Annika Ranga

Helping build a centralised AV service has been a defining part of Annika Ranga’s work at University of the Arts London (UAL).

Working with head of AV Gary Keene, Ranga helped establish a more standardised, modular approach to technology across teaching spaces and meeting rooms at UAL’s London sites. The aim has been to improve consistency, support and user experience while creating an AV environment that can scale more effectively across the institution.

Her responsibilities have grown alongside the service. Ranga progressed from delivery manager to senior delivery manager and, in September 2026, became interim head of product, audio-visual. In that role, she is leading AV delivery for the new London College of Communication campus at Elephant and Castle, encompassing more than 170 teaching spaces and a dedicated cinema.

Her academic route has been equally varied, spanning social policy and criminology, international journalism and, most recently, postgraduate study in digital and technology solutions and IT strategy.

Ranga is also active in developing people around her. She mentors through RISE AV, sits on the UCX Advisory Board and supports graduate students at City St George’s, particularly women from minority ethnic backgrounds. She wants AV to become more diverse, accessible and professionalised, with clearer pathways into leadership and stronger recognition of the sector’s strategic role in learning and collaboration.