Meet the Team

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Meet the Team

We have a Careers Adviser and Employer Engagement Adviser for each school. 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

Image of Gary CoullGary Coull is our Employer Engagement Manager and leads on the Opportunities work stream for the Service. This covers Events and Fairs, Work-Based Learning, Internships and Vacancy Services as well as Employer Engagement.

Gary is the lead Employer Engagagement contact for the Schools of Law; Psychology; Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition; and Education.

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, Work-Based Learning Coordinator

Peter Cross is a Work-Based Learning Coordinator.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 a Senior Careers Adviser and leads on the Skills work stream for the Service. This covers Mentoring Programmes, External Qualifications, MySkills, Graduate Transitions and Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.

Rhona is the lead Careers 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 a Senior Careers Adviser and leads on the Operations and Applications work stream for the Service. This covers Welcome Services, Application Services, Selection Services and Inclusive Service Design.

Regina is the lead Careers 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 and Employability Adviser

Julia Leng a Careers and Employability Adviser.

Julia is the lead Careers 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/

Matthew MacCulloch, Employability Research Officer

Matthew MacCulloch is our Employability Research Officer.

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. He is responsible for the development of our information resources and website. He also assists in the development of our MyCareerHub platform and is responsible for managing our vacancies service.

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.

Shannon is the lead Employer Engagagement contact for the Schools of Biological Sciences Engineering; Geosciences; and 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

Alisdair McKibben, Senior Careers Adviser and Internships Manager

Alisdair McKibben is a Senior Careers Adviser and Internships Manager.

Alisdair is the lead Careers contact for Geosciences, Natural and Computing Sciences and School of Biological Sciences.

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

Ellen Minshull, Employability Projects and Events Officer

Ellen Minshull is our Employability Projects and Events Officer.

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

Kate Robertson, Senior Careers and Employability Adviser

Kate Robertson is a Senior Careers and Employability Adviser and leads on the Engagement, Information and Systems work stream for the Service. This covers Web and Information, Systems Management, Marketing and Communications and Data and Reporting.

Kate is the lead Careers contact for the School of Education and School of Law.

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

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

Gayle is the lead Employer Engagement contact for the Schools of Business; Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History; Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture; and Social Science.

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

Hayley Work, Administration Coordinator

Hayley Work is our Administration Coordinator.

Email: hayley.work@abdn.ac.uk

Staff profile:https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/hayley.work

Contacts by Academic School

Biological Sciences

Alisdair McKibben is the lead Careers contact for Biological 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 Biological Sciences.

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

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

Kate Robertson is the lead Careers contact for Law.

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 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/

Image of Gayle Thomson

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/