Arts People

Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books, has appointed WENDY ELLIOTT as Chief Executive Office.

DERMONT DALY and MARK HOLLANDER have been appointed as Freedom Studios' Interim Directors.

AMANDA PARKER is stepping down as CEO of inclusion advocacy organisation Inc Arts.

Contemporary art centre Spike Island has announced JUDITH SQUIRES as its new board Chair.

She will take over the role this month from Interim Chair LOUISE O’DONNELL, who will remain Honorary Treasurer.

MARK PEMBERTON has announced he will be stepping down as Chief Executive of the Association of British Orchestras (ABO) at the end of September, after 15 years in the role.

XIAOWEN ZHU will take up leadership of Manchester’s Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) in June.

NANCY MEDINA has been named as Bristol Old Vic’s next artistic director.

NATHAN POWELL has joined Leicester-based theatre festival NSDF as artistic director.

He succeeds JAMES PHILLIPS and will also work as joint CEO alongside KEERTHI KOLLIMADA.

SEB LOVELL-HUCKLE is the English Symphony Orchestra’s (ESO) new Chief Executive Officer.

He will join ESO in August, moving from Birmingham Contemporary Music Group where he has been Executive Director for three years.