Fellows' programme
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.
How to apply
For information see the application form for 2019-2020; the 2020-2021 application form will be added shortly.
The 2019-2020 application form 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.
Contact us
Kathleen James, Manager
020 7654 4963
kathleen.james@westminster-abbey.org
Current programme members
Commander Caroline Dix - Air Engineer, Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm
Elizabeth Gilmore - Director, Hastings Contemporary
Rebecca Hackett - Deputy Director, Policy, Ministry of Justice, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland (Scotland Office)
Oliver Higgins - Head of Tasking, National Crime Agency, Law Enforcement
Dr Andrew Hines - Lecturer, Programme Coordinator (Philosophy, Comparative Literature), Queen Mary, University of London
William Humphrey-Jones - Manager/Editor, House of Lords, Hansard
The Revd Canon Dr Simon Jones - Higher Education Chaplaincy, Merton College, Oxford
Belinda Kim - Assistant Private Secretary to HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Office of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
Laura Marjason-Smyth - Business Engagement Manager, Metropolitan Police Service
Lucy McCormick - Barrister, Commercial Law, Henderson Chambers
Dr Cathy Miller - Deputy Director, Rail, Commercial and Communities, Department for Transport
James Mirza-Davies - Senior Committee Specialist, Work and Pensions Select Committee, House of Commons
Anthony Pickles - Head of Tourism Affairs, VisitBritain and VisitEngland
Mario Pisani - Deputy Director, Debt and Reserves Management Team, Fiscal Group, HM Treasury
Elizabeth Rawlinson - Teacher of Religious Studies, The Grey Coat Hospital School
Nadine Smith - Global Director of Communications, The Centre for Public Impact (CPI)
Adam Smyth - Head of News, BBC Northern Ireland, BBC
Graduated fellows
2014
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, Head of Communications - National Infrastructure Commission
Caroline Winter - Team Leader, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rapela Zaman – MPhil in Islamic Studies and History, University of Oxford
2015
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 - House of Commons
T/Detective Chief Superintendent Stephen Clayman - Detective Chief Superintendent, 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 - Serle Court
Dr Sarah Perkins - Director, GW4 Alliance
Victoria Prentis MP - House of Commons
Shamailla Rashid - Senior HR Professional, Government Actuary’s Department & BFI
Christopher Sandamas MVO - No 11 Downing Street, Chancellor's Private Office Manager, HM Treasury
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
2016
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
Lt Col Doug Pennefather - Commanding Officer of 42 Commando, Royal Marines
John Fitzpatrick - Head of Devolution Settlements Division, Constitution Group, Cabinet Office
Martin John - Director, Science Hub Programme, Public Health England
Talitha Rowland - Deputy Director, Parliamentary Business and Legislation, Cabinet Office
Reverend Canon Dr Rosemarie Mallett – Vicar, St John's Angell Town
Ian Clarke QC - Chair of the Inns’ of Court Committee, Selborne Chambers
Ben Cooper – Controller BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network, BBC
Jenny McCartney - Journalist
Dt Sup Treena Fleming - Metropolitan Police Service
Adam Thompson - NCA Vulnerabilities Command, Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Unit, NCA
Dr Edge Watchorn - Director of Strategy, Participation, Houses of Parliament
Daniel Whiteley - Technology Command, Chief Data Office, NCA
Dr Becky Purvis - Head of Public Affairs, The Royal Society
Charlotte Fox - Head of Faculty, Harris Westminster Sixth Form
2017
Xenia Angevin - Head of Research and Government Liaison, The Royal Household
Steve Bennett - Head of Communications Collection, NCA
Captain Stuart Finn - Commanding Officer, Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose
Dr Emma Fosbury - Locum Consultant in Paediatric Haematology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Marcus Fysh MP - House of Commons
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, Coventry University/Imperial, 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 - Acting Managing Editor, i paper
Tristan Stone - Head of Wilberforce House and Teacher of Philosophy, Theology and Ethics, 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 Diversity and Inclusion, Royal Academy of Engineering
2018
Paul Brummell - Head of the Soft Power and External Affairs Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Davina Cameron Gale - History teacher, The Greycoat Hospital
Damien Dacey - Head of Corporate Strategy (SCS1), Department of Exiting the European Union
Rachel Davies Teka - Head of Advocacy, Transparency International UK
David Fugurally - Head of School Improvement Funding and Assurance and Local Authority School Improvement Policy, Department for Education
Libby Kurien - Clerk, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons
Julia Lopez MP - House of Commons
Charlie MacDermot-Roe LVO - Head of HR, The Royal Household
The Revd Canon Anna Macham - Canon Precentor, Salisbury Cathedral
Rebecca Mitchell - Barrister, Family and Child Law, 1GC
Noel Murphy - Senior Lawyer, Department of Exiting the European Union; Government Legal Department
Aidan Naughton – Head of Portfolio and Programmes (Applications and Information Management) and Technology Command/Portfolio and Programmes, National Crime Agency, NCA
Roya Nikkhah - Royal Correspondent, The Sunday Times
Chris Porter - Head of Quality & Capability (Forensics Change Lead), Directorate of Forensic Services, Specialist Crime and Operations Command, Metropolitan Police Service
Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Pritchard MBE - Royal Navy, Royal Marines
Jonathan Smith - Head of Finance, House of Lords
Alasdair Tait - Chief Executive, Young Classical Artists Trust
Dr Elizabeth Tunbridge - Royal Society Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford; Warenford Hospital
Alison Wragg - Head of Occupational Therapy & Service Manager for Psychological Therapies, Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust
