Who's Who

Board of Trustees

Paul Lee (Chairman)
Rosie Millard OBE (Vice Chairman)
Ed Anderson
Mark Armour
Nicola Brentnall
Renée Hunt
Henrietta Jowitt
Liza Kellett
Peter Maniura
Richard Mantle OBE
Nima Poovaya-Smith
Cllr Jonathan Pryor
Irving Warnett

Vice Presidents

Dame Josephine Barstow
Michael Beverley DL
Liz Bramall
Terry Bramall CBE
Lady Eccles of Moulton
Sir Alistair Graham
Francesca Horsfield DL
David Lascelles, Earl of Harewood
Clive Leach OBE
David Lovell
Lindsay Mackinlay DL
Peter Sparling MBE

Development Committee

Clive Lloyd (Chairman)
Michael Furse
Howard Gatiss
Liza Kellett
Sir Andrew Lawson Tancred Bt
Arthur Lovitt

Administration

HR Manager
Catherine Bourke

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

Finance Director
Kirsty Bullen

Finance Assistants
Sue Rennie
Bernice Wilson*
Lauren Peel
Victoria Atkinson

Planning

Director of Planning
Christine Jane Chibnall*

Planning Administrator
Sian Gilroy

Casting and Scheduling Administrator
Megan Nelson

Company Manager
Jane Bonner*

Assistant Company Manager
Rachel Bradley

Auditions and Music Department Co-ordinator
Felicity Dunk

Planning Assistant
Steven Phillips

Music

Music Director designate
Garry Walker

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

Director of Orchestra and Chorus
Phil Boughton

Orchestra Manager
Daniel Aguirre Evans

Chorus Manager
Howard Croft

Chorus and Orchestra Co-ordinator
Keturah Lewis

Music Secretary
Helen Stephens*

Orchestral Operations Manager
Christopher Ladds

Orchestral Operations Assistant
Ciarán Campbell

Education

Education Director
Jacqui Cameron

Education Manager
Jo Bedford

In Harmony Manager
Charlotte Perkins

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 Project Co-ordinator
Anya Chomacki

Education Activity Assistant
Maisie Leddy

Education Administrator
Janet Crowther

Pettman DARE Scholars
Jacob Coley
Jacqui Coats

Youth Chorus Master
Nick Shaw

Education Choral Delivery Team
Matthew Roughley
Jenny Sterling

Education Accompanist
Elizabeth Jones

Head of Instrumental Learning
Murray Greig*

Instrumental Learning Team
Michael Arnold
Elizabeth Brierley
Ellen Brookes
Shannon Gateley
Hannah Greenwood
Chris Guénault
Chloe Hayward
Megan Jowett
Stephen Laidlaw
Helena Logah
Jennifer Moss
Gemma Murray
Jennifer Piggott
Linda Shaw
Polly Virr

Projects

Projects Director
Dominic Gray

Projects Manager
Jo Nockels

Projects Officer
Kathryn Gasic

Projects Assistant
Florence Fawcett

Head of Community Partnerships
Madeleine Thorne

Community Partnerships & Access Officer
Alice Gilmour

Community Partnerships Assistant
Tiphaine Kelly-Mancaux

Higher Education Director
Lesley Patrick

Higher Education Co-ordinator
Francesca Russo

External Affairs

Director of External Affairs
David Collins

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
Kathleen Helm

Capital Campaigns Co-ordinator
Natalie Rawel

Development Assistant
Stephanie Hadjioannou

Marketing

Head of Marketing
Emily Simpson

Marketing Officers
Tom Morris

Marketing Assistant
Alex Walker

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
Florence Carruthers
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 and Production Director
Kieron Docherty

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 Managers
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 Shepherd
Eleanor Barton
Ellen Murgatroyd

Running Wardrobe Supervisor
Jayne Matthews*

Deputy Running Wardrobe Supervisor
Denise Joslin

Wardrobe Assistants
Emma Statt

Wigs and Make-up Supervisor
Kim Freeland

Wigs Assistants
Jo Charlton-Wright
Nicola Faulkner Heath
Bethany Gibson

Textiles
Natalie Needham

*Opera North Company member for 25 years or more
†Maternity Cover