Academy staff

Executive office and Fellowship services

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

David Hunt

Associate Director, Digital

Andy Purcell

Head of IT

[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

Head of Digital Communications

[email protected] +44 207 766 0738

Jane Sutton

Head of Media and Engagement

[email protected] +44 207 766 0636

Ivana Mackintosh

Head of Events & Marketing

[email protected] +44 207 766 0641

Aaron Boardley

Interim Head of Programme Communications

[email protected] +44 207 766 0655

Vivienne Benson

Head of Programme Communications (on maternity leave)

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

Joanna Whiteman

Head of Diversity and Inclusion (on maternity leave)

Sarah Dodd

Head of Grant Processes and Operations

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

Associate Director, International

[email protected] +44 207 766 0612

Shane McHugh

Head of International Partnerships

[email protected] +44 207 766 0619

Andrew Chilvers

Head of Policy - Climate and Sustainability

Marine Shah

Head of Policy Programmes and Partnerships

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

Head of International Partnerships

[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

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

Gillian Gregg

Head of Regional Engagement, Enterprise Hub

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

Associate Director, Operations - QE Prize

https://qeprize.org/

Sarah Rhodes

Head of Programmes for the QEPrize