Westminster Abbey Institute offers a year-long programme in public service for up to 20 public servants, nominated from Parliament, law, teaching, police, Armed Forces, Civil Service, media, clergy, arts, science, academia and medicine, who are moving into senior roles.
Download the 2019 application form which gives information about the nature and purpose of the programme, criteria for nominations, and programme details for 2019-2020. Candidates are usually nominated by their employing organisations. Should you need further information about being nominated please contact the Institute.
Kathleen James, Manager
020 7654 4963
[email protected]
Paul Brummell - Head of the Soft Power and External Affairs Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Davina Cameron Gale - History teacher, The Grey Coat Hospital
Damien Dacey - Deputy Director, Department of Exiting the European Union
Rachel Davies Teka - Head of Advocacy, Transparency International UK
David Fugurally - Senior Policy Advisor and Head of the Collaborative Fund, Department for Education
Libby Kurien - Clerk, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons
Julia Lopez MP
Charlie MacDermot-Roe LVO - Head of HR, The Royal Household
Reverend Anna Macham - Priest-in-Charge of St Philip’s, Camberwell
Rebecca Mitchell - Junior Barrister - Family and Child Law, 1GC
Noel Murphy - Senior Lawyer, Department for Exiting the European Union, Government Legal Department
Aidan Naughton - Head Portfolio and Programmes, Technology Command/Portfolio and Programmes, National Crime Agency
Roya Nikkhah - Royal Correspondent, The Sunday Times
Chris Porter - Director of Forensic Services, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Pritchard MBE - Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Ministry of Defence
Jonathan Smith - Head of Finance, House of Lords
Alasdair Tait - Chief Executive, Young Classical Artists Trust
Dr Elizabeth Tunbridge - Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
Alison Wragg - Head of Occupational Therapy & Service Manager for Psychological Therapies, Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust
The Ven Elizabeth Adekunle - Archdeacon of Hackney and Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen, Diocese of London
Caroline Creer - Secretariat Director, Private Secretary's Office, Buckingham Palace
Tom Dannatt - CEO & Founder, Street Child
Prof Adam Dinham - Professor of Faith & Public Policy & Head of Research, Goldsmiths, University of London
Josh Harris - Ordinand, Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Peter Howitt - Director of System Redesign, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System, Department of Health & Social Care
Jessica Lee - Barrister, 1GC
Dr Chloë Reddaway - Research Fellow, Arts and the Sacred, KCL
Saira Salimi - Speaker's Counsel, House of Commons
Clare Salters - Portfolio career, ranging from music teaching to judicial appointments
Dr Alison Thomas - Consultant Haematologist, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Rebecca Vaughan - Senior Producer, BBC News at Six & Ten
Helen Whiteoak - Head of Programmes & Engagement, National Portrait Gallery
Ben Wilson - Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Goldsmiths, University of London
Caroline Winter - Team Leader, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rapela Zaman - Director of International Affairs, The Royal Society
Dr Chris Adams - Account Manager, Public Affairs Team, Four Communications
Dr Emily Baldock - Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Security Department, House of Commons
Dawn Butler MP
T/Detective Chief Superintendent Stephen Clayman, Metropolitan Police Service
Antony Garvey - Senior Producer, BBC News at Ten
Major Luke Hoare - Apache Attack, Helicopter Squadron Commander
Jane Hough - Head of Business Planning & Performance, House of Commons
Adam Irwin - Director, Global Investigations, Arcanum
Charlie Lang - Deputy Director, Department for Education
Dr Lucian Leustean - Reader in Politics and International Relations, Aston University
Reverend Alexandra Lilley - Priest in Charge, St George & All Saints Tufnell Park
Claire Macmillen - Deputy Director, Clean Energy Legal, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Zoë O'Sullivan QC - One Essex Court
Dr Sarah Perkins – Director, GW4 Alliance
Victoria Prentis MP
Shamailla Rashid - Senior HR Professional, Government Actuary’s Department & BFI
Christopher Sandamas - Membership Administration Manager, The Royal Legion
Richard Sargeant - Chief Commercial Officer, ASI Data Science
Tom Tolfree - Chief Economist at the Infrastructure & Projects Authority, Cabinet Office and Treasury
Dr Emma Woods - Head of Policy, The Royal Society
Dr Katharine Bailey - Consultant Haematologist, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Research Fellow, UCL
Dr Andrew Blick - Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History and Director, Centre for British Politics and Government, KCL
Ian Clarke QC, Chair of the Inns’ of Court Committee, Selborne Chambers
Ben Cooper – Controller, BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network
John Fitzpatrick - Head of Devolution Settlements Division, Constitution Group, Cabinet Office
Dt Sup Treena Fleming - Metropolitan Police Service
Charlotte Fox - Head of Faculty, Harris Westminster Sixth Form
Martin John - Deputy Director, IPA Operations, Cabinet Office
Reverend Canon Dr Rosemarie Mallett – Vicar, St John's Angell Town
Jenny McCartney - Journalist
Lt Col Doug Pennefather - Royal Marines
Dr Becky Purvis - Head of Public Affairs, The Royal Society
Talitha Rowland - Deputy Director, Parliamentary Business and Legislation, Cabinet Office
Adam Thompson - NCA Vulnerabilities Command, Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Unit, NCA
Dr Edge Watchorn - Director of Strategy, Participation, Houses of Parliament
Daniel Whiteley - WAI Consultant, Westminster Abbey Institute
Xenia Angevin - Head of Research and Government Liaison, The Royal Household
Steve Bennett - Head of Communications Collection, NCA
Commander Stuart Finn - Royal Navy, MoD
Dr Emma Fosbury - Consultant Haematologist, St George's University Hospital, London
Marcus Fysh MP
Daniel Hobbs – Director, Windrush Compensation, Home Office
Sarah Jones - Clerk of Select Committees, House of Lords
Jack Palmer-White - Permanent Representative to the United Nations, The Anglican Communion
Dr Lorenzo Pasculli - Assistant Professor in Law, Coventry University; Sessional Lecturer in Conflict, Crime and Justice, Imperial College London
Daniel Pearl - VP, Viacom; Commissioning Editor, Factual, Channel 5
Rev Canon Malcolm Rogers - Vicar of Huyton Quarry and The Bishop of Liverpool's Canon For Reconciliation, St Gabriel's
Commander Catherine Roper - Professional Standards, Metropolitan Police Service
Barbara Speed - Duty news editor, i paper
Tristan Stone - Head of Wilberforce House and Teacher of Philosophy and Theology, Harris Westminster Sixth Form
Fay Tennet - Deputy Director of Security Operations, Houses of Parliament
Fleur Thomas - Head of Exports Policy, MoD
Jonathan Tod – Barrister, 29 Bedford Row Chambers
Carl Warner - Acting Assistant Director, Narrative and Head, Cold War and late twentieth-century conflict, Imperial War Museum
Polly Williams - Head of Scientific Programmes, The Royal Society
The work can be tough, but even the cold and rain don’t bother me as I enjoy it so much. I love every day that I spend at the Abbey – just being here makes me smile.