Who We Are
The Development Office is the first point of contact for alumni of St Hugh’s to connect with the College. We work closely with our alumni, friends and supporters to celebrate the College’s past, strengthen its community today and help shape its future.
The team is here to help you stay connected with St Hugh’s and with one another, long after your time in Oxford. Whether you’re looking to reconnect with old friends, attend an event, share your news, support current students or simply return for a visit, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please get in touch with us directly using the contact details below:
Get In Touch
development.office@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk | +44 (0)1865 274958
Development Office
St Hugh’s College
St Margaret’s Road
Oxford
OX2 6LE
Meet the Team
The Development team is headed up by Bridie, who leads the fundraising and engagement strategy for St Hugh’s, supporting the College’s strategic priorities. She brings extensive senior experience from leading UK and international non-profit organisations, including the END Fund, Oxfam and the Royal Opera House. Bridie holds an MSc in International Development from Birkbeck University and a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Leeds, and serves as a trustee of Petit Club Français d’Oxfordshire.
bridie.layden@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk | +44 (0)7483 173309
David works closely with Bridie and the team to create and bring to life our alumni relations and stewardship activities. David is particularly interested in building and strengthening our community and the different groups within it, and achieves this by overseeing our events, communications, and alumni groups.
Christine works with our alumni directly to build, strengthen and secure their lifelong relationships within the College community. Christine oversees and brings to life our varied events calendar and liaises with alumni remotely to arrange events in their local area, all over the world.
Hannah takes care of our regular giving and legacy fundraising programmes. She works to raise funds and increase participation through our direct mails, Telethons, email appeals and other activity, as well as making sure that donors are appropriately thanked for their generous contributions to College.
Andrew plays a key role within the Development Office, overseeing the use of data for alumni and development activities. From database maintenance, to report building, to project work, Andrew enables the day-to-day data functions of the office while also giving us key insights into our community and data.
Imogen is the first port of call for all Development Office enquiries and provides operational, administrative and event support to the team. They also play a key role in creating the communications output of the office, including work on the Chronicle, newsletter, website, and on social media.
