Our Faculty
People at Wilkes Academy
Jonathan Wilkes
Founder / Honorary President
Nikki Wilkes
Founder / Executive Creative Director
Suzanne Mole
Founder / Executive Director of Industry & Creative Engagement
Professor Elizabeth Barnes CBE
Chair of Board of Directors
Sara Mills-White
Chief Executive Officer / Accountable Officer
Independent Non-Executive Director (Placeholder)
Student Director (Placeholder)
Independent Non-Executive Director (Placeholder)
Independent Non-Executive Director (Placeholder)
Dr. Robert Marsden
Director of Curriculum
Clare Roberts ACA
Chief Finance Officer (Consultant)
Dean Parsons
Director of Student Experience
James Robinson
Director of Operations and Resource | Co-Head of Dance
Markos Whittome
Head of Singing
Sharon Hodge
Head of Acting
Megan Lambdon
Course Leader (Degree) | Co-Head of Dance
Georgia Martin
Head of Administration
Ania Morrison-Clarke
Head of Marketing
Carla Griffiths
Agency Manager
Tina Smallwood-Piotrowsky
Commerical
Ben Tribe
Ballet
Bethan O’Hagan
Head of Wardrobe
Sarah Kilminster
Student Experience Coordinator & DDSL
Kay Wilkes
Student Welfare Officer
Kai Owen
Production Co-Ordinator | Acting Teacher
Dean Lee
Creative Affiliate
James Bennett
Musical Theatre
Leanne Pinder
Musical Theatre
Llandyll Gove
Musical Theatre & Integrated Performance
Taylor Walker
Musical Theatre
Florivaldo Mossi
Musical Theatre
Will Lucas
Musical Theatre
Lauren Stroud
Musical Theatre
Mark Webb
Commercial
Ricky Jinks
Commercial
Kane Silver
Commercial
Kamila Zalewska
Commercial
Aaron Bryan
Commercial
Poppy Stribley
Commercial
Lucy Banfield
Technical Jazz
Jack Walker
Technical Jazz
Adam Scott
Technical Jazz
Philip Birchall
Commercial Jazz
Grant Thresh
Musical Theatre & Technical Jazz
Rebecca Lisewski
Acting Through Song
Emily Golding-Ellis
Commercial
Gaz Davis
Technical Jazz
Sam Salter
Technical Jazz
Josh Denyer
Technical Jazz
David Wood
Technical Jazz
Voyd Evans
Technical Jazz
Wendy O’Dowd
Technical Jazz & Modern
Sadie Morgan
Ballet
Rebecca Petty-Fitzmaurice
Ballet
Jamie Lee Tuffrey
Ballet
Lisa Aldridge
Ballet
Andrea Ashton
Tap
James Doubtfire
Tap
Pete Faint
Musical Supervisor
Sophie Isaacs
Singing & Acting Through Song
Alice Fearn
Singing & Acting Through Song
Eve Hoskins
Singing & Acting Through Song
Nicholas McLean
Singing
Teresa Shaw
Module Leader, Academic lecturer, Singing performance and Technique
Polly Cross
Singing | Degree Lecturer
Yvette Cummings
Singing
Jessi McCluskey
Singing & Acting Through Song
Ben Papworth
Singing
Sophie Richings
Singing
Ben Ward
Singing
Hannah Soulsby-Phillips
Singing
Adam Ewan
Acting Lecturer
Matthew Wellman
Senior Lecturer in Contextual Studies and Acting
Gavin Lister
Acting
Lorraine Mahoney
Singing
Caroline Ward
Acting
Lisa Zahra
Acting
Mark Flitton
Acting
Lisete Lourenco
Bookkeeper
Sarah Wilks
Attendance & Welfare Administrator
Claire Hampson
Study Support Co-ordinator
Penny Atherton
Admissions Support
Suzanne Woodruff
Sports Therapist
Kathy Francis
Physiotherapist
Carla Griffiths
Academic Administrator
Nikki Wilkes
Executive and Shareholder Director
Nikki Wilkes
Executive and Shareholder Director
Suzanne Mole
Executive and Shareholder Director
Suzanne Mole
Executive and Shareholder Director