS BSoc and aims to empower students and members to become well-rounded, confident and sharp young professionals as they enter the workforce upon graduation. We do this by planning, developing and executing a core suite of events in collaboration with our industry sponsors and affiliate partners.
Social Justice
Director: Nicky Simond
The Team:
- Rachael De Costa
- Lara Klaser
- Liam Maher
This portfolio seeks to embody the business societies social conscience. We aim to create awareness around current ethical issues in the business world, as well as develop professional skills for our members in preparation for their future careers. Social Justice also aims to compliment other portfolios such as the Socials and Sports portfolios in creating fun events to maintain social groups and offering a fulfilling university experience.
Sports
Director: Alex Jacob
The Team:
- Renee Crofts
- Jay Russell
- Laura Smith
The Sportfolio gives members the chance to meet new people from other societies and universities through social sports. Our BSoc social sports events are a great chance for students of all years to connect with their peers. In the winter break our intervarsity sporting competition will see our members compete against students from other universities in a range of social sports
