Boards and Committees
The Royal Opera House aims to enrich people’s lives through opera and ballet. Home to two of the world’s great artistic companies – The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet, performing with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House – we seek to be always accessible and engaging, to develop audiences across the UK and to break new ground in the presentation of lyric theatre.
Our main corporate entity is Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation, a registered charitable company limited by guarantee (registered in England no.480523, registered Charity no.211775). Royal Opera House Enterprises Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary (registered in England no.4112266), which carries on trading activities that fall outside the primary charitable purpose of the Royal Opera House.
The Board of Trustees of Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation is responsible for the governance of the Royal Opera House and is our ultimate decision-making body. Supported by the Executive Team, it is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Royal Opera House’s mission and aims. The members of the Board and of our other key committees are listed below.
Patron
HM The King
Hon. Vice-President
Dame Vivien Duffield DBE
Hon. Vice-President
Sir Simon Robey
Chief Executive
Sir Alex Beard CBE
Board of Trustees
Chair
Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE
- Chair Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE
- Zeinab Badawi
- Caroline Britton
- Lord Browne of Madingley
- Tim Bunting
- Lisa Burger CBE
- Philipp Freise
- Farah Golant CBE
- Dan Ison
- Stephen Lucas
- Dame Carolyn McCall DBE
- Alan Stanton OBE
- Joanna Streeten
- Alistair Summers
- Janis Susskind OBE
- Sir Alex Younger KCMG
Company Secretary
Leah Hurst
Finance and Commercial Committee
Chair
Tim Bunting
- Caroline Britton
- Lord Browne of Madingley
- Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE
- Philipp Freise
- Dan Ison
- Dame Carolyn McCall DBE
- Joanna Streeten
Audit and Risk Committee
Chair
Caroline Britton
- Tim Bunting
- Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE
- Stephen Lucas
- Joanna Streeten
- Alistair Summers
- Sir Alex Younger KCMG
Learning and Participation Committee
Chair
Lisa Burger CBE
- Steven Berryman
- Rebecca Bollands
- Joanne Clifton
- Annie Crombie
- Tanya Joseph
- Simon Pearson
- Janis Susskind OBE
- Simon Toyne
- Sharon Watson
Development Committee
Chair
Philipp Freise
- Tim Bunting
- Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE
- Dr Michael Engel
- Mia Fenwick
- Yuanbo Liu
- Stephen Lucas
- Georgia Rankin
- Jessica de Rothschild
- Nicole Ronson Allalouf
Nominations and Remuneration Committee
Chair
Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE
- Caroline Britton
- Lord Browne of Madingley
- Tim Bunting
- Lisa Burger CBE
- Dame Vivien Duffield
- Philipp Freise
Donation and Income Acceptance Committee
Chair
Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE
- Chair Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE
- Zeinab Badawi
- Stephen Lucas
- Janis Susskind OBE
- Sir Alex Younger KCMG
Royal Opera House Endowment Fund
Chair
Dame Vivien Duffield
Deputy Chair
Sir Simon Robey
- Caroline Britton
- Tim Bunting
- Hamish Forsyth
- Simon Freakley
- Lady Gavron
Honorary Trustees
- The Countess of Chichester
- Dame Gail Ronson
- Danny Wyler
Board of Honorary Directors
Chair
Sir Lloyd Dorfman CVO CBE
Honorary Vice Chairs
The Countess of Chichester
Dame Gail Ronson
Danny Wyler
- Lady Ashcroft
- Christopher and Cynthia Bake
- Mikhail Bakhtiarov
- Mercedes T. Bass
- Boodles - Michael Wainwright
- The Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation
- Lord Brown of Madingley and the John Brown Charitable Trust
- Tim and Sarah Bunting
- John and Susan Burns
- Ricki Gail and Robert Conway
- Sir Mick and Lady Barbara Davis
- Sir Lloyd and Lady Dorfman OBE
- Aline Foriel-Destezet
- David Fransen
- Philipp Freise
- Alex and Elena Gerko
- Kenneth and Susan Green
- Sandra and Anthony Gutman
- Charles and Kaaren Hale
- Lady Hamlyn
- Jane Hamlyn
- Lady Heywood
- Dr Catherine Høgel
- Charles Holloway OBE
- Huo Family Foundation
- Aud Jebsen
- Doug and Ceri King
- Frances Kirsh
- Bob and Tamar Manoukian
- Dame Marit Mohn DBE
- Susan A. Olde OBE and Graham W. Hampson
- Stefan Sten Olsson
- Jette and Alan Parker
- Natalie Parker
- Julia Rausing Trust
- Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber
- Sir Simon and Lady Robertson
- Sir Simon and Lady Robey
- Rolex – Arnaud Boetsch
- The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation
- Jessica de Rothschild
- Lady Sainsbury of Preston Candover
- Dame Tina Taylor DBE
- Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson
- Van Cleef & Arpels - Justine Torres-Lacour
- Sir Guy Weston
- Anonymous (5)
Royal Ballet and Opera International Council
Chair
Jessica de Rothschild
Artist Ambassadors
- Marianela Nuñez OBE and Reece Clarke – The Royal Ballet
- Ermonela Jaho and Aigul Akhmetshina – The Royal Opera
- Ricki Gail and Robert Conway
- Yan Huo
- Yuanbo Liu
- Mrs Brooke Metcalfe
- Kathryn Raphaël
- Mark and Lee Shanker
- John Vladimir Slamecka
- Danny Wyler
- Anonymous (3)
ROH PENSION TRUSTEE LTD
Chair
- Richard Soper