We are responsible for the accounting and financial management functions within UWC International, ensuring adherence to best practice and compliance with statutory reporting requirements as well as supporting the operational teams to deliver services in a financially sustainable manner. While the team’s primary focus is on the financial management of UWC International, we also play a significant role in facilitating, helping and improving the various services provided to the wider UWC movement. To this end, we work with the UWC International Board, schools and colleges, national committees and donors not only to support their work but also to develop strategies and processes to make the whole movement more financially sustainable.
Angela Lun
Finance and Administrative Associate
Angela joined UWC International at the end of August 2023 as the Finance and Administrative Associate. Her role involves supporting the Senior Financial Accountant and office administration tasks. Prior to joining the London team, Angela was based in New Zealand where she worked in the education sector supporting students on placements as well as for a charitable organisation where she supported the fundraising team. Angela holds a BA in Sociology and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology. While she was studying her graduate diploma, she worked as a dog handler, providing basic canine training and walks to groups of dogs.
Angela enjoys working with people from different cultural backgrounds and working together as a team towards a common cause. She is adept at conversational cantonese and, in her spare time, loves walks, trying new recipes and reading a good book.
Email: angela.lun@uwcio.uwc.org
Berianne Coutts
Senior Financial Accountant
Berianne is the Financial Accountant at UWC International since 2009. She ensures the smooth running of the financial operations, providing support to staff and International constituents.
Prior to joining UWC, Berianne worked within the textile industry, from production management and costing to financial operations. After ten years, she decided on a career change, and pursued her interest in the non for profit sector, being employed by Diana Award, where she found her passion for working in charities.
Berianne qualified as an Accounting Technician in 2011, and has over 18 years of experience in finance costing, planning and management.
A strong believer in equality and respecting people’s values and opinions. When not working, studying or otherwise juggling figures, she returns to her Mediterranean roots, enjoying great food and spending time with family and friends.
Email: Berianne.coutts@uwcio.uwc.org
Phone: +44 (0)20 7269 7809
Dana Briscoe
Finance Officer
Dana joined the UWC International Office in February 2025 as the Finance Officer in support of the smooth running of financial operations as part of the Finance Team.
Dana holds a Level 2 certificate of Association of Accounting Technicians, Bachelors of Science degree in accounting and finance and is currently studying for her Masters of Science also in accounting and finance.
Dana holds a strong administration background within the Mental Health NHS Trust working in various roles like Medical Human Resources, as a Senior Service Administrator and in General Practice Surgeries. After twenty years Dana pursued her career change in memory of her desired role in Coutts & Co in her first job where she obtained the feel for finance. Since the start of studying for her bachelors degree in 2019, Dana gained her finance experience working in a variety of sectors including employment with different charities like the Royal International Institute of Affairs (Chatham House), The Felix Project and the Human Tissue Authority where she has developed her preference and interest for Continued Professional Development.
Dana values family time with her children, siblings and friends, cooking and gives priority to visit Jamaica to spend time with her elderly mother whilst enjoying the good food and weather!
Email: dana.briscoe@uwcio.uwc.org
Mary Stannard
Finance Director / Company Secretary
Mary joined the UWC International Office in October 2020. A Chartered Accountant, she brings senior management, business startup and turnaround experience gained in both the private and not for profit sectors.
Mary trained and worked with KPMG for several years. Her first Finance Director position was when she was headhunted by a client company to support a reverse takeover and set up a new weekly management reporting package. She was then approached to lead and consolidate a new audit team created on the merger of two accounting firms. Subsequently she co-founded a successful accounting and auditing firm, providing audit, accounting, insolvency, advisory and forensic accounting services – which she ran for several years. Her last 20 years have been spent in the Education sector, the last ten based in Asia.
As Finance Director at the UWC International Office, she is responsible for financial strategy, systems, risk management, reporting, planning and control as well as supporting the Finance & Audit Committee, the Board and other external stakeholders especially with a view to implement strategies and processes to improve the financial sustainability of the movement as a whole. She is also responsible for establishing new efficiencies in data collection from all stakeholders and setting up, in cooperation with stakeholders, an open sharing of relevant information to aid the future financial sustainability of the movement.
In addition, Mary manages the administrative team.
As Company Secretary, Mary works closely with the governance bodies of UWC International.
She and her family are enjoying being back home in the UK together with their pack of rescue dogs.
Email: mary.stannard@uwcio.uwc.org