ROY McEWAN is to step down from his role as Chief Executive of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and retire in Summer 2016, coinciding with the end of the Orchestra’s 42nd Season.
SIR WILLIAM ATKINSON has been appointed Chairman of the Lyric Hammersmith’s board, succeeding KEVIN MCGRATH, who is to leave after four years in the role.
Two new Non-Executive Directors, KEITH RUDDOCK and JANN BROWN, have been appointed to Scottish Ballet’s Board of Directors, bringing their respective experience as legal counsel and a Chartered Accountant.
The Other Way Works has appointed MARY HELEN YOUNG as its Executive Director. She joins after having worked as a consultant on Creative Europe, and as Information Officer for the UK Cultural Contact Point.
HANNAH PHILLIPS has been appointed as the new Director of Artrix. She will leave her role as Deputy Director at the Birmingham School of Acting later this year.
Turner Contemporary gallery has selected STEPHEN SUNNUCKS to chair the organisation, following JOHN KAMPFNER’S departure to lead the Creative Industries Federation.
Long-serving MURIEL ROMANES is to step down as Artistic Director of the Stellar Quines Theatre Company in April 2016, after 22 years with the organisation.
MAURICE DAVIES, recently a partner at the Museum Consultancy, has been appointed as the new Head of Collections at the Royal Academy of Arts, following the departure of NICK SAVAGE.
The Hepworth Gallery Wakefield’s trustee JOHN HOLDEN has been named Visiting Professor at Leeds University’s School of Fine Art, cementing an arts partnership between the two organisations.
Beyond the Border – the Welsh international storytelling festival – has appointed AMY MORGAN as its festival coordinator. She will combine the role with her current work with the Sherman Theatre and Hay Festival.
