Our Team
CEO
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Dr Mark Downs CSci FRSB
Chief Executive
Jennifer Crosk
PA to the Chief Executive
020 3925 3472
Jen provides support to the chief executive, manages human resources and facilities. Jen works part time and is available from 10:00 to 14:00.
Membership, Regions and Facilities
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Mark Leach AMRSB
Associate Director
020 3925 3446
Mark is responsible for overall strategy of the RSB’s membership and activities relating to recruitment and retention, third party services, events and regional activity, and governance.
Membership, Events and Regional Activity
Karen Patel CBiol MRSB
Head of Membership & Events
020 3925 3443
Karen is responsible for the strategy, implementation and delivery of membership engagement and growth activities. She oversees internal and external event delivery, and activities run by volunteer branch committees.
Beth Morgan AMRSB
Events & Membership Officer
020 3925 3444
Beth delivers events and supports branches: Beds, Essex & Herts; Devon & Cornwall; East Anglia; London; Kent, Surrey & Sussex; South Wales; Thames Valley; Wessex. She also supports membership engagement and adminstration.
Harriet McAra MRSB
Events & Membership Officer
020 3925 3445
Harriet delivers events and supports branches: East Midlands; North Wales; North Western; Northern Ireland; Northern; Scotland; West Midlands; Yorkshire. She also supports membership engagement and adminstration.
Shameema Haque MRSB
Membership Engagement & Events Officer
020 3925 3442
Shameema coordinates day-to-day membership recruitment, retention and engagement processes and manages a range of membership networks. She also delivers events for members.
Membership and Client Services
Andy Stephens
Senior Membership Officer
020 3925 3450
Andy manages the day-to-day membership administration for the British Lichen Society, British Society for Genetic Medicine and the International Society for Affective Disorders and oversees the activities of the client services team.
Zushna Ahmed
Membership Officer
020 3925 3449
Zushna provides day-to-day administration for the Anatomical Society, British Society for Neuroendocrinology the Quekett Microscopical Club.
Matt Webb
Membership Officer
020 3925 3451
Matt provides day-to-day administration for the Genetics Society and the Heads of University Biosciences.
Facilities and Governance
Ana Ilic MRSB
Development & Business Management Officer
020 3925 3473
Ana is responsible for developing and implementing the RSB's fundraising strategy, governance and provides committee secretariat support. Ana also manages the RSB's conference centre.
Accreditation and Professional Affairs
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Paul Trimmer AMRSB
Associate Director
020 3925 3456
Paul is responsible for the strategy, implementation and delivery of RSB's professional development activity including the Degree Accreditation Programme, training, professional registers and careers.
Degree Accreditation
Rosie Clear Hill AMRSB
Accreditation Officer
020 3925 3454
Rosie facilitates the accreditation application process, supports institutions and provides administrative support to the associate director and associated committee.
Tessa Gibson AMRSB
Accreditation Officer
020 3925 3455
Tessa facilitates the accreditation application process, supports institutions and provides administrative support to the associate director and associated committee.
Professional Affairs
Rosie Wakeham MRSB
Senior Professional Development Officer
020 3925 3457
Rosie manages the development and delivery of the RSB's professional development activity including careers work and the professional registers.
Cara Froggatt AMRSB
Training and Registers Officer
020 3925 3458
Cara supports the delivery and development of the RSB's training centre and professional registers.
Policy and Public Affairs
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Dr Laura Bellingan FRSB
Director of Policy and Public Affairs
020 3925 3468
Laura is responsible for overall strategy of the RSB’s public affairs and activities relating to education policy, science policy, press, social media communications, public engagement and competitions.
Education Policy
Lauren McLeod
Head of Education Policy
020 3925 3462
Lauren manages the RSB's education policy work from primary to tertiary education. Lauren also leads on the Curriculum Committee, Biology Education Research Group and Education Policy Advisory Group.
Helen Mitchell MRSB
Policy Officer (Education)
020 3925 3463
Helen supports the Curriculum Committee and is delivering a framework for the 5-19 biology curriculum.
Dr Amanda Hardy MRSB
Senior Outreach Officer
020 3925 3459
Amanda provides coordination and collaboration on education policy between the Association for Science Education, Institute of Physics, Royal Society, Royal Society for Biology and Royal Society of Chemistry. (2 days a week)
Science Policy
Dr Laura Marshall MRCVS MRSB
Head of Science Policy
020 3925 3469
Laura advances and manages the RSB's science policy activities. She provides support to the Education and Science Policy Committee.
Dr Jonathan Carruthers MRSB
Senior Science Policy Officer
020 3925 3470
Jonathan focuses on science policy activities involving plant sciences, agriculture and the environment. He also provides secretariat support to the UK Plant Sciences Federation.
Alessandro Coatti MRSB
Senior Science Policy Officer
020 3925 3470
Alessandro focuses on science policy activities relating to human, animal and biomedical research. He supports the Animal Science Group and the UK Bioscience Sector Coalition.
Dr Jade Hall MRSB
Science Policy Officer
020 3925 3466
Jade is responsible for providing input and delivering a portfolio of policy activities with focus on research funding, research integrity, research publication, inclusivity and widening participation.
Minna Hartikainen MRSB
Project Officer
020 3925 3465
Minna provides support to the Natural Capital Initiative (NCI) RSB Special Interest Group.
Georgina Collins MRSB
UKRI Policy Intern
020 3925 3480
Georgina is supporting the science policy team.
Communications and Outreach
Philippa Skett MRSB
Press and Communications Manager
020 3925 3461
Philippa is responsible for the RSB's communications strategy. She manages press, PR, social media, the website and public engagement activities.
Dr Amanda Hardy MRSB
Senior Outreach Officer
020 3925 3459
Amanda is responsible for the strategy, implementation and delivery of engagement and outreach activities and is chair of the RSB's Outreach and Engagement working group.
Raghav Selvam MRSB
Competitions and Outreach Officer
020 3925 3460
Raghav administers the RSB's awards and competitions, and supports its outreach work.
Publications
Tom Ireland MRSB
Managing Editor & Head of Publications
020 3925 3464
Tom is editor of the RSB's membership magazine, The Biologist, and oversees the RSB's other publications, such as the Journal of Biological Education.
Emma Wrake AMRSB
Editorial Assistant
020 3925 3479
Emma supports the production of The Biologist and the RSB's other publications.
Parliamentary Affairs
Direct general parliamentary event enquiries to events@rsb.org.uk
Dr Stephen Benn
Director of Parliamentary Affairs
020 3925 3474
Stephen works with a wide range of scientific societies to raise the profile of science and to strengthen the links between the science community and both Parliament and Government.