Sachi Parikh

Hi everyone! I'm Sachi, currently a 3rd year medic, and I'm running to be Treasurer of Surgical Society!

Through my time at Surgical Society as subcommittee and then General Executive I have developed my interpersonal and organisation skills. I now wish to take a step further and develop a new set of finance-related skills as Treasurer.

As General Executive I have organised and run 3 events this year: Foundation Skills in Surgery, Women in Surgery and Diversity in Surgery. Through doing so I have developed a solid foundational understanding of the financial logistics involved in our Surgical Society events, such as creating an event budget, submitting purchase orders and finding sponsorships.

As Co-President of Nutritank this year I oversaw a successful funding application from SMDT, as well as how important it is to have a clearly laid out and well-justified annual budget. I would love to build upon this existing knowledge to contribute to Surgical Society in a new role as Treasurer!

As treasurer, my aims would be to:

1) Make a succinct document or booklet to distribute to committee outlining common finance-related Q&As- for example, how to claim back money, submit a purchase order and guidance on how to create an event budget.

2) Closely support the rest of the committee, particularly the General Executives and Sponsorship Officer to ensure Surgical Society continues to successfully balance the delivery of financially viable events whilst still providing students with experiences at a competitive price.

Thank you for reading my manifesto :)