Organisational structure and staff

Gardens

Curates the collection of living plants and provides integrated education and interpretation based on this world-leading resource. The Directorate supports the organisation's science, conservation, and visitor programmes. The living collections are housed within the historical landscapes and buildings at Kew and Wakehurst.

Director of Gardens
Richard Barley

Head of Safeguarding
Ella Remes

Head of Learning and Participation
Julia Willison

Head of Interpretation 
Sharon Willoughby

Head of School of Horticulture
Tim Hughes

Head of Garden Design
Richard Wilford

Curator of Living Collections
Simon Toomer

Head of Glasshouse Collections
Greg Redwood

Head of Arboretum Temperate Collections
Anthony Hall

Head of Gardens Temperate Collections
Martin O'Halloran

Head of Plant Records and Collection Support
Tom Freeth

Head of Tree Collections and Arboriculture
Kevin Martin

Marketing and Commercial Enterprise

Responsible for commercial activities including retail, publishing, licensing, adult education and venue hire, as well as visitor programming at Kew, marketing, digital experience, media relations and creative services. Commercial activities are operated by RBG Kew Enterprises Limited.

Director, Marketing and Commercial Enterprise
Sandra Botterell

Head of Commercial Activities
Adam Thow

Head of Communications
Ciara O'Sullivan

Head of Digital Experience
Sarah Ilieva 

Head of Creative Services
Jeff Eden

Head of Sales and Marketing
Paul Guthrie

Head of Visitor Programmes and Exhibitions
Paul Denton

Galleries and Exhibition Leader
The Shirley Sherwood and Marianne North Galleries at Kew provide public exhibition facilities for Kew’s extensive botanic art collection and for exhibiting new works of botanic art.
Maria Devaney

Head of Business Planning and Analysis
Tom DiMaio

Head of Visitor Operations
Kim Francis

Science

Director of Science
Professor Alexandre Antonelli

Deputy Director of Science
Professor Monique Simmonds

Deputy Director of Science (Bioinformatics and Genomics)
Dr Paul Kersey

Head, Collections 
Dr Alan Paton

Head, Identification and Naming
Dr Tim Utteridge

Head, Conservation Science
Dr Colin Clubbe 

Head, Natural Capital and Plant Health
Dr Paul Wilkin

Head, Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology
Dr William Baker

Acting Head, Biodiversity Informatics and Spatial Analysis
Dr Alan Paton

Head, Office of the Science Directorate
Dr Clive Hayter

Head, Library, Art and Archives
Fiona Ainsworth

RBG Kew Enterprises

RBG Kew Enterprises Limited is a trading company wholly owned by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Kew's commercial activities are operated by RBG Kew Enterprises including venue hire, retail, trademark licensing, and some events. All profits are gift-aided to Kew and used to support Kew's work.