Chief Executive
Professor Becky Francis CBE
Professor Becky Francis CBE (FBA, FAcSS, PhD) is Chief Executive Officer of the Education Endowment Foundation.
Education Endowment Foundation:Chris Paterson
Chris Paterson
Director of Impact
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Chris is responsible for integrating and overseeing the EEF’s impact and mobilisation activities.
His role includes overseeing the work of our teams most directly related to impact activity: Policy; Mobilisation; Communications; Content and Engagement; and Synthesis - actively maintaining the synergies across these teams, and their links into the EEF’s research work. Chris is also a board member at the qualifications regulator, Ofqual.
Prior to joining the EEF, Chris was Senior Policy Adviser to the Secretary of State for Education for 7 years. Before his time at the DfE, Chris worked at CentreForum thinktank, focused on supporting education policy for equity. And, prior to his career in education, Chris worked as a qualified solicitor at city law firm Slaughter and May.
Director of Finance and Operations
Anne-Laure Bedouet
Anne-Laure is the Director of Finance and Operations. She joined the EEF in May 2013.
Director of Impact
Chris Paterson
Chris is responsible for integrating and overseeing the EEF’s impact and mobilisation activities.
Director of Research
Emily Yeomans
Emily is EEF’s Director of Research and has worked at the EEF in various roles for nine years.