Team
Leadership

Flora Letanka
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Flora makes sure that everything we do is driven by our mission.

Tiffany Smyly
CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER
Tiff drives our growth - our overall growth strategy, our policy work, our ability to evidence our impact, developing our School Group Partnerships and our successful deployment of marketing resources.

Olivia Platman
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES
Olivia oversees the design and delivery of Topical Talk and other programmes. She’s focused on developing what we do to deepen the impact on students.

Harriet Boland
DIRECTOR OF FUNDRAISING AND PARTNERSHIPS
Harriet manages and oversees our fundraising and partnerships to help us utilise our network and create exciting opportunities for young people.
Programmes

Katie Campbell
HEAD OF EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
Katie leads the content team, who make our current affairs schemes of work, resources and workshops for young people.

Stephanie Young
SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT LEAD
Steff helps to remove any barriers for teachers delivering Topical Talk in their schools and enables them and their students to become champions of the resource by providing bespoke CPD and events.

Isabelle Parkin
SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT LEAD
Isabelle supports our Topical Talk Communities so that we see the greatest possible impact. She also helps teachers to engage seamlessly with our programmes - from Prizes to Festival.

Maddy Keaveney
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT LEAD
Maddy makes our current affairs schemes of work and resources for young people.

Kim Grosvenor
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Kim is our creative designer who brings our teaching resources to life with inspiring layouts and visuals. She also creates the design for our events and marketing materials.
Marketing and operations

Loretta Cooper
HEAD OF MARKETING
Loretta helps to raise awareness of our programmes and boost engagement, increasing our impact and reach so more young people can benefit from Topical Talk.

Elsa Cardona
HEAD OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE

Manthura Mohamed
PROGRAMME OFFICER
Manni provides support across all areas of Topical Talk. She's the first point of call for teachers and makes the rest of the teams' jobs easier.

Fin Aitken
MARKETING EXECUTIVE
Fin manages our social media and leads digital community engagement, helping us reach thousands of students worldwide. He brings creativity and data-driven insights to our digital marketing channels, working closely with our team to inspire more teachers to deliver Topical Talk.
Fundraising

Keya Lamba
HEAD OF FUNDRAISING AND PARTNERSHIPS
Keya leads generating new funding and partnership opportunities to help us grow our support and reach thousands of more young people.
Trustees

Daniel Franklin
Executive and Diplomatic Editor
The Economist

Kike Agunbiade
Education Consultant

Lucy Ashman
Head of Connectivity, Teach for All

Laura Brown
Chief Executive, PEAS

Martyn Caddick
Head of Philanthropy - Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
The University of Edinburgh

Stephen Godsell
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Guardian Media Group

Nick Shippin
Director of Group Finance
The Economist Group

Ashwin Tirodkar
Chief Operating Officer, NTree International

Henry Tricks
Journalist and Schumpeter columnist at The Economist
Company Secretary

Fola Sanu
Assistant Company Secretary
The Economist Group