Governance and advisors
Governance
Patron His Majesty King Charles III
President David Harewood OBE
Vice President Cynthia Erivo
RADA Council
Chair Marcus Ryder MBE
Vice Chair John Romeo
Vice Chair Helen Selwood
Professor Judith Buchanan
Lolita Chakrabarti OBE
Judith Chan
Niamh Dowling
Richard Middleton
Maxine Peake
Michael Simkins
Bex Snell
Shona Spence
Caroline Spicer
Jake Steele
Heather Walker
Miranda Wayland
Student Council Members
Frances Chappell
Katie Friedli Walton
Staff Council Members
Lizzie Ballinger
Tom Carswell
Matt Leventhall
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Chair Caroline Spicer
Judith Chan
Richard Middleton
Heather Walker
Audit Committee
Chair Shona Spence
Helen Selwood
Bex Snell
Honorary Fellows
Cicely Berry CBE (1926-2018)
Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000)
Mona Hammond OBE (1931-2022)
Thelma Holt CBE
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Kathryn Hunter
Glenda Jackson CBE (1936-2023)
Winsome Pinnock FRSL
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
Francine Watson Coleman
RADA Ambassadors
Eric Abraham
Michael Attenborough CBE
Patsy Baker
Duncan Bannatyne OBE
Peter Bennett-Jones
Josh Berger CBE
Eve Best
Sir Kenneth Branagh
Theo Fennell
Ralph Fiennes
Michael Grade CBE
Sabrina Guinness
Thelma Holt CBE
Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE
Joyce Hytner OBE
Francine LeFrak
Martyn Lewis CBE
Deborah Lincoln
Piers Russell-Cobb
Development Board
Chair John Romeo
Deborah Bangay KC
Richard Bernstein
Victoria Bracey
Aidan Clegg
Kathryn Jacob OBE
Sumita Kumar
Richard Lissack KC
Jo Wardle