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.

Interim Principal RADA and Managing Director RADA Business
Helen Slater

Group Operations Director
Tracey Cotterill

Director of Technical Theatre Arts
Matt Leventhall

Director of Equity and interim Director of Actor Training
Joan Oliver

Finance Director
Andy Riggs

Interim Registrar
Sarah Agnew

Head of HR
Dee Ward

Executive Assistant to the Principal, Vice Principal and Directors of Training
Steph Zissler

Communications and Marketing

Head of Communications and Marketing Thomas Brewer
Design Manager Linda Carter
Short Courses Marketing Manager (maternity cover) Rema Chandran

Customer Operations and Front of House

Visitor Experience Administrators Annie Addison, Becky Bush, Lucy Girling, Harry Hodister, Maxine Martin, Maurielle McGarvey, Elyssia Roe, Tori Taylor, Megan Watson
Visitor Experience Supervisor Marcus Rose (maternity cover)
Duty Managers Alixandra Bailey, Keir Barradell, Nicole Bogue Edgerton, Freddie Brook, Devanté-R'Mar Campbell, Jamaal Emmanuel-Norman, Adam Fitzgerald-Quirk, Carmen Gabriele, Lotty Reeve, Tori Taylor, Mariama Tushemeriirwe, Emanuel Vuso, Megan Watson
Box Office and Events Supervisor Ben Jones
ICT Manager Joshua Langdown 
Venues Manager Ben McMath
Operations Manager Jake Mitchell-Jones

Development

Fundraising Services Officer Charlotte Delima
Senior Supporter Engagement Manager Natalia Gorcheva
Trusts Manager Kelly Kafyra
Director of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement Katie Maughan
Head of Grants and Fundraising Services Elisa Murphy
Head of Supporter and Alumni Engagement Susannah Rose

Facilities

Estates Manager George Mills
Facilities Assistant Stephen Kirkby
Estates Assistant John Hardy

Finance

Financial Controller David Owen Asafori
Business Systems and Data Analyst James Armstrong
Finance Officer Carol Hardy
Finance Officer John Holland
Assistant Accountant Lucksiga Parameswaran

HR

HR Advisor Vinodini Krishnan
HR Administrator Vlada Ursachi 

Industry Liaison

Industry Liaison Manager Anna Bennett

Library

Library Assistant Chloe Evans
Senior Library Assistant Jean Madden
Library Manager James Thornton

Public Affairs

Public Affairs Consultant Martin Prendergast

Short Courses

Head of Short Courses Training Michelle Chadwick
Short Courses Operations Manager Tom Carswell
Senior Interim Short Courses Administrator Zac Meddah
NYU Course Director Vivian Munn
Short Courses Co-Ordinator Phoebe Rowell John

Student and Academic Services

Governance and Student Case Work Manager Cordelia Longworth

Admissions and Student Services
Admissions and Student Support Coordinator Dee Doyle
Assistant Registrar (Admissions and Student Services) Patricia Platinetti

Academic Services
Head of Quality, Standards and Enhancement (Secondment) Elizabeth Timms
HE Course Manager Lauren Jones (maternity cover)
HE Course Coordinator (BA Acting and MA Playwriting) Lydia Teale (maternity cover)
HE Course Coordinator (Theatre Production and MA Courses) Sam Treharne (maternity cover)

Access and Participation
Access and Participation Lead Rio-Chanae Hayles

Student Wellbeing Service
Head of Student Wellbeing Mike Bryant
Qualified Counsellors Vanessa Christie, Naomi Dawson, Judith Pelucchini, Karen Stoltzman
Trainee Counsellors Grace Sargsyan, Ed Trotter
Specialist Mentors (ASC/Mental Health Conditions) Nadia Francis, Rorie Fulton, Denisse Levermore
Study Skills Tutors (ASC/SpLD) Heather Oakley
Student Wellbeing Adviser Laura Phare
Disability Coordinator Caroline Piccioni

RADA Business

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