EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2025-26
Meet the Executive Committee of CUUNA!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us through our email addresses listed below.
President
Ted Yip
Ted is a first-year student reading Human, Social and Political Sciences at Christ’s College, Cambridge. He is honoured to take the helm of CUUNA and envisions an eventful year broadening the society’s reach and fostering the spirit of diplomacy and excellence. As the President of CUUNA, he is dedicated to providing members with a wide array of diplomatic engagements, cultural exchanges and professional development opportunities. Also serving as the Secretary-General of CUIMUN, the UK’s oldest Model UN Conference, he brings extensive Model UN experience from previous roles, be it delegating, chairing or organising conferences in the UK and beyond. He is passionate about sustainable development, political participation and transnational institutions, and strives to cultivate meaningful dialogue on international affairs in Cambridge.
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Ted can be contacted at:
General Secretary
Victoria Hong
Victoria is a second-year reading History and Politics at Selwyn. She will be continuing her role as General Secretary of CUUNA following on from her tenure last year and is excited to contribute to a society that has profoundly shaped her extracurricular life at Cambridge. Through MUN – an activity she has now been committed to for ten years – Victoria discovered her passion for climate diplomacy and is keen on developing her expertise in this area. Also serving as Deputy Secretary-General of CUIMUN 2025, she hopes to expand the MUN experience in Cambridge beyond the city and university.
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Victoria can be contacted at:
Junior Treasurer
Bernard Shiu
Bernard Shiu is a first-year History and Politics student at St John’s College. Since he started delegating and chairing at MUN conferences in Hong Kong in 2021, he has developed an interest in the impact of ideologies and norms, especially on discourse in sustainable development. He looks forward to returning to the familiar position of Treasurer (which he previously held for his high school MUN club) and continuing to offer accessible and affordable opportunities for members.
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Bernard can be contacted at:
Social Events & Publicity Officer
Juliane Trabandt
Juliane is a third-year exchange student from the Sorbonne (Paris IV), studying English at St. Catharine’s College. At the Sorbonne, she became involved with the debate branch of the SONU, sparking her enthusiasm for political debates and international affairs. An avid traveller with a passion for discovering new cultures, Juliane is thrilled to immerse herself in the MUN community and is grateful for the chance to broaden her global perspective through this experience.
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Juliane can be contacted at:
Speakers Officer
Marvey Pongpattanapun
Marvey is a first year History and Politics student at St Edmund’s College. He started MUN in his high school back in Thailand where he served as its MUN club president. This year he looks forward to inviting many distinguished speakers to CUUNA. Marvey is deeply passionate about international relations and international history, and in his free time he (tries to) play badminton.
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Marvey can be contacted at:
Debates & External Conferences Officer
Sammy McDonald
Sammy McDonald is a third year student studying history at St John’s college. He has been CUUNA’s debates officer since May 2023, has run two school conferences and has been running termly crises sessions focusing on historical crisis simulation.
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Sammy can be contacted at:
Debates & External Conferences Officer
Lucy Zhang
Lucy is a first-year MML student doing French and German at Murray Edwards College. She has been actively participating in MUN since middle school and has long served as president of its MUN club. Lucy is passionate about decolonisation, women’s rights, and the global balance of power and also carries out decolonisation projects of the Cambridge SU.
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Lucy can be contacted at: