BEN NAYLOR

DEAN of BADA


What is the most bizarre job you’ve ever had (aside from BADA!)?

Working in a supermarket freezer

What is your favorite place in London?

The South Bank of the Thames

What is the best meal you’ve ever eaten?

So many! Maybe my first Blumenthal or Ottolenghi. Or the best sushi in Tel Aviv. Or Cretan home cooking by the sea.

What talent would you like to have?

To be able to sing confidently and in tune

What is the best gift you’ve ever received?

My daughter

What is your favorite place to relax?

By the sea

DR LARS FRANKE

MANAGING DIRECTOR


What is the best meal you’ve ever eaten?

Maybe not the best, but cooking a full English breakfast on a campfire was certainly an experience.

What is your favorite play?

Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It was my first encounter with Shakespeare’s work.

What is your hidden talent?

I’m still looking for it….

What is your favorite book?

That’s a tricky one. If I had to pick one, it would be Michael Ende’s Momo.

What is your favorite quotation?

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better” (Albert Einstein, attributed)

Do you have any pets?

Chickens and fish.

What is your favorite dessert?

I would never say no to either a Trifle or Cheesecake.

RUTH PAUL

FINANCE DIRECTOR


If you weren’t an Finance Director, what would you be?

A vet

Do you have any pets?

A miniature schnauzer named Duggee – but if I had unlimited time, space and money, I’d have a lot more animals!

What is your favorite place to relax?

Walking in the British countryside

What’s the most bizarre job you’ve ever had (aside from BADA)?

Not really bizarre, but as a student, I spent a summer working on the film set of First Knight

What is your favorite film?

Boyhood or The Constant Gardener

HANNAH ARNAUD

PROGRAMMES COORDINATOR


What’s your favorite play?

My favourite play is Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. Not only does it deal with some fascinating questions about gender and national identity, but it is also like a ‘highlights’ rerun of Shakespeare’s earlier plays. There is a woman who drinks a potion that makes her appear dead — sound familiar?

What’s the most bizarre job you’ve ever had (aside from BADA)?

I once worked on a vegan eco farm where, among other jobs, I had to get up at 2am to build an irrigation system!

What is your favorite place in London?

Hampstead Heath — it is like a little patch of countryside in the middle of the city

What’s something most people don’t know about you?

I went to dressmaking classes as a child and still make some of my own clothes

DAWN BROWN

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT


What is your favorite place in London?

The South Bank on a summer’s evening for the wonderful atmosphere.

What is your favorite film?

Top Gun

What is your favorite place to relax?

A Mountain Ski Lodge

What is the best meal you’ve ever eaten?

The best meals are always the ones spent with family and friends

What’s your favorite performance of the past 10 years?

Phantom of the Opera which I absolutely adore

If you weren’t an Executive Assistant, what would you be?

A Famous Wellness Guru

SETH DRANGINIS

MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER


What is your favorite dessert?

Coffee ice cream with a chocolate chip cookie

What is your favorite book?

Too many: Dan Simmons’s Hyperion Cantos, Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Kevin Brockmeier’s The Brief History of the Dead, Iain M. Banks’s Look to Windward, and Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita all vie for the top spot, but the one I turn to the most is Mark Helprin’s The Winter’s Tale.

Where is your favorite place to relax?

On a long walk, ideally on the path around the horse field at my parents’ house

What is the most bizarre job you’ve ever had (aside from BADA!)?

I spent two summers working as a lifeguard at a pool where no one ever swam!

What is the best meal you’ve ever eaten?

Duck and Cherry Pie with a glass of old vine Chenin Blanc in Stellenbosch, South Africa

ROBERT HANWELL

FACILITIES AND COMPLIANCE MANAGER


What is your favorite film?

‘The Women’ starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell among an all women cast. Brilliantly witty and flawless delivery. Its got Oomph!

What is your proudest moment or greatest achievement?

Taking a big risk in my twenties and changing my career. It’s how I met my husband 30 years ago.

What’s your favorite play?

Has to be the Inheritance by Matthew Lopez. I saw both parts three times and cried every time.

What is your favorite place in London?

Waterloo Bridge for the view and there is nothing like a Waterloo sunset!!

What is your favorite quotation?

‘The secret of getting ahead is getting started’
–Mark Twain

DONNA HARRIS

PROGRAMME SUPPORT AND STUDENT WELFARE OFFICER


What’s your favorite film?

The Shawshank Redemption

If you weren’t a Program Support and Student Welfare Officer, what would you be?

A Michelin Star Chef

What is your favorite place in London?

Regent’s Park on a nice spring day

What is your favorite quotation?

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”

What’s your go-to lunch?

A nice cheese toastie

Where is your favorite place to relax?

A nice spa

JENNIFER ROCKWOOD

3SUMMER PROGRAMS ADMISSIONS COORDINATOR


What is your favorite quotation?

“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something.  That’s the only thing that never fails.  You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewer of baser minds.  There is only one thing for it then – to learn.  Learn why the world wags and what wags it.  That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.  Learning is the only thing for you.  Look what a lot of things there are to learn.” — T.H. White, The Once and Future King

What is your favorite performance of the past ten years?

Sorry I have to go back further. Rufus Sewell in Arcadia. Favorite all time.

What is the most bizarre job you’ve had (aside from BADA!)?

Well, it’s not the most bizzarre (I’ve done a lot of jobs!) but I did have the pleasure of working at the US Open Tennis Championships last summer, letting people on and off Court 12.

Can the Arts save the world?

Yes, yes they can.

MAREK WOJCIK

3CARETAKER


What is the best gift you’ve ever received?

Music equipment Pioneer CDJ800

Do you have any pets?

Cat (Prada) with attitude, Dog (Figiel) very likeable

What is your favorite place to relax?

Regent’s Park for sure

What’s the weirdest job you’ve ever had (aside from BADA!)?

Segregating socks in a warehouse

What movie can you watch over and over?

Super funny and real comedy Seksmisja directed by Juliusz Machulski