THE RSA - Key Persons
Abby is the Assistant Archivist.
Abby started working at the RSA in 2019. She started as a volunteer, then became a part-time, then full time member of staff. She assists Eve with the day-to-day management of the archive including, supervising researchers, assisting with enquiries, accessioning, appraisal, and cataloguing. Abby gained an MA from University College London in 2017 and has volunteered in a variety of different archives including the BT Archives, TFL Corporate Archives and The National Theatre Archives. Abby is continuing her professional development as a newly qualified archivist and attends yearly conferences to further her knowledge.
Abby also has BA in Music and an MA in Music Performance from The University of Chichester and in her spare time loves to listen to music and sing with the West End Musical Choir. She is also a season ticket holder at Harlequins and loves watching rugby. Abby also enjoys writing, walking, and spending time with her family and two dogs.
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- Front of House Assistant / Research Assistant
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- Fellowship Services Coordinator
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- Head of Fellowship Development and Services
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- Senior Evaluation Manager
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- Head of Policy and Participation ( Family Leave )
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- Area Manager
- Member of the RSA Team
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- Fellowship Engagement Manager ( Scotland )
Anna is a Librarian.
Anna works in the Fellows' Library ensuring that the Library runs smoothly. Anna is responsible for helping Fellows with their enquiries and dealing with book orders and journal subscriptions.
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- Head of Innovation and Change
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- Historian in Residence / Business Operations
Anton is the RSA's Historian in Residence.
Expertise: RSA history
Anton has written a book of the history of the RSA, from its founding to the present day. He was previously a lecturer in Economic History at King's College London. Anton completed his PhD on inventors of the British Industrial Revolution at King's College London and a post-doc at Brown University.
The RSA historian-in-residence on over 270 years of work to benefit the public as "the nation's improvement agency."
The RSA's Historian in Residence Anton Howes explains how an RSA competition got the landed aristocracy to plant 60 million trees
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- Fellowship Coordinator ( Engagement )
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- Head of News and Public Affairs
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- Project Manager ( Fellowship )
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- Fellowship Engagement Manager ( Central )
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- Head of Regenerative Learning and Design
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- Fellowship Engagement Manager ( London )
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- Designer
- Member of the RSA US Board of Trustees
- Member of the RSA US Team
- Designer and Educator
Charlie Cannon is a designer and educator based in Providence, Rhode Island where he is a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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- Member of the RSA US Board of Trustees
- Board President, RSA US
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- Senior Trusts and Foundations Manager
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- US Staff Member
- Senior Community Manager
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- Senior Service and Systems Designer
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- Head of Fellowship Engagement ( Areas )
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- Cleaning and Maintenance Assistant
David is a Cleaning and Maintenance Assistant.
Dave has been working at the RSA since 2019 and is a member of the Facilities team. His role includes assisting external suppliers and contractors when on site, keeping up the high standards of cleaning within the house and carrying out general maintenance tasks.
Prior to joining the RSA, he was employed by Knight Frank as a caretaker of a large estate which he looked after mainly alone. Dave's free time is taken up by research into the true possibility of living ‘off-grid'. He also enjoys cooking and baking.
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- Dean Is Our Digital Content Manager
- Digital Content Manager
Having worked as a content specialist for several different organisations including EE, Xbox, UCL, Which? and most recently The King's Fund, Dean is bringing a breadth of knowledge and experience to support us in our digital output. Dean has a first-class BA in Journalism from Southampton Solent University.
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- Senior Global Manager / Media and Communications
Devlyn is our Senior Global Manager
Devlyn is responsible for developing the RSA's strategic partnerships to support the growth of our global portfolio of interventions. He also manages our global partnership network, coordinates with RSA Affiliates in North America and Oceania, and secures funding for RSA's international programme of work. Prior to joining the RSA, he worked as a consultant for an international market research consultancy then co-founded and led a successful technology start-up.
Devlyn has his B.PAPM from Carleton University in Canada where his final year research on Millennial recruitment and retention strategy was included as part of the Government of Canada's modernisation plan, Blueprint 2020, and earned him a place on the Clerk of the Privy Council's Advisory Council.
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- Media and Public Affairs Officer
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- Member of the RSA US Board of Trustees
- Member of the RSA US Team
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- Associate
- Designer
- US Staff Member
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- Fellowship Coordinator ( Operations )
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- Head of Fellowship Engagement ( Products )
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- Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager
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- Fellowship Officer ( Experience & Lifecycle Communications )
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- Member of the RSA US Board of Trustees
- President and CEO of the Forbes Funds
- President and CEO, the Forbes Fund
Fred Brown is President and CEO of The Forbes Funds, a philanthropic organisation focused on strengthening the management capacity and impact of community nonprofits in the Pittsburgh area.
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- Senior Maintenance Assistant
George is a Senior Maintenance Assistant.
George has been working at the RSA as a member of the Facilities team since 1996 where he feels honoured to look after the building, ensuring it is up to high standards of decoration and maintenance. He also assists external contractors when they visit and always takes the opportunity to learn from them.
George has served for 26 years in the Reserve Army. He is a Sergeant in the QMS department where he works to ensure troops have everything, they need such as food and water. This takes up most of his social time, but he continues to find time for holidays with his family.
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- Experience and Lifecycle Manager
Hannah is a Senior Business Operations Manager.
Hannah joined the RSA back in 2018 and is our HR Business Partner. Hannah works in partnership with leaders and line managers to build their people capability, plan and manage talent and develop approaches that achieve inclusive and equitable impact.
Prior to the RSA, Hannah has held various HR roles with environmental, health and disability charities based in the UK.
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- Senior Fellowship Growth and Partnerships Manager
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- Member of the Facilities Team
Hassan is a Front of House Assistant.
Hassan is a member of the Facilities team and has ‘worked for this amazing organisation for more than 20 years with a very strong team and Leader'. His duties are to provide a high standard of service to all Fellows and visitors to the House, including preparing rooms for external events.
He is a football fanatic and loves the seaside.
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- Head of Policy and Participation
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- Policy Engagement Manager
Jess manages our Commercial Programmes & Coffee House Guest Relations
Jess joined us in 2023 and manages our Commercial Programmes here at RSA House cultivating a mixed programme of events, including food, drink, art, health, well-being & entertainment, to generate interaction from our Fellows and the wider community. She is also a key part of the coffee house, where she is a regular presence, chatting to users of the spaces as well as working closely with the fellowship department.
Jess's background for the past couple of years has been in the brewery industry, working for an independent brewing company managing events & booking at a larger venue. Prior to that Jess worked for a non-for profit company managing a busy calendar of events and courses.
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- Fellowship Engagement Manager ( South East )
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- Community Manager ( Global )
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- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Director of Design & Innovation
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- Senior Quantitative Researcher
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- Fellowship Engagement Manager ( South West and Wales )
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- Senior Finance Business Partner
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- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Director of Research and Learning
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- Senior Fellowship Development Manager
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- Area Communications Coordinator ( Family Leave )
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- Senior Salesforce Administrator
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- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Director of Fellowship
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- Senior Resource and Traffic Manager
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- Business Systems Administrator
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- Fellowship Services Coordinator
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- Research and Learning Coordinator
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- Director of Finance
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
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- Senior Fellowship Services Manager
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- Chairman of the Board, RSA Oceania
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- Marketing and Communications Manager ( Family Leave )
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- Senior Policy and Participation Researcher
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- Board and Governance Manager / CEO
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- Recruitment Officer / Research and Learning
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- Fellowship Development Coordinator
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- Senior Events Producer / Facilities
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- Community Manager ( Interventions ) Finance
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- Internal Communications Manager
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- Junior Content and Graphic Designer
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- Social Media and Content Designer
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- Personal Assistant to CEO
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- Marketing and Communications Manager
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
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- Member of the RSA US Board of Trustees
- Chairman of the Board, RSA US
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- Head of Strategic Partnerships
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- Fellowship Services Coordinator
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- Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager
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- Senior Data and Insights Analyst
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- Head of Enterprise Design
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- Chief of Staff
- Member of the RSA US Board of Trustees
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
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- US Staff Member
- Operations Lead
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- Innovation and Enterprise Designer
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- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Director of Content and Communications
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- Marketing Operations Officer
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- Digital Experience Coordinator / Events
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- Delivery Manager / Design and Innovation