World Rugby Staff 2022
CHAIRMAN’S OFFICE
Sir Bill Beaumont
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Bernard Laporte (France, 2017) (self-suspended effective Dec 13, 2022)
CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE
Alan Gilpin
Chief Executive Officer
Cara Gorey
Executive Assistant
COMPETITIONS AND HIGH PERFORMANCE
Nigel Cass
Chief Competitions and Performance Officer
Caroline O’Connell
Competitions and Performance Team Assistant
Simon Kibble
Head of Men's XVs
Michael Groom
Competitions Operations Manager – High Performance and Regional Competitions
Deirdre O’Sullivan
Head of Operations & Regional Competitions
Sue O’Connor
Competitions Project Coordinator
Carmel O’Dwyer
Competitions Co-ordinator
Elaine Taylor
Competitions and Performance Co-ordinator
Alison Hughes
Head of Women’s Competitions
Simone Papirnik
RWC 2022 Team Services Manager
Courtney Allison-Young
RWC 2021 Tournament Services Manager
HIGH PERFORMANCE
Peter Horne
Director of High Performance
Mike Chu
High Performance Elite Education Manager
Agnès Congoste
High Performance Operations Manager
Conor Molan
High Performance Investment Manager
Nicky Ponsford
Women's High Performance Manager
Ecem Ozcan
High Performance Operations Co-ordinator
SEVENS COMPETITIONS
Douglas Langley
Head of Sevens Competitions
Cian Twomey
Sevens Project Manager
RUGBY WORLD CUP
Michel Poussau
RWC Executive Director
Eva Agliardi
RWC Team Assistant
Amy Bell
RWC Projects Manager
Joan Breslin
RWC 2023 Project Co-ordinator
Rita Figueiredo
RWC Rugby Services Manager
Stephanie Diconne
RWC 2023 Team Services Executive
Eugenie Delaporte
RWC 2023 Travel & Hospitality Manager
Suzanne Mispelon
RWC 2023 Hospitality Co-ordinator
Trish Drinan
RWC 2023 Rugby Services Consultant
Rob Abernethy
General Manager, RWC 2027 Operations
EVENTS
Michel Poussau
Chief of Events
Mick Wright
Chief of Operations
EVENT DELIVERY
Ross Aitken
Director, Event Operations
Katie Burgess
Head of Venue Operations
Nicola Alesbrook
Director of Event Planning
Harriet Greenop
Head of Event Readiness & Operational Planning
Sian Hill
Head of Event Planning & Risk
EVENT SERVICES
Enda Connolly
RWC Team and Rugby Services Director
Mark Huddleston
RWC Team and Rugby Services Director
Gemma Crowley
Project Delivery Manager
Claire Birchmore
Project Delivery Manager
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND PARTICIPATION
David Carrigy
Chief International Relations and Participation Officer
James Davy
Event Manager
Erin Brown
Tournament Guest Programme and Meetings Manager
Shaunna O'Riordan
Travel Manager
Gilles Fabre
Language Services Manager
Colum Lavery
Head of Governance
Cormac Horgan
Governance Assistant
Jason Lewis
Director Participation
Greg Woods
Participation Programmes Manager
Ninette Kruyt
Women's Participation Programme Manager
Clare Barrell
Director of Investment & Member Services
Bruce Cook
Regional Partnership Manager – Oceania
Jennifer Gray
Regional Partnership Manager – North America
Anne O’Callaghan
Investments Manager
Santiago Ramallo
Regional Partnership Manager – South America
Ridzal Saat
Regional Partnership Manager – Asia
Coralie Van Den Berg
Regional Partnership Manager – Africa
PLAYER WELFARE AND RUGBY SERVICES
Mark Harrington
Chief Player Welfare and Rugby Services Officer
Phil Davies
Director Of Rugby
GAME ANALYSIS
Rhys Jones
Head of Game Analysis
Callum Howells
Game Analyst
Ben Hester
Player Welfare Game Analyst
Matthew Johnston
International Sevens Game Analyst
Adam Smith
Domestic Fifteens Game Analyst
Ian Costigan
Women's Rugby Analyst
MATCH OFFICIALS
Steve Hinds
Citing Commissioner Manager
Craig Joubert
Match Official Talent Development Coach
Joël Jutge
Fifteens Match Official Manager
Alhambra Nievas
Women’s High Performance Referee Manager
Paddy O’Brien
Sevens High Performance Match Official Manager
Tracy O’Callaghan
Match Officials Operations Manager
EDUCATION, LAWS AND COMPLIANCE
Jock Peggie
Head of Education, Laws and Compliance
Isabel Grondin
Medical Education Manager
Dr Joseph Kalanzi
Medical Education Manager
Fraser Gow
Training and Education Co-ordinator
Keith Lewis
Laws Co-ordinator
Dr Andrew Smith
Medical Compliance Manager
ANTI-DOPING AND GAME RESEARCH
Mike Earl
Director of Anti-Doping and Game Equipment
Ross Blake
Anti-Doping Education Manager
Martha Hassett
Anti-Doping Administrator
Neale Lees
Turf and Equipment Manager
David Ho
Senior Manager Anti-Doping Operations
Stuart Kelly
Anti-Doping Testing & Quality Specialist
Clive Kennington
Anti-Doping Testing Programme Co-ordinator
Julian Murphy
Anti-Doping Testing Administrator
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Dr Éanna Falvey
Chief Medical Officer
Dr Martin Raftery
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Deirdre Keating
Player Welfare and Rugby Services Project Manager
Danielle Salmon
Concussion Research Co-ordinator
Lindsay Starling
Science & Medical Manager
Mike Hislop
Injury Prevention and Surveillance Researcher
REVENUE AND FAN ENGAGEMENT
Richard Heaselgrave
Chief Revenue and Fan Engagement Officer
Samantha Benvie
Executive Assistant, Revenue and Fan Engagement
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Kalle Kauppila
Director of Fan Data & Business Solutions
Adrian Melville
Head of TMCO
Rob Vickerman
TMCO Manager, 7s
Johnnie Beattie
TMCO Manager, 15s
Paige Mosberg
Head of Business Solutions
Ashley Lewis
Visual Designer
Peter Smith
Business Solutions Consultant
Anji Udeshi
Head of Fan Data
Cathy Newman
Fan Insights Manager
Michelle O’Loughlin
R&FE Team Administrator
Marie Therese Duignan
Business Solutions Team Co-ordinator
Jack Tucker
Business Solutions Strategist
Kevin Bouwer
Data Scientist
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Benjamin Slack
General Manager, Business Development
Stephen Dumpleton
Head of Event Partnerships
Ben Ball
Head of Business Development Projects
Ruth Dillon
Business Development Co-ordinator
Fran Vavallo
Head of Digital Business Development
Nick Morris
Commercial Programme Manager
Laura Martin-Prud'Homme
Digital Business Development Manager
Tom Akehurst
Head of Business Development
Owen White
Business Development Manager
Susannah Weyman
Business Development Manager
Jack Hamshaw
Business Development Manager
Chris Synott
Head of Media Rights
Dominic Young
Media Rights Manager
EXPERIENTIAL
Greta Cooper
Director of Experiential
Bree Hassanein
Experiential Manager
Pauline Dugravot
Experiential Manager
Meg Mitchell
Marketing Partnerships Manager
Malgorzata Stabinska
Experiential Co-ordinator
Rob Westworth
Head of Experiential 7s
Georgiana Boland
7s Experiential Manager
PARTNERSHIPS & BRAND
James Ralley
Director of Partnerships and Brand
Virginie Segalen
Head of Merchandise & Licensing
Cristian Cerimele
Broadcast Partnerships Manager
Nina Wright
Marketing Partnerships Account Director (Women’s)
Kenzo Pannell
Commercial Operations Manager
Laurent Salhi
Commercial Operations Manager
Sarah Appleton
Commercial Operations Manager
Alex Heslop
Marketing Partnerships Account Manager
Youssef Hassan
Marketing Partnerships Account Manager
Rachel Godsave
Marketing Partnerships Account Manager
Kyle Miecinski
Marketing Partnerships Account Manager
Pierre-Alexandre Martini
RWC 2023 Global Partnerships Account Executive
Harry Bridgland
Global Partnerships Account Executive, Sevens
Miri Keck
Head of Brands
Namu Desai
Brand Designer
Lynda Jones
Brand Designer
Suzi Murray
Marketing Campaign Manager
PUBLISHING & CONTENT
James Rothwell
Director, Publishing & Content
Kim Ekin
Senior Manager, Editorial & SEO
Tom Rendell
Senior Manager, Digital
Lewis Plumb
Manager Digital
James Bass
Senior Digital Marketing Manager
Adrian D'Arcy
Digital Marketing Manager
Danielle De Kock
Social Media Manager
Edward Parker
Social Media Contributor
Tom Parker
Social Lead
Ben Matthews
Video Production Manager
Finlay Reith
Video Creator
Pierre Turpin
Digital Manager
Amanda Godson
Head of Broadcast & Production
Steve Jamieson
Executive Producer, TV and Content
Louise Brown
Senior Production Manager
Heather Neil
Broadcast Operations Manager
Sarah Lunn
Broadcast Services Manager
Ian Cameron
Editorial Lead, Northern Hemisphere
Ben Smith
Editorial Lead, Southern Hemisphere
Liam Heagney
Content Editor
Tom Vinicombe
Content Specialist
Josh Raisey
Content Contributor
TICKETING
Lizzie Howells
Head Of Ticketing
Louise Jolly
Ticketing Sales Manager
Carol Casey
Ticketing Sales Manager
Nicola Murphy
Ticketing Operations Director
Vivien Castel
RWC 2023 Ticketing Operations Executive
Jeanne Lemesle
RWC 2023 Ticketing Operations Executive
SEVENS
Sam Pinder
General Manager, Sevens World Series
James Cloake
Commercial Manager 7s
STRATEGY
Mihir Warty
Chief Strategy Officer
Jaime McKeown
Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion Manager
Myles Green
Head of Strategy
Ola Obaro
Head of Business Planning
WOMENS RUGBY
Sally Horrox
Chief, Womens Rugby
Atlanta St John
Women’s Projects Manager
Anne Grumelard
Development Programme Manager
CORPORATE SERVICES
Charlotte Samuelson
Chief Operating Officer
Niamh Holmes
COO Executive Assistant
FINANCE
Robert Brophy
Chief Financial Officer
Anthony Downey
Group FP&A Manager
Liam Carroll
BI Analyst
Alex Flynn
FP&A Manager
Margaret Downey
Group Financial Reporting Accountant
Joan McElwain
Finance Manager
Lynn Donohoe
Accounts Payable Manager
Susan Duffy
Accounts Payable Executive
Emma Dunne
Accounts Receivable & Banking Manager
LEGAL
Ali Maclean
Group General Counsel
Rosabelle Welsh
Executive Assistant and Team Administrator, Legal
Yvonne Nolan
General Counsel Federation
Brian Hammond
Legal Counsel
Joyce Hayes
Disciplinary & Eligibility Co-ordinator
Lynsey Mulvihill
General Counsel Events
Fran Moran
Legal Counsel Events
Caoimhe Murdock
Legal Counsel Events
Sarah O'Donnell
Senior Legal Counsel, Events
Alexander Barker
Senior Legal Counsel, Events
Stephan Smith
Senior Legal Counsel, Federation
Susan Barry
Legal Counsel, Federation
Caroline Nolan
Legal Co-ordinator
PEOPLE AND CULTURE
Lisa Lowry
People & Culture Director
John Hiley
Talent Acquistion Manager
Cindy McCarthy
Reward, HR Operations & Mobility Manager
Niall O'Donoghue
Talent And Organisation Development Manager
Andrew Kieran
HR Operations Co-ordinator
Sarah Carew
Reward & Mobility Executive
RISK MANAGEMENT
Rich Cummings
Director, Risk Management
Mihika Newell-Hughes
Risk Manager
Susan Spellman
Head of Risk Operation & Control Assurance
DELIVERY & DATA
Clare Skelly
Director, Delivery & Data
Caroline Murnane
Data Manager
Linda Hoey
Head of Competitions Strategic Projects
TECHNOLOGY
Jasmin Allott
Group Technology Director
John Corbett
Head of Cybersecurity and Data Governance
Gearoid Slowey
Head of Group Technology Operations
Adrian McDonagh
IT Project Manager
Gary Fanning
Systems Administrator
Shane Kelly
Service Desk Analyst
Tristan Balita
Service Desk Analyst
Darren Gibson
Events Technology Manager
Chris Hope
Head of Tournament & Venue Technology
Claire Murphy
Competitions Technology Project Manager
Jake Collard
Tournament Management Systems Application Manager
Ronan Donagher
Head of Game Systems
Peter Connolly
Game Data Project Manager
Tom Sorsby
Game Data Business Owner
Marc Douglas
Project Manager, Game Systems
Shannon Kampfer
Junior Project Manager
COMMUNICATIONS
Dominic Rumbles
Chief Communications Officer
Karen Bond
Media Services Manager
Dorian Grimaud
Communications Manager 15s
Phil Wilkinson
Head of PR and Communications
Peter Hannon
Player Welfare PR Manager