People
Patron
HM The King
President
The Lady Sarah Chatto
Founder
Dame Ninette de Valois OM CH DBE
Artist Laureate
Dame Darcey Bussell DBE
CEO
Patrick Harrison
Artistic Director
Iain Mackay
Academic & Pastoral Principal
David Gajadharsingh
Senior staff
Director of Training and Access
Mark Annear
Head of Site Operations
Roger Atkinson
Head of Artistic Programmes and Production
José Carayol
Head of Associates and Primary Steps Programmes
Victoria Collinson
Director of Development
Jessica Dash
Director of Human Resources
Christian Gallagher
Senior Teacher Upper School, Head of Degree Programme
Andy Granville
Head of Marketing and Communications
Dorothy Greenfield
Director of Compliance and Risk
Jason Hughes
Interim Head of Healthcare
Wayne Kitchener
Senior Teacher White Lodge, Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Exams Officer
Stephanie Ritchie
Head of Finance
Bonita Scaysbrook
Assistant Principal (Pastoral and Welfare)
Jill Tait-Harris
Artistic staff
Artistic Manager of the Foundation Programme
Liane McRae
Artistic Manager of the Development Programme
Belinda Hatley
Artistic Manager of the Vocational and Pre-professional Programmes
Jessica Clarke
Artistic Manager, UK Intensive Courses and Auditions
Paul Kay
Artistic Manager, International Intensive Courses and Auditions
Rachael Hunt
Foundation and Development Programme ballet teachers
- Larissa Bamber
- James Butcher
- Layla Harrison
- Valeri Hristov
- Carol-Anne Millar
Vocational and Pre-professional Programme ballet teachers
- Ricardo Cervera
- Kevin Emerton
- Sarah Kundi
- Paul Lewis
- Nicola Tranah
Resident Guest Teacher
Denzil Bailey
Royal Ballet Coach for the Pre-professional Programme
Zenaida Yanowsky
Contemporary Programme Manager
Didy Veldman
Choreographic Course Coordinator & Tutor
Mikaela Polley
Governors
Chair Natasha Kaplinsky OBE
Carlos Acosta CBE
Delia Barker
Anna Birkett
Mary Breen
Suzi Brennan
Tom Clementi
Annie Davis
Richard Dennen
Lady Sarah Dorfman OBE
David Ebstein
Kevin O’Hare CBE
Craig Ranson
Zita Saurel
Nishi Somaiya
Alistair Summers
Edward Watson MBE
Su Wijeratna
Governor Emerita Lady Sainsbury CBE
Advisory Council Emeriti
Dame Darcey Bussell DBE
Sir Anthony Dowell CBE
Dame Antoinette Sibley DBE
Sir Peter Wright CBE
Advisory Council
Carlos Acosta CBE
Kevin O’Hare CBE