Founder
Dame Ninette de Valois OM CH DBE
Patron
HM The Queen
President
HRH The Prince of Wales
Vice President
The Lady Sarah Chatto
Artist Laureate
Dame Darcey Bussell DBE
Artistic Director
Ballet teachers
Upper School ballet teachers
White Lodge ballet teachers
Governors
Chairman Christopher Rodrigues CBE
Deputy Chair Lady Dorfman
Deputy Chair Madeleine Plaut
Carlos Acosta CBE
Anna Birkett
Tom Clementi
Dr Genevieve Davies
David Fletcher
Janet Lambert
Menna McGregor
Kevin O’Hare CBE
Zita Saurel
Nishi Somaiya
Dr Stephen Spurr
Kenneth Steele
Su Wijeratna
Governor Emerita The Lady Sainsbury CBE
Senior staff
Chief Operating Officer
Pippa Adamson
Academic & Pastoral Principal
David Gajadharsingh
Commercial Director
Carol Dray
Assistant Principal Pastoral & Welfare
Jill Tait-Harris
Head of Training & Access
Mark Annear
Head of Development & Communications
Sarah Eliot-Cohen
Head of Site Operations
Roger Atkinson
Head of Intensive Courses & International Relations
Samira Saidi
Compliance Officer
Jason Hughes
Healthcare Manager (maternity cover)
Huw Goodwin
Artistic Manager White Lodge
Hope Keelan
Artistic Manager Upper School
Jessica Clarke
Senior Teacher White Lodge, Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Exams Officer
Stephanie Ritchie
Senior Teacher Upper School, Head of Degree Programme
Gail Graves
Advisory Council
Carlos Acosta CBE
Kevin O’Hare CBE
Advisory Council Emeriti
Dame Darcey Bussell DBE
Sir Anthony Dowell CBE
Dame Antoinette Sibley DBE
Sir Peter Wright CBE