5th September 2023
JANE RICHARDSON has been named the Chief Executive of Amgueddfa Cymru (Museum Wales), a collective of seven museums throughout Wales.
The position is new at Amgueddfa Cymru and Richardson will be responsible for providing inspiration, ambition, creativity and strategic direction for the organisation. She will also act as Accounting Officer, working closely with the Welsh Government sponsor team.
Richardson will take...
Former V&A Director MARK JONES has been named Interim Director of the British Museum amid the ongoing theft scandal.
The appointment follows the resignation of Dr HARTWIG FISCHER on 25 August. He stepped down after it was revealed thousands of items had been stolen from the museum's collection, a matter currently under investigation by the police.
Previously, Fischer had ...
The British Council has appointed Dr PAUL THOMPSON Chair, effective from January 2024.
He succeeds STEVIE SPRING CBE whose term ended in December last year.
SARAH SANDS, currently Acting Chair, will return to her role as Deputy Chair when Thompson assumes the post.
Thompson held several leadership roles in the educational and cultural sectors including New York’s...
4th September 2023
ROBERT KILPATRICK steps up to become Interim CEO and Creative Director at Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) with immediate effect.
He takes over from outgoing CEO Ronnie Gurr, who was appointed in July 2022.
Kilpatrick will be supported by the SMIA company board, which recently acquired ten new directors from across Scotland’s music industry.
Since becoming involved with SMIA in 2014, Kilpatrick has...
East Bank, a multi-site cultural quarter in East London, has announced TAMSIN ACE as the organisation’s first Director.
Ace joins East Bank from the London College of Fashion (LCF) where she has been Head of Cultural Programming since 2021.
LCF is one of several arts and education institutions located in the East Bank cultural quarter, which opens to the public this autumn. Based at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the...
MARY STONE joins Arts Professional as a journalist, having previously written for the Bristol Post newspaper and What Hi-Fi? magazine.
She replaces PATRICK JOWETT who will be leaving at the of the month to pursue a freelance journalist career based in Berlin.
With over a decade's experience as a sound engineer, mixing live events, music and theatre, Mary's work includes productions at the...
31st August 2023
UK Music has announced JAMIE NJOKU-GOODWIN is stepping down from his role as Chief Executive after three years at the helm.
He departs to become Prime Minister RISHI SUNAK’s Director of Strategy.
During his time at UK Music, Njoku-Goodwin has played a key role in securing financial support for the music sector during the pandemic, spearheaded the return of live music and contributed...
30th August 2023
CHARLOTTE SUTTON has been appointed Head of Casting at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).
Sutton is currently an Artistic Associate of the Young Vic and will take up her new post at the RSC in November.
Working in theatrical casting since 2010, Sutton has credits across the commercial and subsidised sectors, including Fairview in the West End, Guys and Dolls at The Bridge and The Light Princess at the National...
London-based record label, promoter and events producer Nonclassical has named WILLIAM NORRIS Chair.
As leader of the the board and overseeing the executive team, Norris will help the organisation develop, produce and promote music from diverse artists and devise a programme of work across events, label and artist development programmes when he takes up post on 6 September.
Norris is a consultant working for music...
29th August 2023
SHAHPUR KABRAJI has been appointed to the Board of the National History Museum as a trustee.
Kabraji began his career as a trainee solicitor at international law firm Clifford Chance LLP, before becoming Partner of global law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
At Simpson Thacher, he focuses on domestic and international finance transactions, regularly advising global private equity sponsors, their portfolio...