Head of Communications appointed

Rach Colling has been appointed as Head of Communications, and will start in her position immediately. Rach joined the Communications unit at EFI in 2011, and has worked in several different roles, most recently as Communications Manager at HQ, and then as Acting Head. She has been responsible for the development of policy support communications, as well as managing and developing EFI’s digital communications tools.

She has over 20 years’ experience in science communication, and prior to joining EFI ran a successful communications business. Before that, Rach worked for BBC News Online as a journalist, as well as in communications/marketing for various UK universities. She has a masters degree in international relations from Cambridge University and trained as a journalist in the UK.