Our People

Overview

We’re proud to be an award winning organisation; we're a diverse and friendly team with a key focus on equality, diversity and inclusion.

There's a varied range of teams within our organisation, supporting all of our many functions, from membership to events, registers to journals.

Below you can find out more about each of the individuals who make up our staff team.

Senior management team

Sarah Campbell, Chief Executive I oversee strategy implementation and activities supporting members, ensure BSR meets its legal and statutory responsibilities and am key point of contact between the Board of Trustees and staff

Jessica Badley, Chief Operating Officer I lead on our people and culture strategy, as well as our membership, finance, governance, and operations programmes

Neil Walsh, Director of Marcomms, Events, Education & Membership I lead on our education and events programme as well our membership, marketing, communication and digital strategies.

Ella Jackson, Director of Practice & Quality I provide strategic leadership to help advance rheumatology practice and patient quality care. This includes journals, guidelines, research, and external affairs.

Operations

Lorna Potter, Head of People and Facilities I lead the development and delivery of our people and culture strategy, HR operations and facilities management for our Head Office, Bride House. I ensure we have an empowered and high-performing team and that BSR is a great place to work.

Funmi Garwe, People & Culture Officer I lead on day-to-day HR and L&D and support the Head of People and Facilities to develop and implement our people and culture strategy.

Sarah Franklin, Front of House & Facilities Coordinator I am front of house and provide support to the Operations Team with facilities coordination.

Lucie Mondino, CRM Implementation Manager I manage membership data and am the go-to person for CRM, membership reporting and member experience. I answer membership queries and work with teams to provide high-quality service.

Rachel Kelly , Finance Manager I manage BSR’s financial operations, overseeing and ensuring the accurate processing of all financial transactions.

Aatika Daya, Finance Officer I support the finance team and staff across the organisation as well as helping with any queries on a day-to-day basis.

Karen Fourie, Business Development Manager I lead on business development across BSR, focusing on income generation and relationship management.

Kelly Cheng, Business Development Executive I drive strategic growth by identifying new opportunities, building key client relationships, and optimising workflows to support teams in expanding income streams and pipelines.

Naomi Ball, Head of Business Support I manage projects within the operations team as well as ensuring processes and systems are efficient and consistent across the organisation.

Practice and Quality

Sarah Gallagher, Clinical Audit Project Manager I project manage the NEIA audit to drive improvements in the care of Rheumatology patients across the UK.

Geri Van Essen, I provide administrative support in the day-to-day organisation of the NEIA Audit.

Lindsay Turner, Clinical Guidelines Programme Manager I manage the development of all BSR guidelines from initiation through to publication and ensuring effective dissemination, promotion and implementation

Caroline York, Project Manager I am the Project Manager for the BSR registers and manage the Research and Registers Committee.

External Affairs

Jackie Glatter , Head of Policy I lead BSR’s work overseeing the National Inflammatory Autoimmune Diseases Audit, ensuring evidence priorities shape our agenda so rheumatology is supported to improve standards of care and lives.

Margaret Gould, Policy Manager I manage the society's policy function, overseeing our policy research and positioning, as well as our responses to external consultations. I also manage our Clinical Affairs Committee

Publishing

Francesca Lake, Head of Publishing I manage our two academic journals, Rheumatology and Rheumatology Advances in Practice, and also manage the Journals team

Caroline Groves, Journal Development Manager I look after the journals' accepted papers, and work on digital projects like our podcast and journal club

Eden Ward, Journal Development Officer I support the processing of the journals' accepted papers, and work on the journal social media channels to promote recent articles and the Heberden Library collection.

Marketing, Communications and Membership

Emily Rooke, Head of Marketing, Communications and Membership Lead on Membership, Marketing, Digital channels, Content and Communications strategies for the society plus the development of our brand and identity.

Toby Bartram, Marketing and Communications Manager I shape our marketing and communications direction, manage campaigns and key projects, and guide the team to create engaging, effective content across platforms.

Alessandra Biella , Membership Manager I manage membership growth and retention plans. I also support our growing community of members.

Imani Pratt , Marketing and Communications Officer I manage our social media channels and assist with email campaigns. I also bring our brand to life through graphics and animation

Andy Lopez-Rocca , Marketing and Communications Officer I manage our social media channels and assist with email campaigns. I also bring our brand to life through graphics and animation

Gracie Johnson, Membership Executive I help members to get involved and engage in networks and services and support with member recruitment and renewals. I'm your first point of contact for member assistance.

Education and Events

Toni Geary, Head of Events I manage our Events team and lead on the delivery of our events, conferences and awards programme

Isabelle Hanley Timmins, Events Manager I deliver our conferences alongside the rest of the Events team and also manage the Heberden Committee

Louise Coulson, Digital Events Manager I project manage the digital delivery of our conferences and education courses.

Daisy Southam, Head of Education I lead our Education programmes and development of curriculum frameworks, I also look after our education committee.

Kate Maxey, Education & Events Manager I lead the education course programme, from development to delivery. I also manage the Education Committee.

Georgia Bishop, Education and Events Executive I support on the delivery of our educational courses, webinars and eLearning. I also look after our bursaries.

Pooja Patel , Events Executive I support in the delivery of our conferences, overseeing our registration processes. I lead on our conference prizes and awards.

Fergus Keane, Education and Events Executive I support on the delivery of our education courses, webinars and eLearning. I also look after our bursaries.