Alumni Day
Date & time
- 28 November 2025 11:00 - 13:00
Location
Agenda
- 11:00 Ignite your passion for mentoring
Socitm CEO Nadira Hussain will open the event with a very warm welcome to all. She’ll be joined by our chair for the day Sam Collins, Assistant Director of Digital at City of London Corporation, who will share his enthusiasm and experience of mentoring.
Volunteer for Socitm’s mentoring programme.
- 11:05 From army brat to IT boss: marching through life's firewalls
Rehana Ramesh (Hackney Council). Rehana will share her powerful personal story of leadership, growth, and transformation in local government.
With more than 20 years’ public sector experience delivering strategies and services, you’ll hear the human journey with the ups and downs which make Rehana the authentic leader she is.
- 11:25 Innovation in action: Policy and research at Socitm
Socitm researcher Yasmine Hajji – Socitm Institute: What does it do you for you and how can you get involved?
- 11:35 Spotlight on talent: A new perspective of team empowerment
Ben Marston (Director of ICT and Digital Transformation at Sheffield City Council) – was inspired after attending our Top Talent course. So much so he put all his team through it. Hear first hand the impact it has made.
- 11:50 Webinar follow ups: The autistic brain and the female brain
With researcher Adrienne Crenshaw and Andrew Boxall from WeChange.AI.
This is an opportunity ask those questions you may have wanted to but didn’t get the chance when we initially hosted our two most popular webinars this year:
- 12:15 Refresh and recharge break
- 12:20 The great Socitm end of year (almost) quiz
Hosted by Learning Programme Manager Aidan Matthews – Test your knowledge, have some fun, and win a prize or two!
- 12:40 Alumni voices: Stories that inspire
Hear from a fellow alumni about her journey since graduating from the Leadership Academy.
Aimee Savage, Programme and Governance Support Manager, Cambridgeshire County Council
- 12:50 Alumni ‘Thank You’ Awards
Presented by Aidan Matthews – Celebrating outstanding contributions and achievements across our network.
- 13:00 Close & Thank You
Speakers
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Sam Collins
Assistant Director, Digital and Data, City of London Corporation
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Andrew Boxall
Senior Account Technology Strategist, Microsoft
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Yasmine Hajji
Research Analyst, Socitm
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Nadira Hussain
CEO, Socitm
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Ben Marston
Director of ICT and Digital Innovation, Sheffield City Council
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Aidan Matthews
Learning Programme Manager, Socitm
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Rehana Ramesh
Director – ICT, Digital and Customer Services , Hackney Council
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Diana Rebaza
Senior Research Analyst, Socitm
Sam Collins
Assistant Director, Digital and Data, City of London Corporation
Andrew Boxall
Senior Account Technology Strategist, Microsoft
Yasmine Hajji
Research Analyst, Socitm
Nadira Hussain
CEO, Socitm
Ben Marston
Director of ICT and Digital Innovation, Sheffield City Council
Aidan Matthews
Learning Programme Manager, Socitm
Rehana Ramesh
Director – ICT, Digital and Customer Services , Hackney Council
Diana Rebaza
Senior Research Analyst, Socitm