
Meet the Directors!
HMUN Australia 2024 Directors
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Fayyaz Razi
Fayyaz is a sophomore at Harvard College concentrating in Government, with a secondary in Astrophysics. He was born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan, though he has spent time in Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Bangladesh growing up.
Fayyaz has been involved in Model UN since his first year of college and served as a Director at HMUN 2025, a Director at HNMUN 2025, and a Director at HMUN Dubai 2025. He also is a member of ICMUN, Harvard’s intercollegiate competitive Model UN Team. In his free time. Fayyaz enjoys playing pickleball, traveling to new countries, and watching investigative documentaries on Netflix.
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Addison Gaddy
Addison Gaddy is a sophomore at Harvard College studying Government and Romance Languages and Literature. She’s from the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, where she was introduced to Model UN.
Since then, Addison has served as the director of training for the General Assembly for Harvard’s competitive Model UN team, and participated in HNMUN 2024, HNMUN-LA 2025, and HMUN 2025.
In addition to Model UN, Addison is involved in pre-professional clubs and groups within the Harvard community. When she finds downtime, she enjoys hanging out with friends, eating frozen yogurt, scrolling on TikTok, and listening to music!
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Abdullah Shahid Sial
Abdullah is a sophomore at Harvard College pursuing a double concentration in Economics and Applied Mathematics with a focus in Physics. He is from Lahore, Pakistan.
In high school, Abdullah competed in the Pakistani circuit. In college, he has been both an Assistant Director and Director for HMUN and HNMUN.
Outside of Model UN, he is part of Harvard Undergraduate Robotics Club (HURC), serves as the Co-President for Harvard Pakistan Trek, and is the captain of the Harvard Cricket Club.
Abdullah is looking forward to seeing everyone and meeting his delegates at HMUN 2025!
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Nicholas Hall
Nicholas Hall is a sophomore at Harvard College studying Applied Math and Economics. He is originally from the United States but grew up around the world, including in Italy, Belgium, Indonesia, and Austria.
After participating extensively in the European MUN circuits as a high school student, Nicholas was eager to continue his MUN journey in college – so far he has Directed at HMUN Boston, HMUN China, and HMUN Dubai. In his free time, Nicholas can usually be found either traveling or masterminding his next trip on Google Flights.
Nicholas is looking forward to the conference and can't wait to meet all the new delegates and hear their ideas!
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Hannah Shin
Hannah Shin is a junior at Harvard College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania concentrating in Economics and Social Anthropology with a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy.
In terms of Model UN experience, Hannah was a Senior Director of Response at HNMUN Boston 2025 and directed the Special Political and Decolonization Committee at HNMUN Boston 2024, the Commission on the Status of Women at HNMUN Latin America 2024, and the Legal Committee at HMUN China 2024.
Outside of Model UN, Hannah is a Course Assistant for Harvard’s introductory economics course and Director of Student Affairs for the Boston Intercollegiate Government.
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Arsema Aklog
Arsema is a junior at Harvard College studying Sociology and Global Health & Health Policy with a language citation in Amharic. She is from Ethiopia and grew up in San Diego, CA.
Arsema has been doing MUN for the past eight years. She is involved with HMUN, HNMUN, Harvard Model Congress, and the Harvard Association for Cultivating Inter-American Democracy. Currently, she works for the United Nations Development Programme in private-sector partnership development and financing for African development.
Outside of MUN, she is involved with Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard Eritrean & Ethiopian Student Association, and Harvard College Consulting Group. In her free time, she loves to go to the beach and cook Ethiopian food! She is thrilled to direct at HMUN Australia!
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Himani Yarlagadda
Himani is a sophomore from Ann Arbor, Michigan, studying Applied Mathematics and Global Health and Health Policy at Harvard.
She was first exposed to Model UN in high school, continuing in college by staffing HMUN and HNMUN. Besides being a Director for HMUN Australia, she is the Director of ASEAN for HMUN 2025 and is an Operations Director for HNMUN 2025.
Beyond MUN, Himani serves as a first responder on campus and also assists with the digital engagement of The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal. In her free time, Himani enjoys playing cards with friends, listening to movie soundtracks, and swimming.