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Dr Julie Maxton CBE, Executive Director of the Royal Society

Executive Director

Dr Julie Maxton CBE is Executive Director of the Royal Society.

Please note, all email addresses follow the format firstname.lastname@royalsociety.org

Strategy

Name Job title
Lesley Miles Chief Strategy Officer
Jennifer Cormack Director of Development
Bill Hartnett Director of Communications
Paul McDonald Director of Grants Programmes
Natasha Bevan Head of International Grants
Dr Shewly Choudhury Head of UK Grants
Dr Alexander Thomson Head of Grants Operations
Becky Purvis Head of Public Affairs
Keith Moore Head of Library and Information Services
Polly Williams Head of Scientific Programmes
Tracey Hughes Head of Marketing and Public Engagement
Barbara Wutte Head of Conference Services
Katy Gearing
 Head of Industry and Engagement

Human Resources

Name Job title
Linda Kelly HR Director

Finance, Facilities and IT

Name Job title
Mary Daly Chief Financial Officer
Amanda Meader Interim Head of Facilities
Richard Gascoigne Head of IT

Science Policy Centre

Name Job title
Dr Claire Craig
Director, Science Policy
Dr Rosalind Mist Head of Policy, Education
Dr Jo Dally Head of Policy, Research
Emma Woods Head of Policy, Wellbeing
Dr Natasha McCarthy Head of Policy, Data
Elizabeth Surkovic Head of Policy, Resilience and Emerging Technologies

International affairs

Name Job title
Rapela Zaman Director of International Affairs

Publishing

Name Job title
Dr Stuart Taylor Publishing Director
Phil Hurst Publisher
Charles Lusty Head of Publishing Operations

Governance

Name Job title
Dr David Walker Governance Officer

Fellowship Office

Name Job title
David Silverthorne Fellowship Manager

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Organisation chart