CHAIRMAN’S OFFICE

Sir Bill Beaumont

VICE-CHAIRMAN

John Jeffrey

CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE

Alan Gilpin
Chief Executive Officer

Cara Gorey 
Executive Assistant

COMPETITIONS AND HIGH PERFORMANCE

Nigel Cass 
Chief Competitions and Performance Officer 

Caroline O’Connell
Executive Assistant to Chief Competitions & Performance Officer

Simon Kibble
Head of Men's XVs

Michael Groom
Competitions Operations Manager – High Performance and Regional Competitions

Deirdre O’Sullivan
Head of Operations & Regional Competitions

Sue O’Connor
Competitions Project Coordinator

Carmel O’Dwyer
Competitions Co-ordinator 

Elaine Taylor
Competitions and Performance Co-ordinator

Antonia Scholz
Competitions Co-ordinator

Amy Matsuo
Competitions Co-ordinator

Alison Hughes
Head of Women’s Competitions

Simone Papirnik
WXV Tournament Manager

Courtney Allison-Young
Tournament Services Manager

HIGH PERFORMANCE

Peter Horne
Director of High Performance 

Mike Chu
High Performance Elite Education Manager

Agnès Congoste 
High Performance Operations Manager

Conor Molan 
High Performance Investment Manager 

Nicky Ponsford
Head of Women's High Performance

Ecem Ozcan
High Performance Operations Co-ordinator

SEVENS COMPETITIONS

Douglas Langley
Head of Sevens Competitions 

Cian Twomey 
Sevens Project Manager & Challenger Series Director

EVENT REVENUES & OPERATIONS

Michel Poussau
Chief of Event Revenues & Operations

RWC 2023

Eva Agliardi
RWC Team Assistant

Enda Connolly
RWC Team & Rugby Services Director

Gemma Crowley
Project Delivery Manager

Claire Birchmore
Project Delivery Manager

Amy Bell
RWC Projects Manager 

Sarah Robinson
RWC 2023 Webb Ellis Cup Coordinator

Joan Breslin
RWC 2023 Project Co-ordinator

Rita Figueiredo
RWC 2023 Rugby Services Manager

Eugenie Delaporte
RWC 2023 Travel & Hospitality Manager

Hanna Laurent
RWC 2023 Hospitality Assistant

Suzanne Mispelon
RWC 2023 Hospitality Co-ordinator

Ines Pourtoy
RWC 2023 Team Services Executive

Trish Drinan
RWC2023 Match Commissioner Programme Manager

EVENT OPERATIONS

Ross Aitken
Director, Event Operations

Katie Burgess
Head of Venue Operations

Claire Manley
Programme Delivery Manager

TICKETING

Lizzie Howells
Director Of Ticketing

Louise Jolly
RWC 2023 Ticketing Sales Manager

Carol Casey
Ticketing Sales Manager

Nicola Murphy
RWC 2023 Ticketing Operations Director

Vivien Castel
Ticketing Operations Coordinator

Jeanne Lemesle
RWC 2023 Ticketing Assistant

EXPERIENTIAL

Greta Cooper
Director of Experiential

Bree Hassanein
Experiential Manager

Nina Wright
Head of Families

Pauline Dugravot
Experiential Manager

Meg Mitchell
Marketing Partnerships Manager

Malgorzata Stabinska
Experiential Co-ordinator

Rob Westworth
Head of Experiential 7s

Georgiana Boland
7s Experiential Manager

Dan James
Experiential Coordinator

PARTNERSHIPS & BRAND

James Ralley
Director of Partnerships 

Cristian Cerimele
Media Partnerships Account Manager

Kenzo Pannell
Partner Operations Manager

Laurent Salhi
Commercial Operations Manager

Sarah Appleton
Commercial Operations Manager

Alex Heslop
Marketing Partnerships Account Manager

Youssef Hassan
Marketing Partnerships Account Manager

Rachel Godsave
Marketing Partnerships Account Manager

Kyle Miecinski
Marketing Partnerships Account Manager

Pierre-Alexandre Martini
RWC 2023 Global Partnerships Account Executive

Harry Bridgland
Global Partnerships Account Executive, Sevens

EVENTS

Mick Wright
Chief of  Events

Jenni Smith
Head of Workforce

Charlotte Frith
Executive and Team Assistant, Events

Chris Stanley
Managing Director, Rugby World Cup 2027, Australia

EVENT PLANNING

Nicola Alesbrook
Director of Event Planning

Harriet Greenop
Head of Event Readiness & Operational Planning

Sian Hill
Head of Event Planning & Risk

Amanda Scarfo
Programme Delivery Manager

Ashwini Rao
Programme Delivery Manager

Marie Therese Chitnis
Programme Delivery Manager

EVENT SERVICES

Mark Huddleston
Director of Event Services

SVNS

Sam Pinder
General Manager, SVNS World Series

James Cloake
Head of SVNS Event Promotions

Coris Zietsman
Event Oversight Director, SVNS

Jim Anderson
Event Oversight Director, Los Angeles

Mark Honeybunn
Head of Sevens Event Planning and Delivery

Rebecca Roe
Event Oversight Director, Perth

RWC 2025

Sarah Massey
Managing Director, Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2025

Aimee Bywater Lutman
Managing Director, Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2025

Myles Marshall
Programme Management Coordinator

Gemma Wiggs
Head of Tornament, Team & Rugby Services

Sarah Harkin
Rugby Services Manager

Vicki Barker
Team Services Manager

Abbie Ferguson
Talent Acquisition Manager

Jordyn Isaac
Administration Coordinator

Rebecca Leach
Head of Venue & Tournament Operations

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND PARTICIPATION

David Carrigy
Chief International Relations and Participation Officer 

Niamh Holmes
International Relations and Participation Team Coordinator

James Davy 
Event Delivery Manager 

Erin Brown
Tournament Guest Programme and Meetings Manager 

Shaunna O'Riordan
Travel Manager

Gilles Fabre 
Language Services Manager 

Colum Lavery 
Head of Governance

Cormac Horgan 
Governance and International Relations Coordinator

Jason Lewis
Director Participation 

Greg Woods
Participation Programmes Manager

Ninette Kruyt
Women's Participation Programme Manager

Clare Barrell
Director of Investment & Member Services

Bruce Cook
Regional Partnership Manager – Oceania 

Jennifer Gray 
Regional Partnership Manager – North America

Anne O’Callaghan
Investments Manager 

Jens Aage Skare Nielsen
Regional Partnership Manager, Europe

Santiago Ramallo 
Regional Partnership Manager – South America

Ridzal Saat
Regional Partnership Manager – Asia

Coralie Van Den Berg
Regional Partnership Manager – Africa

PLAYER WELFARE AND RUGBY SERVICES

Mark Harrington
Chief Player Welfare and Rugby Services Officer

Lynn Donohoe
Player Welfare and Rugby Services Team Administrator

Phil Davies
Director Of Rugby

Steve Hinds
Citing Commissioner Manager

Craig Joubert
High Performance Sevens Referee Coach

Joël Jutge
High Performance 15s Match Officials Manager

Alhambra Nievas
Women’s High Performance Referee Manager

Paddy O’Brien 
High Performance Sevens Referee Manager

Tracy O’Callaghan 
Match Officials  Operations Manager

GAME ANALYSIS

Rhys Jones
Head of Game Analysis

Callum Howells
Game Analyst

Ben Hester 
Player Welfare Game Analyst

Matthew Johnston
Player Welfare & Rugby Services High Performance Analysis Manager

Adam Smith
Domestic Fifteens Game Analyst 

Ian Costigan
Women's Rugby Analyst 

EDUCATION, LAWS AND COMPLIANCE

Jock Peggie
Head of Education, Laws and Compliance

Isabel Grondin
Medical Education Manager

Dr Joseph Kalanzi
Medical Education Manager

Fraser Gow
Training and Education Co-ordinator

Keith Lewis
Laws Co-ordinator

Dr Andrew Smith
Medical Compliance Manager

ANTI-DOPING AND GAME EQUIPMENT

Mike Earl
Director of Anti-Doping and Game Equipment

Ross Blake
Anti-Doping Education Manager 

Martha Hassett
Anti-Doping Administrator

Neale Lees
Turf and Equipment Manager

Davide Babetto
Turf & Equipment Technical Specialist

David Ho
Senior Manager Anti-Doping Operations

Stuart Kelly
Anti-Doping Testing & Quality Specialist

Clive Kennington
Anti-Doping Testing Programme Co-ordinator 

Julian Murphy
Anti-Doping Testing Administrator

Jamie Archer
Testing Projects Manager

CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER 

Dr Éanna Falvey  
Chief Medical Officer

Dr Martin Raftery
Deputy Chief Medical Officer 

Deirdre Keating
Player Welfare and Rugby Services Project Manager 

Danielle Salmon
Concussion Research Co-ordinator

Lindsay Starling
Science & Medical Manager

Mike Hislop
Injury Prevention and Surveillance Researcher

COMMERCIAL

Benjamin Slack
Chief Commercial Officer

Ben Ball
Head of Business Development Projects

Fran Vavallo
Head of Digital Business Development

Nick Morris
Commercial Programme Manager

Laura Martin-Prud'Homme
Digital Business Development Manager

Tom Akehurst
Head of Business Development

Owen White
Business Development Manager

Susannah Weyman 
Business Development Manager

Jack Hamshaw
Business Development Manager

Dominic Young 
Media Rights Manager

Paige Mosberg
Head of Business Solutions

Hannah Lawal
Business Solutions Manager

Tom Carter
Business Solutions Analyst

Ashley Lewis
Business Solutions Designer

Marie Therese Duignan
Business Solutions Team Co-ordinator

Gareth Rees
Head of Team Marketing & Commercial Operations (TMCO)

Rob Vickerman
TMCO Manager, 7s

Johnnie Beattie
TMCO Manager, 15s

MARKETING & CONTENT 

James Rothwell
Chief Marketing & Content Officer

Samantha Benvie
Executive Assistant, Marketing & Content

Philip Brosamer
Senior Digital Project Manager

Pierre Turpin
Digital Manager

Miri Keck
Head of Brands

Namu Desai
Brand Operations Manager

Lynda Jones
Brand Designer

Kyra Harding
Brand Operations Manager

Suzi Murray
Marketing Campaign Manager

Kim Ekin
Senior Manager, Editorial & SEO

Tom Rendell
Senior Manager, Platforms

Lewis Plumb
Manager Digital

James Bass
Senior Digital Marketing Manager

Adrian D'Arcy
Digital Marketing Manager

Danielle De Kock
Social Media Manager

Edward Parker
Social Media Contributor

Tom Parker
Social Lead

Ben Matthews
Video Production Manager

Finlay Reith
Video Creator

Amanda Godson
Head of Broadcast & Production

Steve Jamieson
Executive Producer, TV and Content

Erin Wallace
Production Coordinator

Sarah Campbell
Broadcast Project Manager

Victoria Waters
Broadcast Project Manager

Louise Brown
Senior Production Manager

Sarah Lunn
Broadcast Services Manager

Ian Cameron
Editorial Lead, Northern Hemisphere

Ben Smith
Editorial Lead, Southern Hemisphere

Liam Heagney
Content Editor

Tom Vinicombe
Content Specialist

Josh Raisey
Content Contributor

Finn Morton
Content Contributor

Jim Hamilton
Creative and Content Director

STRATEGY 

Mihir Warty
Chief Strategy Officer

Jaime McKeown 
Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion Manager

Myles Green
Head of Strategy 

Ola Obaro
Head of Business Planning

WOMEN'S RUGBY

Sally Horrox
Chief, Women's Rugby

Atlanta St John
Head of Women’s Rugby Programmes

Anne Grumelard
Development Programmes Manager 

CORPORATE SERVICES

Charlotte Samuelson
Chief Operating Officer

REVENUE & FAN GROWTH

Kalle Kauppila
Group Director Revenue and Fan Growth

Anji Udeshi
Head of Fan Data

Cathy Newman
Fan Insights Manager

Dominic Woodfine
Fan Data Analyst

Michelle O’Loughlin 
R&FG Team Administrator

Jack Tucker
Business Strategist Revenue and Fan Growth

Kevin Bouwer
Data Scientist

FINANCE

Neil Hitchen
Group Finance Director

Andrew McDonnell
Group Financial Controller

Anthony Downey
Group Head of FP&A Manager

Liam Carroll
BI Analyst

Alex Flynn
FP&A Manager

Angel Roldan
FP&A Analyst

Joanne O'Halloran
FP&A Manager

Margaret Downey
Group Financial Reporting Accountant

Joan McElwain
Finance Manager

Susan Duffy
Accounts Payable Specialist

Emma Dunne
Accounts Receivable & Banking Manager

Teresa O'Sullivan
Trainee Accountant

Stephen Dixon
Accounts Payable Specialist

Melissa Stokes
Finance Administrator

LEGAL

Ali Maclean
Group General Counsel

Rosabelle Welsh
Executive Assistant and Team Administrator, Legal

Yvonne Nolan
General Counsel Federation

Brian Hammond
Legal Counsel

Joyce Hayes
Disciplinary & Eligibility Co-ordinator

Lynsey Mulvihill
General Counsel Events

Fran Moran
Legal Counsel Events

Caoimhe Murdock
Legal Counsel Events

Sarah O'Donnell
Senior Legal Counsel, Events

Alexander Barker
Senior Legal Counsel, Events

Stephan Smith
Senior Legal Counsel, Federation

Susan Barry
Legal Counsel, Federation

Caroline Nolan
Legal Co-ordinator, Events

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Lisa Lowry
People & Culture Director

John Hiley
Talent Acquistion Manager

Cindy McCarthy
Reward, HR Operations & Mobility Manager

Niall O'Donoghue
Talent And Organisation Development Manager

Andrew Kieran
HR Operations Co-ordinator

Sarah Carew
Reward & Mobility Executive

Catherine Gillespie
HR Operations Administrator

RISK MANAGEMENT

Rich Cummings
Director, Risk Management

Jocelyn Buly
Head of Non-Financial Risk

Mihika Newell-Hughes
Risk Manager

Susan Spellman
Head of Risk Operation & Control Assurance

DELIVERY & DATA

Clare Skelly
Director, Business Planning & Transformation

Caroline Murnane
Data Strategy Manager

Linda Hoey
Head of Competitions Strategic Projects 

TECHNOLOGY

Jasmin Allott
Group Technology Director

Ben Morris
Group Head of Cyber Security

Gillian Kennedy
Lead Architect

Gearoid Slowey
Head of Group Technology Operations

Adrian McDonagh
RWC Technology Project Manager

Gary Fanning
Systems Administrator

Tristan Balita
Service Desk Analyst

Genesis Sardinia
Service Desk Analyst

Darren Gibson
Events Technology Manager

Rory O'Sullivan
Technology Project Manager

Colm McLaughlin
Business Analyst

Chris Hope
Head of Tournament & Venue Technology

Claire Murphy
Competitions Technology Project Manager

Jake Collard
Tournament Management Systems Application Manager

Ronan Donagher
Head of Game Systems

Peter Connolly
Game Data Project Manager

Tom Sorsby
Game Data Business Owner

Marc Douglas
Project Manager, Game Systems

Shannon Kampfer
Game Systems Junior Project Manager

COMMUNICATIONS

Dominic Rumbles
Chief Communications Officer

Deirdre O'Brien
Head of Employee & Stakeholder Communications

Karen Bond
Media Services Manager 

Dorian Grimaud
Senior Communications Manager

Phil Wilkinson
Head of PR and Communications

Peter Hannon
Player Welfare PR Manager

Emma Marshall
Communications Manager