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:Emily Yeomans
Emily Yeomans
Director of Research
Emily is EEF’s Director of Research and has worked at the EEF in a range of roles.
Emily is responsible for overseeing the EEF’s research portfolio, including our programme evaluation work and our work to understand the impact of the everyday choices that school leaders and teachers can make.
Throughout her career Emily has been involved in the generation of rigorous evidence and working to ensure it has real world impacts. This started with research into possible treatments for malaria, before training as a secondary science teacher and working to improve education by applying education research findings in practice. Emily also worked at the Wellcome Trust, leading on projects spanning education research, policy and practice.
Director of Finance and Operations
Anne-Laure Bedouet
She/HerAnne-Laure is responsible for the operational delivery of EEF’s mission and objectives, maximising the impact of EEF’s resources.
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 a range of roles.
Blogs
EEF blog: How the pandemic has affected ongoing education research, and how we’ve responded
Our Director of Research Emily Yeomans explains how the pandemic has impacted EEF trials.
Blogs
Building the EEF’s pipeline of programmes through the DfE’s Accelerator Fund
Emily Yeomans explains how the EEF will be expanding its activity to support schools’ use of evidence this year.
Blogs
EEF Blog: When does an EEF-funded project become promising?
Blogs
EEF Blog: Scaling education interventions – what are the challenges?