Staff profiles
About BGS – our team
![Elliot Wright](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/elliot-wright.webp)
Elliot Wright
Research and commercial development officer
![Symeon Makris](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/symeon-makris.webp)
Dr Symeon Makris
Volcanologist
![Lucy Bloor](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/57508.webp)
Lucy Bloor
Communications and media manager
![Gavin Mudd](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_2003.webp)
Dr Gavin Mudd
Director of the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre
![Rowan Halkes](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rowan-halkes.webp)
Rowan Halkes
Minerals commodity analyst
![Leonardo Hermont Barbosa](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hermont-barbosa-leonardo.webp)
Leonardo Hermont Barbosa
ESO Offshore Operations/Project Manager
![Lauren Hart](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/lauren-hart-staff-profile.webp)
Lauren Hart
Business development and commercialisation manager
![Narendra Singh](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Narendra-Singh.jpg)
Dr Narendra Singh
Sustainable Resource Management Specialist
![Default-staff-profile](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Default-staff-profile.jpg)
Dr Sophie Butcher
Volcanologist
![Holly Elliott](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/holly-elliott-crop.webp)
Dr Holly Elliott
Minerals geoscientist
![Chukwuemeka Umunna](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/chukwuemeka-umunna_crop.webp)
Chukwuemeka Oluwaseun Umunna
Data steward
![Rachel Talbot](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20210921_160130.webp)
Rachel Talbot
Data steward
![Lauren Harris](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lauren-harris.jpg)
Lauren Harris
Business Assistant in Informatics