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 Development
Jessica Dash
Director of People and Operations
Vinita Suryanarayanan
Director of Finance and Enterprise
Roberta Renton
Director of Audiences and Communications
Dorothy Greenfield
Director of Compliance and Risk
Jason Hughes
Head of Teacher Training
Karen Berry
Head of Site Operations
Roger Atkinson
Head of Artistic Programmes and Production
José Carayol
Head of Associates and Primary Steps Legacy
Victoria Collinson
Head of Healthcare & Performance Support
Nick Cleverton
Senior Teacher White Lodge, Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Exams Officer
Stephanie Ritchie
Senior Teacher Upper School, Head of Degree Programme
Andy Granville
Assistant Principal (Pastoral and Welfare)
Jill Tait-Harris
Designated Safeguarding Lead and Mental Health Lead
Belle Casbarra
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
Head of Intensive Courses and Talent Identification
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
- Leanne Cope
Vocational and Pre-professional Programme ballet teachers
- Ricardo Cervera
- Kevin Emerton
- Sarah Kundi
- Paul Lewis
- Itziar Mendizabal
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
Kevin O’Hare CBE
Craig Ranson
Zita Saurel
Alistair Summers
Edward Watson MBE
Su Wijeratna
Governor Emerita Lady Anya 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