Our team

Dr Doug Brown CBiol FRSB — Chief Executive

Jennifer Crosk MRSB — Executive Assistant 

Jen provides support to the Chief Executive, Council, and senior management team, and manages human resources.

Paul Trimmer MRSB — Director 

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

Tessa Gibson MRSB — Accreditation Manager 

Tessa manages the accreditation application process, and supports institutions and the associated committee.

Alice Foster AMRSB — Accreditation Officer 

Alice facilitates the accreditation application process, supports institutions, and provides administrative support to the director and associated committee.

Professional Affairs

Dr Tia Salter MRSB — Senior Professional Development Officer 

Tia manages the development and delivery of the RSB's professional development activity including careers work and the professional registers.

Dr Raksha Harwood MRSB — Training and Registers Officer 

Raksha coordinates the UK Register of Toxicologists, Plant Health Professionals Register, and Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships, as well as supporting the RSB’s training offering.

Lucy Bailey AMRSB — Training and Registers Officer

Lucy administers the Chartered Biologist, Science Council, and Qualified Persons registers, and supports RSB’s continuing professional development scheme and training offering.

Amal Abdulkadir MRSB — Careers Officer

Amal supports the Society’s professional development programme, with a focus on developing and delivering events, resources, and other careers support to meet the needs of our members and the wider scientific community.

Get in touch via training@rsb.org.uk or accreditation@rsb.org.uk

Dr Arianne Matlin MRSB — Director  

Arianne is responsible for the RSB's external engagement and influencing strategy. This includes policy and public affairs work, our publications portfolio, and communication of all our activity to a wide range of stakeholders, to maximise the RSB's impact.

Communications

Clare Simm MRSB — Senior Digital Communications and Marketing Officer 

Clare is responsible for the RSB's website, social media, and digital marketing.

Veronica Kocovska MRSB — Communications and Media Officer 

Veronica coordinates the RSB's media coverage and is responsible for writing and communicating RSB news and updates through internal and external channels.

Direct general communications queries to press@rsb.org.uk

Education Policy

Lauren MᶜLeod MRSB — Head of Education Policy 

Lauren manages the RSB's education policy work from primary to tertiary education across all four UK nations. She supports collaboration with partner organisations through the Science Education Policy Alliance and Learned Societies Group in Scotland, and the work of RSB’s Curriculum Committee and Education Policy Advisory Group.

Shabana Brightley MRSB — Senior Education Policy Officer 

Shabana leads on education policy related to initial teacher training, recruitment, retention, and CPD, and supports the Biology Education Research Group, Teaching Policy Advisory Group and Teacher Policy Network.

Hannah Lings MRSB — Education Policy Officer 

Hannah leads on school curriculum and qualifications policy, including Evolving 5 – 19 Biology. She supports RSB’s Curriculum Committee and Education Policy Advisory Group.

Barbera Cimadoro MRSB — Education Policy Officer

Barbera is responsible for the Science Education Policy Alliance, working closely with Association for Science Education, Institute of Physics, Royal Society, and Royal Society of Chemistry on policy areas covering primary and secondary education in the sciences.

Science Policy

Dr Laura Marshall MRCVS MRSB — Head of Science Policy 

Laura advances and manages the RSB's complete portfolio of science policy work, focusing on strategy, team development, partnerships, impact measurement, and communication.

Dr Jade Hall MRSB — Senior Science Policy Officer (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Culture) 

Jade leads delivery of our science policy outputs relevant to biosciences research culture. She supports the RSB Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and RSB Diversity and Inclusion Network. She convenes cross-team collaboration to develop and deliver the RSB’s equality, diversity, and inclusion commitments.

Kieran Woof MRSB — Senior Science Policy Officer (Plant and Environmental Sciences)

Kieran leads delivery of our science policy outputs relevant to the plant and environmental sciences. He supports the RSB Plant Science Group and the Natural Capital Initiative. He convenes cross-team collaboration to develop and deliver the RSB’s climate and nature commitments.

Sabrina Fleurimé MRSB — Science Policy Officer (Research Landscape) 

Sabrina leads delivery of our science policy outputs relevant to the biosciences research landscape (including research funding, workforce, infrastructure, and communications). She supports the RSB Education and Science Policy Committee.

Dr Steph Preston MRSB — Science Policy Officer (Animal and Biomedical Sciences) 

Steph leads delivery of our science policy outputs relevant to the animal and biomedical sciences. She supports the UK Bioscience Sector Coalition.

Gayathri Chandran — UKRI Policy Intern

Gayathri supports the science policy team by assisting with the development of policy outputs such as helping to synthesise and communicate evidence-based advice to policymakers, contributing to knowledge exchange events and policy communications.

Publications

Charlotte Cross — Senior Publications Officer

Charlotte supports RSB’s partner publications, including the Journal of Biological Education, Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, and the Oxford Biology Primers series. She also assists with The Biologist magazine.

Tom Ireland MRSB — Managing Editor 

Tom is editor of the RSB's membership magazine, The Biologist, both in print and online, and advises on our external communications.

Direct general policy and publications enquiries to policy@rsb.org.uk

Mark Leach MRSB — Director 

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 facilities and governance.

Member Engagement and Programmes

Karen Patel CBiol MRSB — Head of Member Engagement and Programmes

Karen leads on the strategy and delivery of the RSB’s individual membership, public engagement, and events portfolio. This includes internal and external events, outreach activities, and grants. She also oversees the development of programmes that drive growth, engagement, and impact.

Dr Amanda Hardy MRSB — Senior Engagement (and Grants) Officer

Amanda is responsible for the strategy, implementation, and delivery of engagement activities, and is chair of the RSB's Outreach and Engagement Working Group.

Lucy Eckersley MRSB — Senior Events Officer 

Lucy manages the planning, execution, and evaluation of the RSB's events programme and supports end-to-end event delivery for external clients.

Beth Glynn-Ramsden MRSB — Events Officer

Beth supports the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the RSB's events programme and leads the management of selected external events for clients.

Evie Drennan — Events Officer

Evie supports the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the RSB's events programme, and selected external events for clients.

Eden Bloomfield AMRSB — Membership Engagement Officer

Eden supports the recruitment, retention, and ongoing engagement of individual members, helping to foster a positive member experience and strengthen the bioscience community.

Emma Chaplin AMRSB — Membership Engagement Officer

Emma supports the recruitment, retention, and ongoing engagement of individual members, helping to foster a positive member experience and strengthen the bioscience community.

Zoha Tauseef AMRSB — Membership Engagement Officer

Zoha supports the recruitment, retention, and ongoing engagement of individual members, helping to foster a positive member experience and strengthen the bioscience community.

Partnerships and External Services

Shameema Haque MRSB — Head of Partnerships and External Services

Shameema is responsible for the strategy, growth, and management of relationships with the RSB’s external organisations, partners, and Member Organisations (MOs). She also provides membership services for the Anatomical Society.

Andy Stephens — Senior External Services and Development Officer

Andy provides membership services for the British Society for Genetic Medicine, the International Society for Applied Ethology, and the International Society for Affective Disorders. He also manages prospective relationships for the RSB's external services offering.

Charlie Brown MRSB — External Services Officer

Charlie provides membership services for the Genetics Society, British Lichen Society, and the British Society of Toxicological Pathology.

Freya Bambridge AMRSB — External Services Officer

Freya provides membership services for the British Society for Neuroendocrinology, the Laboratory Animal Science Association, and the Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

Chris Longmore MRSB — Partnership Engagement Officer

Chris supports membership growth and relationships with external organisations including full, supporting, and affiliated Member Organisations (MOs), and employer networks. He also provides administration for the Heads of University Biosciences (an RSB special interest group).

Email membership@rsb.org.uk or call +44 (0)20 3925 3441 for general membership enquiries.