About me
Lesley Miles is the Chief Officer – Programmes, Partnerships and Engagement – at the Royal Society, having joined in 2013 as the Chief Strategy Officer. As part of her role, she is responsible for some of the Society’s major strands of work including grants, public, schools and industry engagement and the Society’s focus on diversity and inclusion in STEM. She is the staff lead for the UK Young Academy at the Royal Society.
Before joining the Society, Lesley spent seven years as the Marketing and Communications Director of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. She has spent most of her career working in the private sector including six years as the Marketing Director of Waterstones Booksellers.
