IntoUniversity Head Office

To find out more about our Head Office team please explore the information below.

If you have any questions for the team please do get in touch and we will be happy to help.

If you're coming in to see us, please note that the entrance to our office is on Treadgold Street, just around the corner from the main site entrance on Sirdar Road. 

Dr Rachel Carr OBE

Dr Rachel Carr is the Chief Executive and co-founder of IntoUniversity. Previously, she was a university lecturer and Head of an English Department. She has over 20 years’ experience working with children and young people.

Dr Hugh Rayment-Pickard

Dr Hugh Rayment-Pickard is our Chief Strategy Officer. He has over 20 years’ experience in the not-for-profit sector and is a co-founder of IntoUniversity.

Dan Century

Dan Century joined us as our Director of Finance in March 2014. Dan has a degree in Medieval and Modern History and has more than nine years’ experience working in the financial services sector.

Hannah Purkiss

Hannah Purkiss is the Director of Operations based at our Head Office. Hannah joined us as a graduate-trainee Education Worker in August 2010.

Alex Quinn

Alex Quinn is our Senior Data and Impact Manager. He has a degree in Natural Sciences and previously worked for the Zoological Society of London.

Enzo Petrasso

Enzo Petrasso is our I.T. and Facilities Manager. Enzo has over 15 years' experience within the IT industry, working across the public, private, legal and financial sectors. Enzo previously worked as a CTO for a Private Navy.

Lizzie Boyce

Lizzie Boyce is our Senior Philanthropy Manager. Lizzie has a degree in Biology and joined us as an Education Worker in August 2013. She previously interned at our Hammersmith centre, and has worked at Explore Learning and The Science Museum.

Hannah Thomas

Hannah Thomas is our Corporate Partnerships Manager and joined us in September 2015. Hannah has a degree in French with International Relations from the University of Exeter. 

Rachel Addison-Child

Rachel Addison-Child is our Executive Assistant. She joined us in August 2016 and has a degree in French Studies from the University of London Institute in Paris. 

Benjamin Hunt​

Benjamin Hunt​ is our HR Advisor. Benjamin previously worked as an HR Officer in the Government Legal Department and as an HR Advisor at the British Museum. Benjamin has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Roehampton. 

John Bleasdale

John Bleasdale is our Head of Fundraising. John joined us in 2018 and has over 15 years of fundraising and grant making experience. He was previously Head of Trusts and Foundations at Teach First, and prior to that worked at the British Red Cross and the Big Lottery Fund.

Anna Milne

Anna Milne joined us in January 2018 as our Corporate Partnerships Officer. Anna studied Psychological and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and was previously Vice President for Student Minds Cambridge.

Anne Mason

Anne​ ​Mason​ joined us in January 2018 as our Senior Philanthropy Manager. Anne has worked in fundraising for the last seven years and previously worked on the Development Team at Eton College.

Jack Hampton

Jack​ ​Hampton​ is our Set-Up and Strategy Co-ordinator. Jack has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. He previously worked as the President of the Oxford Students’ Union and volunteered at ReThink Mental Illness.

Imogen Barnett

Imogen Barnett joined us in 2018 as our Fundraising Officer (Trusts & Foundations). Imogen studied Geography at the University of Oxford. She was previously Trusts and Foundations Intern at the Starfish Greathearts Foundation.

Vicky Beard

Vicky Beard joined us in 2018 as our Fundraising Officer focusing on Supporter Communications. Vicky has a degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Hull. She previously volunteered for a campaign group in Bedford.

Rebecca Marsh

Rebecca Marsh joined us in June 2018 as our Fundraising Officer (Partnerships). Rebecca studied History and Politics at the University of Leeds. She was previously a mentor at our Leeds South centre. 

Naoise Murphy

Naoise Murphy joined us in July 2018 as our Communications Officer. Naoise studied English and French at Durham University and Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge. 

Samuel Wood

Samuel Wood is our Data and Impact Officer. He has a degree in History from the University of Bristol and joined us in Autumn 2018.

Elly Rundle

Elly Rundle is our Operations Manager. She has a degree in Modern Languages: German and Italian from the University of Oxford and a Masters in German and Italian Literature. Elly was previously Team Leader at our Haringey centre. 

Ruth Avery

Ruth Avery is our Finance Assistant. Ruth graduated from Cardiff University in 2016 with a degree in Genetics and is currently studying for a Masters in Psychology at London South Bank University. Ruth is a keen musician, volunteers with Crisis Text Line UK and enjoys sailing and travelling.

Contact Head Office

IntoUniversity Head Office
95 Sirdar Road
North Kensington
London W11 4EQ

Nearest tube stations are Latimer Road, Holland Park or Shepherd's Bush. 

View a map here.

Tel: 020 7243 0242

Email: info@intouniversity.org

Our Senior Management Team

The Senior Management Team comprises:

Dr Rachel Carr, Chief Executive
Dr Hugh Rayment-Pickard, Chief Strategy Officer
Dan Century, Director of Finance
Hannah Purkiss, Director of Operations 

For our organisational diagram, please click here.

 

Other charity-wide roles 

Josie Allison is our Boarding Schools Bursary Manager, based at our Islington centre. 

Laura Barton is our Head of Volunteering and Operations Team Manager, based mostly at our Brixton centre. 

Caitlin Dalgleish is our Associate Network Manager, based at our Islington centre. 

Heather McDaid is our Safeguarding Manager, based at our Islington centre.