HRH The Duke of Kent KG
Patron
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood KBE
Founder
Keith Howard OBE
President
Richard Mantle OBE
General Director
Garry Walker
Music Director
Patron
Founder
President
General Director
Music Director
Board of Trustees
Vice Presidents
Development Committee
Administration
HR Assistant
Daniella Thackray
Executive Assistant to the General Director
Hayley Smith
General Manager, Howard Assembly Room
Richard Ashton
IT Support Engineer
Karl Thomas
Head Receptionist
Louise Brady
Finance
Interim Management Accountant
David Naylor
Finance Assistants
Sue Rennie
Bernice Wilson*
Lauren Peel
Victoria Atkinson
Planning
Planning Administrator
Sian Gilroy
Casting and Scheduling Administrator
Megan Nelson
Company Manager
Jane Bonner*
Auditions and Music Department Co-ordinator
Felicity Dunk
Planning Assistant
Stephanie Schofield
Music
Principal Guest Conductor
Antony Hermus
Head of Music
David Cowan
Assistant Head of Music
Annette Saunders
Chorus Master
Oliver Rundell
Music Staff
Martin Pickard
Valeria Racco
Philip Voldman
Library & Information Services Manager
Andrew Fairley*
Librarian
Victoria Bellis
Titles Supervisor
Lydia French
Titles Operators
Charlie Gower-Smith
Heather Greenwood
Christopher Pelly
Artistic Administration
Acting Orchestra Manager
Alexa Butterworth
Chorus Manager
Howard Croft
Assistant Chorus Manager
Clara Marshall Cawley
Music Secretary
Helen Stephens*
Orchestral Operations Manager
Christopher Ladds
Orchestral Operations Assistant
Ciarán Campbell
Education
Education Manager
Jo Bedford
In Harmony Manager
Anya Chomacki (Maternity Cover)
Family & Lifelong Learning Manager
Alex Bradshaw
Orchestral Activity Manager
Emma Barnett
Schools Activity Manager
Claire Armour
Youth Company Manager
Marie Lemaire
Youth Company Pastoral Co-ordinator
Annette Windle
Education Activity Coordinator
Maisie Leddy
Education Administrator
Janet Crowther
Youth Chorus Master
Nick Shaw
Education Choral Delivery Team
Marie Claire Breen
Jenny Sterling
Education Accompanist
Elizabeth Jones
Head of Instrumental Learning
Murray Greig*
Instrumental Learning Team
Michael Arnold
Elizabeth Brierley
Ellen Brookes
Shannon Gateley
Chris Guénault
Chloe Hayward
Brione Jackson
Megan Jowett
Stephen Laidlaw
Helena Logah
Jennifer Moss
Peter Phelan
Jennifer Piggott
Linda Shaw
Leila Marshall
Projects
Projects Manager
Jo Nockels
Projects Officer
Kathryn Gasic
Projects Assistant
Florence Fawcett
Community Partnerships & Access Officer
Alice Gilmour
Community Partnerships Assistant
Tiphaine Kelly-Mancaux
Higher Education Partnerships Director
Lesley Patrick
Higher Education Co-ordinator
Francesca Russo
External Affairs
Development
Head of Development
Deborah Larwood
Fundraising Consultant
Rory Wardroper
Trusts and Foundations Manager
Karen Li †
Individual Giving Manager
Kate Harrison
Corporate Partnerships Manager
Natasha Morris
Relationship Co-ordinator
Robyn Masson
Events Co-ordinator
Manpreet Dhadda
Capital Campaigns Co-ordinator
Natalie Rawel
Development Systems Co-ordinator
Stephanie Hadjioannou
Marketing
Head of Marketing
Emily Simpson
Marketing Officers
Katie Lear
Campaigns Co-ordinator
Judith Padmore
Creative Designer
Neil Armstrong
Junior Artworker
Hollie Marshall
Editor
Stuart Leeks
Sales and Box Office
Head of Sales and Customer Engagement
Hazel Arthur
Box Office Manager
Amy Townson
Box Office Supervisor
Hannah McKenna
Box Office Assistants
Corinne Furness
Pippa Lodge
Kate Parkin
Brandon Robinson-Connolly
Annie Varrall
Communications
Head of Communications
Julia O’Sullivan
Press Officers
Elizabeth Simmonds
Rowland Thomas
Digital Content Producer
Jessica Fitton
Web and Digital Officer
Lily Ackroyd-Willoughby
Senior Multimedia Producer
Alex Ramseyer-Bache
Assistant Multimedia Producer
Jeanine Guerida
Technical
Technical Manager
Peter Restall*
Technical Department Co-ordinator
Sarah Jarvis
Senior Production Manager
Ray Hain*
Production Manager
Aaron Marsden
Production Office Co-ordinator
Laura Hart
Stage Manager
Kate Freston-Davy
Deputy Stage Managers
Abby Jones
Lisa Ganley
Assistant Stage Managers
Rebecca Wing
Eve Machin
Lucy Neale
Head of Stage
Steve Hodgkinson
Deputy Heads of Stage
Barry Fettes
Tom Alexander
Stage Wingmen
Ruth Hardisty
Richard Hirst
Head Flyman
Jono Wilks
Deputy Flyman
Tony White
Stage Daymen
Douglas Barrett
Richard Tait
Louis Joseph
Stage Technicians
Paul Ingle
Alex Perry
Mark Peterson
Jacob Newton
Ruth Lodge
Howard Assembly Room Senior Technician
Jamie Saye
Sound Manager
Steve Hawkins
Sound and Video Technician
David Kennedy
Head of Electrics
Mike Lock
Deputy Chief Electrician
Richard Moore
Senior Electrician
Simon Watson
Production Electricians
Chris Speight
Keir Webster
Head of Properties
Karl Graham*
Props Assistants
Martin Breidenbach*
Mark Longthorn
Head of Costume and Wigs
Stephen Rodwell*
Senior Costume Supervisor
Mary Gillibrand*
Costume Supervisor
Georgina Moss
Workroom Manager
Lyndsey Sandham
Ladies Cutter
Julia Wilson
Sewing Assistants
Catherine Lowe
Rebecca Sotnyk
Eleanor Barton
Ellen Murgatroyd
Running Wardrobe Supervisor
Jayne Matthews*
Deputy Running Wardrobe Supervisor
Denise Joslin*
Wardrobe Assistant
Emma Statt
Wigs and Make-up Supervisor
Jo Charlton Wright
Wigs Assistants
Nicola Faulkner Heath*
Bethany Gibson
Textiles
Natalie Needham
* Opera North Company member for 25 years or more
† Maternity Cover