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
Interim Co-Directors of Technical Theatre Arts
Daniel Collins and Diane Favell
Director of Access and Participation
Axa Hynes
Director of Finance and Operations
Fraser Jopp
Director of Equity and Training Review
Joan Oliver
Director of Actor Training
Lucy Skilbeck
Vice Principal 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
Senior Communications and Marketing Manager Thomas Brewer
Design Manager Linda Carter
Short Courses Marketing Manager Sinéad Kennedy Sklar
Communications and Marketing Officer Charley Strachan
Customer Operations and Front of House
Customer Operations Assistant Georgia Andrew, Eddie Bagayawa, Curtis J Francois, Lauren Kracke, Marcus Rose, Natalie Rowe, Sam Treharne, Alex Turner
Customer Operations Supervisor Andrew Fabian
Box Office Manager Gary Hallam
Venue and Events Coordinator Ben Jones
Duty Manager Nicole Bogue Edgerton, Carmen Gabriele, Kirstyn Peach, Geoff Westby
Operations and Front of House Manager Lorna O'Leary
Events and Hires Manager Michelle Snyder
Development
Development Manager Yasmin Davey Corrigan
Head of Individual Giving Melanie Geelan
Senior Events Producer Emily Jewison
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 Financial Controller Adedayo Ajakaiye
Head of Finance Sarah Whitston
HR
HR Administrator Vinodini KrishnanÂ
Head of HR Dee Ward
HR Advisor Emmanuel Asamoah
Industry Liaison
Industry Liaison Manager Anna Bennett
Library
Senior Library Assistant Jean Madden
Library Assistant Chloe Evans
Library Assistant Lillian Worden
Library Manager James Thornton
Public Affairs
Public Affairs Consultant Martin Prendergast
Short Courses
Director of Short Courses Geoff Bullen
Senior Short Courses Administrator Gina Benou
Head of Short Courses Training Michelle Chadwick
Head of Short Courses Administration Joanne Luck
NYU Course Director Vivian Munn
Interim Short Courses Administrator Elizabeth Hollingshead
Short Courses Administrator Thomas Carswell
Student and Academic Services
Admissions and Student Services
Registrar and Secretary Laura Witt
Deputy Registrar (Admissions and Student Services) Sarah Agnew
Admissions Officer Dee Doyle
Governance and Student Case Work Manager Cordelia Longworth
Assistant Registrar (Admissions) Patricia Platinetti
HE Course Manager Abigail Dawson
HE Course Co-ordinator (BA Acting) Murray Jeans-Shaw
HE Course Co-ordinator (Theatre Production & MA) Chloe Swindell
Deputy Registrar (Academic Services) Elizabeth Timms
QA Administrator Jennifer Kehl
Specialist Study Skills Tutor for Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs) and/or Autism Spectrum Conditions Heather Oakley, Marie Simpson
Specialist Study Skills Tutor for Mental Health Difficulties and/or Autism Spectrum Conditions Jacqueline Ede, Denisse Levermore
Specialist Mentor for Mental Health Difficulties and/or Autism Spectrum Conditions Robert Leake
Disability Coordinator Emily Wilson-Knight
Student Wellbeing Service
Head of Student Wellbeing Mike Bryant
Student Wellbeing Adviser Chris Alderton
RADA Business
View the RADA Business team