Meet the team

Meet the team

Click here to find out which Careers Adviser and Employer Engagement Adviser are the liaison contacts for your school.

The Careers and Employability Service team

Tracey Innes, Assistant Director and Head of Careers

Tracey Innes is the Head of the Careers and Employability Service.

Email: t.innes@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/traceyinnes/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/t.innes/

Gary Coull, Employer Engagement Manager

Gary Coull is our Employer Engagement Manager.Image of Gary Coull

Email: gary.coull@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garycoull/ 
Staff profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gary.coull

Peter Cross, Administration Assistant

Peter Cross is our Administration Assistant.Image of Peter Cross

Email: peter.cross@abdn.ac.uk
Staff profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/peter.cross

Ghina Elkasti, Careers and Internship Manager, Qatar

Ghina Elkasti is the Careers and Internship Manager for the Qatar campus.

Email: ghina.elkasti@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ghina-elkasti/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/ghina.elkasti/

Rhona Gibson, Senior Careers Adviser

Rhona Gibson is the lead contact for Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture and Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition.

Email: r.gibson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rhona-gibson/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/r.gibson/

Regina Jäschke, Senior Careers Adviser

Regina Jäschke is the lead contact for Business and Engineering.

Email: r.jaschke@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/regina-jaschke/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/r.jaschke/

Julia Leng, Careers Adviser

Julia Leng is the lead contact for Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History, Psychology and Social Science.

Email: julia.leng@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/julia-leng/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/julia.leng/

Maureen Macaulay, Careers Administrator

Maureen Macaulay is our Careers Administrator.

Email: maureen.macaulay@abdn.ac.uk
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/maureen.macaulay

Matthew MacCulloch, Graduate Trainee

Matthew MacCulloch is a Graduate Trainee.

Email: matthew.macculloch@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-macculloch-9898ba1b1/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/matthew.macculloch/

Andrew Mackie, Careers Information Manager

Andrew Mackie is our Careers Information Manager.

Email: a.r.mackie@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mackie/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/a.r.mackie/

Shannon McGuinness, Employer Engagement Adviser

Shannon McGuinness is one of our Employer Engagement Advisers.

Email: shannon.mcguinness@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/slmcguinness/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/shannon.mcguinness

Alisdair McKibben, Careers Adviser

Alisdair McKibben is the lead contact for Geosciences and Natural and Computing Sciences.

Email: alisdair.mckibben@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amck/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/alisdair.mckibben/

Ellen Minshull, Graduate Trainee

Ellen Minshull is a Graduate Trainee.

Email: ellen.minshull@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-minshull/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/ellen.minshull/

Janice Montgomery, Senior Careers Adviser

Janice Montgomery is the lead contact for Law and Biological Sciences.

Email: j.montgomery@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/janice-montgomery/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/j.montgomery/

Kate Robertson, Senior Careers Adviser

Kate Robertson is the lead contact for the School of Education as well as the marketing, communications and data manager for the team.

Email: krobertson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kate-robertson-aberdeen
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/krobertson/

Gayle Thomson, Employer Engagement Adviser

Gayle Thomson is one of our Employer Engagement Advisers.Image of Gayle Thomson

Email: gayle.thomson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gayle-thomson/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gayle.thomson 

Contacts by Academic School

Biological Sciences

Janice Montgomery is the lead Careers contact for Biological Sciences.

Email: j.montgomery@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/janice-montgomery/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/j.montgomery/

Gary CImage of Gary Coulloull is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Biological Sciences.

Email: gary.coull@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garycoull/ 
Staff profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gary.coull

Business

Regina Jäschke is the lead Careers contact for Business.

Email: r.jaschke@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/regina-jaschke/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/r.jaschke/


Image of Gayle Thomson

Gayle Thomson is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Business.

Email: gayle.thomson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gayle-thomson/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gayle.thomson

Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History

Julia Leng is the lead Careers contact for Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History.

Email: julia.leng@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/julia-leng/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/julia.leng/

Image of Gayle Thomson

Gayle Thomson is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History.

Email: gayle.thomson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gayle-thomson
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gayle.thomson

Education

Kate Robertson is the lead Careers contact for Education.

Email: krobertson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kate-robertson-aberdeen
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/krobertson/

Gary CImage of Gary Coulloull is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Education.

Email: gary.coull@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garycoull/ 
Staff profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gary.coull

Engineering

Regina Jäschke is the lead Careers contact for Engineering.

Email: r.jaschke@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/regina-jaschke/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/r.jaschke/

Shannon McGuinness is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Engineering.

Email: shannon.mcguinness@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/slmcguinness/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/shannon.mcguinness

Geosciences

Alisdair McKibben is the lead Careers contact for Geosciences.

Email: alisdair.mckibben@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amck/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/alisdair.mckibben/

Shannon McGuinness is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Geosciences.

Email: shannon.mcguinness@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/slmcguinness/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/shannon.mcguinness

Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture

Rhona Gibson is the lead Careers contact for Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture.

Email: r.gibson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rhona-gibson/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/r.gibson/

Image of Gayle Thomson

Gayle Thomson is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture.

Email: gayle.thomson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gayle-thomson
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gayle.thomson

Law

Janice Montgomery is the lead Careers contact for Law.

Email: j.montgomery@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/janice-montgomery/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/j.montgomery/

Gary CImage of Gary Coulloull is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Law.

Email: gary.coull@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garycoull/ 
Staff profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gary.coull

Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Rhona Gibson is the lead Careers contact for Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition.

Email: r.gibson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rhona-gibson/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/careers/about/profiles/r.gibson/

Gary CImage of Gary Coulloull is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition.

Email: gary.coull@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garycoull/ 
Staff profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gary.coull

Natural and Computing Sciences

Alisdair McKibben is the lead Careers contact for Natural and Computing Sciences.

Email: alisdair.mckibben@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amck/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/alisdair.mckibben/

Shannon McGuinness is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Natural and Computing Sciences.

Email: shannon.mcguinness@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/slmcguinness/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/shannon.mcguinness

Psychology

Julia Leng is the lead Careers contact for Psychology.

Email: julia.leng@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/julia-leng/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/julia.leng/

Gary CImage of Gary Coulloull is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Psychology.

Email: gary.coull@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garycoull/ 
Staff profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gary.coull

Social Science

Julia Leng is the lead Careers contact for Social Science.

Email: julia.leng@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/julia-leng/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/julia.leng/

Gayle Thomson is the lead Employer Engagement contact for Social Science.

Email: gayle.thomson@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gayle-thomson
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gayle.thomson

 

Qatar Campus

Ghina Elkasti is the Careers and Internship Manager for the Qatar campus.

Email: ghina.elkasti@abdn.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ghina-elkasti/
Staff profile: www.abdn.ac.uk/people/ghina.elkasti/