17th January 2020
LIZ JOHNSON, who currently holds a senior role at the National Trust, will become Arts Council England's Director of Museums and Collections Development, as well as having responsibility for the West Midlands.
HILARY CAMPBELL joins Ex Cathedra will experience as the Musical Director of Bristol Choral Society, Chiswick Choir, Music Makers of London, and Blossom Street, of which she is also the Founder.
She will work with JEFFREY SKIDMORE on several projects including Beethoven's 'Missa Solemnis' for the organisation's 50th anniversary season.
The youth choral music organisation has appointed RUTH EVANS as its Head of Artistic Planning and Participation.
She joins from Glyndebourne Opera House, where she was formerly Senior Education Projects Manager, having previously worked as a Producer for Welsh National Opera.
In this newly created role, Evans will create a "bold and ambitious artistic vision" for the choirs and grow the impact of its engagement and...
XANTHE ARVANITAKIS will be the Director of the heritage site's Trust in March, following the appointment of SIR DEREK MYERS as its new Chair in September.
Arvanitakis is currently Interim Director of Visitor Experience, Marketing and Commercial Services at the Old Royal Navy College. Previously, she was Director of Commercial Operations at Sir John Soane's Museum.
SIMON RUSSELL and CLAIRE JEFFERS have been appointed to the museum's Board of Trustees.
Lord Russell of Liverpool spent 25 years as a partner at leadership consulting firm Spencer Stuart. He sits on the EU Internal Market subcommittee and is the cross-bench representative to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He is also a Governor of Coram, a children's charity.
Jeffers is an...
9th January 2020
Stratford Circus Arts Centre CEO TANIA WILMER is leaving after 10 years at the organisation, five of them at its helm. The company credited significant financial growth, a reputation for inclusivity and imaginative artistic programming to her leadership, and Wilmer said she was "immensely proud" of its achievements in recent years.
"It has been a privilege to be part of an organisation at the heart of the community in...
Hearts & Minds welcomed REBECCA SIMPSON as its new CEO this week. Simpson, who left a role as Schools and Sustainable Transport Manager at Living Streets, said the Edinburgh-based arts in health organisation is "very unique". "The chairty is very close to my heart and brings together my love of working in health and the arts," she said.
Simpson will help strengthen its position in the arts in health sector and work...
ANDY EDWARDS has become UK Music's new Director of Research and Analysis, having contributed to the trade body's research working group since its inception in 2012. He has 25 years' experience in the music business, including work with record labels, artist management, frontline and strategic roles.
His appointment follows other high profile changes at UK Music. In December, the organisation's founder ANDY HEATH...
Boris Johnson has appointed RENE OLIVIERI to chair the fund until July while a competition for a permanent replacement is under way. The Chair of the RSPCA, Olivieri is a former Chief Executive of Blackwell Publishing and has previously chaired the Wildlife Trusts, Tubney Chairtable Trust. Until December, he was also a Trustee of the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Internationally-experienced curator MELANIE POCOCK has joined the Birmingham institution, leaving her position as Assistant Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, which she had held since 2014. Prior to that, Pocock worked in curatorial roles at Modern Art Oxford and Art Scene China. She has an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art in London.