In 2010 the Union set up its first ever charity-law compliant trustee board, in line with our application for charity status with the UK Charities Commission. A trustee board is designed as a tool of governance, to bring both internal knowledge and external experience together to provide an overarching body which can consult and assist the Union’s management, and to make decisions at a strategic level.

The members of the Union’s Trustee Board are:

Chair

Rob Bloomer

Rob is the Finance Officer of the Union and chairs both the Trustee Board and the Management Committee. He sits as a chairman and director respectively of the Union’s subsidiary companies and is responsible for allocation and oversight of the Union’s resources. He is also a trustee of the University of East Anglia. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Management and is an Associate of the Chartered Management Institute.

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01603 593268

Deputy Chair

Dan Youmans

Dan is the Community and Student Rights Officer for the Union, deputy chairs the Trustee Board and also chairs the Student Officer Committee. He sits as a director on both of the Union’s subsidiary companies and is responsible for representing Students’ views on welfare and the Union’s position in relation to the Community. Dan is also a Senator in the University of East Anglia. He is on a sabbatical year during the study of a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics.

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01603 593461

Student Officer Trustee

Rachel Handforth

Rachel is the Academic Officer of the Union, and represents the Union’s members in matters relating to their education at UEA. Rachel sits as a director on both of the Union’s subsidiary companies. Rachel is also a Senator of the University of East Anglia. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

Student Officer Trustee

Tom Dolton

Tom is the Communications Officer of the Union. He is responsible for the democratic processes of the organisation and ensuring that members are communicated to on all issues which affect them as students. Tom sits as chairman and director respectively of the Union’s two subsidiary companies, and is also a trustee of the University of East Anglia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree English Literature and Film.

Student Officer Trustee

Duncan Smith

Duncan is a part time non-portfolio student officer. Next year Duncan will be starting his 4th and final year of studying for a Master of Science degree in chemistry. Tash sits on the Student Officer Committee.

Lay Student Trustee

Olivia Davis

Olivia is a lay student trustee. She is in her 2nd year of studying towards a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the University of East Anglia.

Lay Student Trustee

Christopher Lee

External Trustee

Andrew Wood

Andrew is a graduate (EAS 1970) of UEA, a past council member and former solicitor for the Union (1977-1989), now an External Trustee. His is an employed consultant with Birketts LLP solicitors, Norwich. He specialises in company and commercial matters.

Andrew is a solicitor at Birketts LLP. He has a wide range of legal experience, including advising during the setup of the Union’s subsidiary companies. 

External Trustee

Brian Riley

Brian Riley’s origins go back to West Ham. He and his family moved to Suffolk in 1986. For much of his employed life he worked as a development banker at senior executive and director levels specialising in turning around failing financial institutions. Brian’s last full time employment was as a Campus Administrator for UCL in Martlesham. Currently he is a self employed consultant and he believes that people always come first in enterprise creation.

Within the community Brian is a District Councillor and a committee member of the Hadleigh Chamber of Commerce. Brian is married with two grown up daughters, both University graduates, who were educated locally and who value these local connections.

If you've got any questions about the Trustee Board or its work, contact Rob Bloomer, Chair & Finance Officer, in the first instance.

Email: [email protected]    Tel: 01603 593268

You can find minutes from previous meetings, and the Trustees' register of interests here.



In 2010 the Union set up its first ever charity-law compliant trustee board, in line with our application for charity status with the UK Charities Commission. A trustee board is designed as a tool of governance, to bring both internal knowledge and external experience together to provide an overarching body which can consult and assist the Union’s management, and to make decisions at a strategic level.

The members of the Union’s Trustee Board are:

Chair

Rob Bloomer

Rob is the Finance Officer of the Union and chairs both the Trustee Board and the Management Committee. He sits as a chairman and director respectively of the Union’s subsidiary companies and is responsible for allocation and oversight of the Union’s resources. He is also a trustee of the University of East Anglia. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Management and is an Associate of the Chartered Management Institute.

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01603 593268

Deputy Chair

Dan Youmans

Dan is the Community and Student Rights Officer for the Union, deputy chairs the Trustee Board and also chairs the Student Officer Committee. He sits as a director on both of the Union’s subsidiary companies and is responsible for representing Students’ views on welfare and the Union’s position in relation to the Community. Dan is also a Senator in the University of East Anglia. He is on a sabbatical year during the study of a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics.

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01603 593461

Student Officer Trustee

Rachel Handforth

Rachel is the Academic Officer of the Union, and represents the Union’s members in matters relating to their education at UEA. Rachel sits as a director on both of the Union’s subsidiary companies. Rachel is also a Senator of the University of East Anglia. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

Student Officer Trustee

Tom Dolton

Tom is the Communications Officer of the Union. He is responsible for the democratic processes of the organisation and ensuring that members are communicated to on all issues which affect them as students. Tom sits as chairman and director respectively of the Union’s two subsidiary companies, and is also a trustee of the University of East Anglia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree English Literature and Film.

Student Officer Trustee

Duncan Smith

Duncan is a part time non-portfolio student officer. Next year Duncan will be starting his 4th and final year of studying for a Master of Science degree in chemistry. Tash sits on the Student Officer Committee.

Lay Student Trustee

Olivia Davis

Olivia is a lay student trustee. She is in her 2nd year of studying towards a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the University of East Anglia.

Lay Student Trustee

Christopher Lee

External Trustee

Andrew Wood

Andrew is a graduate (EAS 1970) of UEA, a past council member and former solicitor for the Union (1977-1989), now an External Trustee. His is an employed consultant with Birketts LLP solicitors, Norwich. He specialises in company and commercial matters.

Andrew is a solicitor at Birketts LLP. He has a wide range of legal experience, including advising during the setup of the Union’s subsidiary companies. 

External Trustee

Brian Riley

Brian Riley’s origins go back to West Ham. He and his family moved to Suffolk in 1986. For much of his employed life he worked as a development banker at senior executive and director levels specialising in turning around failing financial institutions. Brian’s last full time employment was as a Campus Administrator for UCL in Martlesham. Currently he is a self employed consultant and he believes that people always come first in enterprise creation.

Within the community Brian is a District Councillor and a committee member of the Hadleigh Chamber of Commerce. Brian is married with two grown up daughters, both University graduates, who were educated locally and who value these local connections.

If you've got any questions about the Trustee Board or its work, contact Rob Bloomer, Chair & Finance Officer, in the first instance.

Email: [email protected]    Tel: 01603 593268

You can find minutes from previous meetings, and the Trustees' register of interests here.



In 2010 the Union set up its first ever charity-law compliant trustee board, in line with our application for charity status with the UK Charities Commission. A trustee board is designed as a tool of governance, to bring both internal knowledge and external experience together to provide an overarching body which can consult and assist the Union’s management, and to make decisions at a strategic level.

The members of the Union’s Trustee Board are:

Chair

Rob Bloomer

Rob is the Finance Officer of the Union and chairs both the Trustee Board and the Management Committee. He sits as a chairman and director respectively of the Union’s subsidiary companies and is responsible for allocation and oversight of the Union’s resources. He is also a trustee of the University of East Anglia. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Management and is an Associate of the Chartered Management Institute.

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01603 593268

Deputy Chair

Dan Youmans

Dan is the Community and Student Rights Officer for the Union, deputy chairs the Trustee Board and also chairs the Student Officer Committee. He sits as a director on both of the Union’s subsidiary companies and is responsible for representing Students’ views on welfare and the Union’s position in relation to the Community. Dan is also a Senator in the University of East Anglia. He is on a sabbatical year during the study of a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics.

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01603 593461

Student Officer Trustee

Rachel Handforth

Rachel is the Academic Officer of the Union, and represents the Union’s members in matters relating to their education at UEA. Rachel sits as a director on both of the Union’s subsidiary companies. Rachel is also a Senator of the University of East Anglia. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

Student Officer Trustee

Tom Dolton

Tom is the Communications Officer of the Union. He is responsible for the democratic processes of the organisation and ensuring that members are communicated to on all issues which affect them as students. Tom sits as chairman and director respectively of the Union’s two subsidiary companies, and is also a trustee of the University of East Anglia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree English Literature and Film.

Student Officer Trustee

Duncan Smith

Duncan is a part time non-portfolio student officer. Next year Duncan will be starting his 4th and final year of studying for a Master of Science degree in chemistry. Tash sits on the Student Officer Committee.

Lay Student Trustee

Olivia Davis

Olivia is a lay student trustee. She is in her 2nd year of studying towards a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the University of East Anglia.

Lay Student Trustee

Christopher Lee

External Trustee

Andrew Wood

Andrew is a graduate (EAS 1970) of UEA, a past council member and former solicitor for the Union (1977-1989), now an External Trustee. His is an employed consultant with Birketts LLP solicitors, Norwich. He specialises in company and commercial matters.

Andrew is a solicitor at Birketts LLP. He has a wide range of legal experience, including advising during the setup of the Union’s subsidiary companies. 

External Trustee

Brian Riley

Brian Riley’s origins go back to West Ham. He and his family moved to Suffolk in 1986. For much of his employed life he worked as a development banker at senior executive and director levels specialising in turning around failing financial institutions. Brian’s last full time employment was as a Campus Administrator for UCL in Martlesham. Currently he is a self employed consultant and he believes that people always come first in enterprise creation.

Within the community Brian is a District Councillor and a committee member of the Hadleigh Chamber of Commerce. Brian is married with two grown up daughters, both University graduates, who were educated locally and who value these local connections.

If you've got any questions about the Trustee Board or its work, contact Rob Bloomer, Chair & Finance Officer, in the first instance.

Email: [email protected]    Tel: 01603 593268

You can find minutes from previous meetings, and the Trustees' register of interests here.