Meet the Committee

 PRESIDENT      Keshav Arvind

Originally hailing from Edinburgh, Keshav is a third year

Philosophy, Politics and Economics student. Keshav has been

debating for a bit too long now having done the activity in

high school and throughout his time at university. When not

involved in the society, Keshav has taught debate in

underprivileged schools in London as well as spending two

months last summer coaching in Shanghai. He is currently

the debate coach at Westminster School. Aside from debating

Keshav enjoys playing and watching cricket though he has

long since given up his dream of going pro. If you have any

questions about the society please get in touch with him.

   

  

VICE PRESIDENT     Bareera Bullo

Bareera is a second year Social Policy with Politics student

from Pakistan. Prior to her new role, she was a fresher’s

representative for the year 2018/19 and is looking forward

to making this year just as enjoyable and thrilling for the

members as it was for her the year before! Having spent an

unacceptable amount of weekends debating, she is aware of

how indulging the activity can be and is excited to have the

soc - in addition to being a great platform for developing

public speaking skills- one for all to learn ingenious ideas,

enjoy fun socials and make incredible friends at university!

TREASURER     Eóin McCorkindale

Eóin is a third year BSc Economics student from Northern

Ireland. He has been on the debate committee for the last two

years. After running a whacky extension in the LSE Novices

final he became hooked on debate. His aspirations include

becoming an academic and having his name spelled correctly.

 

SECRETARY     Mythili Mishra

Mythili is a second year Law student from New Delhi, India.

Before coming to LSE, she got a degree in Political Science.

She has been debating for a while now, and her obsession

with the activity is quite clear from the fact that she has

decided to make it her future career. Feel free to contact her

for help with Marxist or feminist (or Marxist-feminist) cases

for your next debate competition!

 

TRAINING OFFICER     Abhinav Bathula

Abhinav is one of the Training Officers of the LSESU Debate

Society for the 2019/20 academic year. He is a second year

Politics and Economics student from Chennai, India.

Abhinav has been debating for over 4 years, starting back in

high school in Manila, the Philippines. A former debater for

the Philippine national team, he continues to help the team

from afar aside from his duties as Training Officer.

TRAINING OFFICER     Cheyenne Ong

Cheyenne is a 2nd year History and IR student. She debated

for a couple of years in Singapore - where she's from - and

has since fallen into the rabbit hole of debating. Her fondness

for it stems from how it connects her to people with similar

interests (who also enjoy engaging in arguments just for fun). 

Outside of debating, however, she loves going to the beach

and she's done Chinese martial art for a long time (but

concedes she will likely just run away in a fight).

 

EXTERNAL TOURNAMENTS DIRECTOR     Milton Wong

Milton is a second year Politics and International Relations

student from Singapore. After a hiatus, he rejoined debating

for the thrill of stumbling across ideas and arguments he

finds relevant for everyday life, and for the dear friends he

has found in the community. In his free time, Milton enjoys

volunteering, and has furthered this interest as Secretary of

LSESU Students for Children Society. Milton will join

Singapore’s foreign service after graduation.

 

SOCIAL SECRETARY     Josh Freeman

Though doing a four-year degree means there is almost

nobody left from when Josh was a fresher, it has also allowed

him to get to know the society pretty well. This is Josh's

fourth year in LSE Debate and third as a member of the

committee, having previously been Vice President and Social

Secretary the year before. He also convened the inaugural

LSE Asians in 2018. Outside of debating, Josh founded LSE's

Quiz Club and will start work as a teacher when he graduates

in 2020.

 

 

EQUITY AND OUTREACH OFFICER     Ella Holmes

Ella is a third year Government student who has taken on the

role of Equity Officer for a second year. She is always

available for a chat with any member of the society and will

act as an advocate on their behalf on the committee. A big fan

of arguing with people, she also values debates taking place

with mutual respect and friendliness. She’s looking forward

to running more sessions on wellbeing and inclusion this

year.

 

SPONSORSHIP OFFICER     Labeeb Hussain

Labeeb is a third-year student studying Politics and

International Relations. He was born in Dhaka, went to

primary school in London, and then attended an

international secondary school in Bangkok before coming to

the LSE. Outside his involvement in LSE Debate, Labeeb

enjoys singing with his acapella group and organizing events

with the International Relations society.

 

PUBLIC DEBATE OFFICER     Matthew Bradbury

Matthew is a second year student studying Economics.

Matthew comes from Newcastle, and to make up for his lack

of accent likes to prove himself by mentioning his heritage at

any given opportunity. Matthew began debate in highschool

as a way to get free trips to visit friends in different British

cities, and in his gap year continued debate as a way to get

free trips to visit friends in different Chinese cities. Once at

University, he realised everyone ended up in London so he

stopped competitive debate and started organising social

events to try detract from the reputation of a pure economics

student; after that failed, as public debate officer he can be

found answering How High when Hamza tells him to Jump.

 

PUBLIC DEBATE OFFICER     Hamza Tariq Chaudhry

Hamza is a Second Year IR Student from Pakistan. He has

previously served on the committee as training officer and is

looking forward to organising public debates this year -

attended by important stakeholders on issues of importance

to the world. He hopes that members acquire crucial 

knowledge on important issues and apply it elsewhere.

Hamza has additionally been on the WSDC team Pakistan

and is currently co authoring a book on Pakhtun Tribes. Be

sure to catch Hamza outside the library for a chat on just

about anything and particularly on how to further efforts to

lend voices to the voiceless❤️ Check the Facebook page for

more details of our first Public Debate, where two high

profile public figures will be debating Brexit!