30th March 2022
JAYANTI SHAH and WANJIKU NYACHAE have joined youth arts charity Artswork’s board of trustees.
The Southampton-based organisation says the pair join at a key time, as it develops future delivery plans to make the arts and creativity available to everyone.
Engineer and businessman Shah is a director of Positive Message Ltd and co-founder of Black History Month South.
Nyachae is a former BBC...
29th March 2022
DARREN KNIGHT is Octagon Theatre’s new Chair.
He succeeds CLAIRE MORELAND, who steps down at the end of the month after six years.
Currently Chief Executive of George House Trust, Knight has been a member of Octagon’s board of trustees since November 2020.
He says he is honoured to become the Bolton theatre’s new Chair.
“The Octagon is a beloved part of Bolton’s DNA that champions the...
LIZ WILSON and ELIZABETH VARLEY are joining dance training and performance organisation The Place’s board of governors.
Wilson is currently Chief Operating Officer of creative agency Karmarama and Client Group Lead for Accenture’s digital marketing agency, Accenture Interactive.
Varley is founder and CEO of global tech startup community TechHub and advises the UK Department for International Trade on...
Castlefield Gallery has appointed Professor SANDEEP RANOTE to its board of trustees.
Ranote is Executive Medical Lead for Mental Health at Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership and Director of Mental Health & Clinical Transformation for Wigan.
Through her work as a psychiatrist, Ranote says she is a strong advocate for the role of art and culture in maintaining good mental health from prevention...
25th March 2022
KEISHA THOMPSON is Contact’s new Artistic Director and CEO.
A writer, performance artist and producer, she will be the first woman and youngest ever person to run the Manchester arts venue when she replaces Chief Executive MATT FENTON in June.
Thompson first performed at Contact aged 15 and was supported through its engagement programme as a young poet, writer and performance artist. In 2015, she...
23rd March 2022
AMY ROSS is joining the Southbank Centre in June.
She will be Soutbank’s next Director of Development, leading the development and membership team.
Ross has almost 20 years' experience in fundraising in the arts and heritage sector, spending the last 11 as Art Fund's Director of Development. She is also a trustee of the Brunel Museum.
“I am very excited by the prospect of contributing to the Southbank Centre’s...
22nd March 2022
The National Library of Wales has a new President and Vice President.
ASHOK AHIR has been appointed President, having served as Interim President since September.
A journalist by trade, Ahir is currently Director of Communications and Engagement at Qualifications Wales.
“The National Library of Wales has an ambitious programme of work aimed at meeting the objectives of a new five year strategy. I am looking...
The Earl of Wessex PRINCE EDWARD has become the first Royal Patron of The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB).
Also a Patron of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, Northern Ballet and The Orpheus Centre Trust, Prince Edward formally worked in theatre and television production before becoming a full-time working member of the royal family in 2002.
On becoming PGGB's Royal Patron, The Earl of Wessex said...
SIMON ANTROBUS is Royal & Derngate theatre's new Chair.
Appointed by Northampton Theatres Trust, the charity that runs the theatre, Antrobus took up the position at the beginning of the year, having joined the board in November.
He replaces STEVE EDMONDS, who is stepping down after five years as Chair and 11 years on the board.
Antrobus has been Chief Executive of BBC Children for five...
Orchestras Live has appointed MATTHEW SWANN as a trustee.
A classical music producer and curator, Swann has worked with Orchestras Live as a partner for 10 years, most recently on Orchestras In Healthcare, a report he co-authored.
He is also Co-Founder of Your Turn Collective, a Director of Recruitment and Organisational Change at Achates, and a former Chief Executive of City of London Sinfonia.
Swann says he...