Management and administration
We take pride in being a collaborative and creative place to work, and in the enthusiasm and dedication of our employees.
If you are interested working with us, please see our vacancies page for details of any administrative or teaching vacancies.
Senior leadership team
Principal
Niamh Dowling
Director of Access and Participation
Axa Hynes
Director of Finance and Operations
Fraser Jopp
Director of Equity
Joan Oliver
Director of Development and Public Affairs
Martin Prendergast
Director of Technical Training
Mel Purves
Director of Actor Training
Lucy Skilbeck
Interim Accountable Officer and Director of Communications and Marketing
Helen Slater
Registrar & Secretary
Laura Witt
Executive Assistant to the Principal and Directors of Training
Steph Zissler
Administrative staff
Access and Participation
Access and Participation Coordinator Dina Benderra
Access and Participation Manager Rachel Chellapah
Communications and Marketing
Marketing and Creative Production Manager Thomas Brewer
Design Manager Linda Carter
Short Courses Marketing Manager Sarah Colson
Senior Marketing Consultant Richard Le Cocq
Customer Operations and Front of House
Customer Operations Assistant Georgia Andrew, Curtis J Francois, Tim Fraser, Ana Lemos, Marcus Rose, Cordelia Stevenson, Sam Treharne
Customer Operations Supervisor Andrew Fabian
Box Office Manager Gary Hallam
CRM Manager Doris Johnson
Venue and Events Coordinator Ben Jones
Duty Manager Tom Carswell, Karen Rowley, Chloe Schlitter, Geoff Westby
Operations and Front of House Manager Lorna O'Leary
Senior Duty Manager Nick Smith
Events and Hires Manager Michelle Snyder
Development
Head of Development Alice Boff
Development Manager Yasmin Davey Corrigan
Senior Development Manager - Events Catriona McCormick
Head of Trusts and Foundations Elisa Murphy
Facilities
Facilities Manager Jim Keegan
Facilities Assistant Stephen Kirkby
Finance
Finance Officer Carol Hardy
Finance Officer John Holland
Assistant Accountant Lucksiga Parameswaran
Interim Head of Finance Mairéad Reynolds
HR
HR Business Partner Priya Ebenezer
HR Administrator Vinodini KrishnanÂ
Head of HR Dee Ward
Industry Liaison
Industry Liaison Manager Anna Bennett
Library
Senior Library Assistant Jean Madden
Library Assistant Chloe Evans
Library Assistant Lydia Rynne
Library Assistant Felicity Isla Van Tricht
Library Assistant Lillian Worden
Library Manager James Thornton
Short Courses
Director of Short Courses Geoff Bullen
Short Courses Administrator Gina Benou
Short Courses Co-ordinating Tutor Michelle Chadwick
NYU Course Director Vivian Munn
Head of Short Courses Sally Power
Student and Academic Services
Admissions and Student Services
Registrar and Secretary Laura Witt
Deputy Registrar (Admissions and Student Services) Sarah Agnew
Student Services Co-ordinator Gennifer Becouarn (interim) (maternity leave)
Admissions Officer Dee Doyle
Admissions Manager Patricia Platinetti
HE Courses Manager Abigail Dawson
HE Course Co-ordinator (BA Acting) Murray Shaw
HE Course Co-ordinator (Theatre Production & MA) Chloe Swindell
Deputy Registrar (Academic Services) Elizabeth Timms
Student Wellbeing Service
Head of Student Wellbeing Tracy Keating
Student Wellbeing Adviser Chris Alderton
Senior Counsellor Paulette Gibson
RADA Business
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