Music Director Designate, August 2020: Vasily Petrenko
Principal Guest Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
Principal Associate Conductor: Alexander Shelley
Permanent Associate Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak
Board of Directors
Chair: Benjamin Cunningham
Vice Chair: Matthew Knight
Managing Director: James Williams
Charlotte Ansbergs
Shana Douglas
Charles Fairweather
Patrick Flanaghan
Jonathan Hallett
Philip Keller
Elizabeth Kistruck
Peter Lumley
Sali-Wyn Ryan
Trustees of the RPO Trust
John Bimson
Benjamin Cunningham
Sir Peter Ellwood CBE DL
RPO Advisory Council
Penelope Biggs
Baroness Blackstone
David Curtin
Charles Eve
Ariane Gorin
Ronan Harris
Michael Hayman MBE DL
Dr Anna Mann
Sir Tom McKillop
John Sunnucks
Andrew Wates OBE DL
Administration
Managing Director: James Williams
Deputy Managing Director: Huw Davies
PA to Managing Director/Office Manager: Bettina Deuse
Concerts
Concerts Director: Louise Badger
Concerts Manager: Frances Axford
Tours Manager: Dawn Day
General Manager, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra: Malcolm Wilson
Special Projects Manager: Elli Clements
Concerts Coordinator: Rebecca Rimmington
Tours Assistant Charlotte Fry
Orchestra Manager: Jane Aebi
Orchestra Manager: Kathy Balmain
Librarian: Patrick Williams
Stage and Transport Manager: Steve Brown
Stage Manager: Esther Robinson
Assistant Stage Manager: Dan Johnson
Orchestral Driver (Part-time): Peter Lever
Orchestral Driver: Antony Simpson
Marketing
Director of Press and Marketing: Chris Evans
Audience Development Manager - Regional Residencies: Annick Sheffield
Digital Marketing Manager: Kim Watson
Friends’ and Groups’ Manager: Jo Thomson
Programme Editor: Doran Crowhurst
Content Coordinator: Tim Lutton
Development
Head of Development: Huw Davies
Trusts and Foundations Manager: Liz Purchase
Development Co-ordinator: Henrietta Ford
RPO Resound
Director of Community and Education: Ruth Currie
Community and Education Project Manager: Lisa Rodio
Community and Education Project Manager Martha Earley
Finance
Finance Director: Ann Firth
Finance Officer: Tracy Newhouse
Musicians’ Fees Officer/Finance Officer: Kevin Hollands
Finance Assistant: William Cale
