About Electives Network

Founder and Director set up The Electives Network in 2001. While a medical student he spent many of his holidays working in hospitals all over the world including Belize, India, Venezuela and Malaysia. Since qualifying Gordon has worked and studied in the USA, France, Singapore and Switzerland.

Senior Business Developer joined TEN in 2009 as a Project Developer after working on corporate social responsibility projects for a large multi-national corporation. In 2011 Alexa became the Senior Business Developer at TEN and now manages the operational side of TENS activities. Alexa has a Master’s Degree in Globalisation and Governance, and has extensive experience working as a volunteer in Africa.

Senior Project Developer is based in Melbourne, Australia. She co-ordinates the continued update of TEN’s elective databases and supports TEN’s student users and sponsors in Australia and New Zealand. She is also responsible for IT infrastructure and ongoing development.

European Project Developer graduated in Comparative Literature with French and German, has a postgraduate diploma in Export Marketing and the Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. With almost 25 years of experience working in senior roles for major European companies, Karen has joined TEN to improve the support given to German students and to develop access and subscriptions to TEN in the rest of Europe.

Website Editor and Content Developer is a Masters graduate specialising in Art History and Anthropology, and has travelled extensively to gain an insight into different cultures and societies. Sarah maintains and edits the TEN website data, developing country and hospital profiles and keeping the site up-to-date with new electives and funding opportunities as they come on board.