Academy Staff

Executive office and Fellowship services

Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE

Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE

Chief Executive Officer

Sylvia Hampartumian

Associate Director, Fellowship and Governance

[email protected] +44 207 766 0648

Operations

Chris Boyle

Chief Operating Officer

[email protected] +44 207 766 0637

Burnham Quail

Director of Finance

[email protected] +44 207 766 0635

Sharon Noble

Director of People

[email protected] +44 207 766 0693

Andy Purcell

Associate Director, Digital, Data and Technology

[email protected] +44 207 766 0673

Chris Ordanza

Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance

Communications and engagement

Jo Trigg

Director of Communications and Engagement

[email protected] +44 207 766 0684

Kiran Anderson

Associate Director, Digital Communications and Marketing

[email protected] +44 207 766 0738

Jane Sutton

Head of Media and Engagement

[email protected] +44 207 766 0636

Ivana Mackintosh

Ivana Mackintosh

Head of Events & Marketing

[email protected] +44 207 766 0641

Vivienne Benson

Vivienne Benson

Head of Programme Communications

Programmes

Dr Andrew Clark

Executive Director, Programmes

[email protected] +44 207 766 0713

Christina Guindy

Associate Director, Research Programmes & Awards

[email protected] +44 207 766 0633

Rhys Morgan

Director, Education and Skills

[email protected] +44 207 766 0614

Lucy Wheeler

Head of Research Programmes

[email protected]

Lynda Mann

Head of Education Programmes

[email protected] +44 207 766 0686

Sarah Dodd

Head of Grant Processes and Operations

Joanna Whiteman

Joanna Whiteman

Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Policy and international

Nick Starkey

Nick is Director of Policy and International at the Royal Academy of Engineering. He directs the A…

[email protected] +44 207 766 0743

Dr Natasha McCarthy

Associate Director, National Engineering Policy Centre,

[email protected] +44 207 766 0706

Meredith Ettridge

Meredith Ettridge

Associate Director, International

[email protected] +44 207 766 0612

Shane McHugh

Associate Director, International Diplomacy

[email protected] +44 207 766 0619

Andrew Chilvers

Andrew Chilvers

Head of Policy - Climate and Sustainability

Alex Smyth

Head of Policy, Infrastructures and Resilience

Helen Ewles

Head of Innovation, Analysis, and Public Affairs

[email protected] +44 207 766 0659

Shane McHugh

Associate Director, International Diplomacy

[email protected] +44 207 766 0619

Clare Moberly

Head of Sustainable Development

Dean Thompson

Head of Education and Skills Policy

Enterprise

Ana Avaliani

Director, Enterprise

Hub team

Dr Laura Bennett

Dr Laura Bennett

In her role as Head of Enterprise Hub, Laura has strategic and operational oversight of our UK-base…

Gillian Gregg

Associate Director, Regional Engagement

Hub team

Development

Samantha Bagchi

Director of Development

[email protected] +44 207 766 0681

Maria Long

Head of Corporate Partnerships

[email protected] +44 207 766 0710

Annette Bullen

Head of Fundraising

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Jonathan Narbett

Jonathan Narbett

Director, Queen Elizabeth Prize

https://qeprize.org/

Sarah Rhodes

Head of Programmes for the QEPrize

Our people

Meet the staff, board and committee members of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Sir John Lazar CBE FREng

President of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE

CEO, Royal Academy of EngineeringCEO, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation