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.

Principal
Niamh Dowling

Director of Access and Participation
Axa Hynes

Director of Finance and Operations
Fraser Jopp

Director of Equity and Training Review
Joan Oliver

Programme Director for Technical Training and Stage Management
Mark Simpson

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

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
Graduate Relations Coordinator (interim) Caroline Moroney
Short Courses Marketing Coordinator (interim) Sinéad Kennedy Sklar
Communications and Marketing Officer Charley Strachan

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

Interim Director of Development Alice Boff
Development Manager Yasmin Davey Corrigan
Head of Individual Giving Melanie Geelan
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 Krishnan 
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

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

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 Patricia Platinetti
HE Courses 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

Student Wellbeing Service
Head of Student Wellbeing Tracy Keating
Student Wellbeing Adviser Chris Alderton
Senior Counsellor Paulette Gibson

RADA Business

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