Organisational structure and staff
RBG Kew currently employs nearly 1,000 staff across our teams, including RBG Kew Enterprises, our commercial subsidiary. Our experts comprise of over 300 scientists and over 150 horticulturists.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Director of RBG, Kew
Richard Deverell
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
Information & Technology
Chief Information Officer
Ian McKetty
Head of IT Infrastructure
Jason Good
Head of IT Service Management, Compliance & Security
Tad Moszumanski
Head of IT Service Quality & Reporting
Cliff Heskins
Head of Enterprise Systems
Amy Wright
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
Resources
Director, Resources
Fern Stoner
Head of Procurement
Joanna McKelvey
Head of Finance
Simon Knapp
Director of Human Resources
Sarah Donnelly
Head of Government Affairs
Vicki Harrison Neves
Head of Governance and Director's Office
Rachel Pan
General Counsel
Diane Scott
Head of Estates and Facilities
Peter Alesbury
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
Wakehurst
Director of Wakehurst
Ed Ikin
Head of Visitor Experience and Commercial
Jamie Osborne
Head of Marketing and Strategic Communications
Anna Zeuner
Head of Public Programs
Lorraine Lecourtois
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.
Kew Foundation
Kew Foundation raises funds from individuals, companies and trusts to support Kew’s work. It also manages Kew's Friends membership scheme.
Director of Foundation
Meredith Pierce Hunter
Director of Membership
Laura Hayward
Director of Engagement
Kate Scally
Director of Development
Judith Kerr
Director of Business Services
Karl Newton
Bentham-Moxon Trust
The mission of the Bentham-Moxon Trust is to provide financial support for botanical collections and research that further the work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.