Hall steps down at the National Gallery

Tony Hall
25 May 2021

The National Gallery has announced that LORD TONY HALL OF BIRKENHEAD, a Trustee of since November 2019 and Chair since July, has resigned with immediate effect.

Board moves at the Barbican

Farmida Bi (left) and Robert Glick
21 May 2021

The new Chair of the Barbican Centre Trust is FARMIDA BI.

Pomery to leave Turner Contemporary for The Box

Victoria Pomery
21 May 2021

VICTORIA POMERY will step down as Director of Turner Contemporary in the autumn to become CEO of The Box, Plymouth’s new £47m museum, gallery and archive.

English Touring Opera and National Youth Theatre job-share finance role

Ben Dart
21 May 2021

English Touring Opera has appointed BEN DART as the new Head of Finance in a job share with National Youth Theatre, for whom he will take on the role of Finance and Operations Director.

Merrin leaves Sunderland Culture for Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums

Keith Merrin
21 May 2021

KEITH MERRIN has become Director of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, leaving Sunderland Culture, where he has been CEO since January 2017.

New Director of Development at RNCM

Rhiannon McKay-Smith
21 May 2021

The Royal Northern College of Music has announced RHIANNON MCKAY-SMITH as its new Director of Development from September.

BFI appoints Head of Research

21 May 2021

RISHI COUPLAND will join the BFI in July as Head of Research and Insight. A Clore Fellow, he is currently Head of Data Intelligence at the National Theatre, where he leads the National Theatre Data Studio.

New board member at The Writing Squad

Angelique Tran Van Sang
21 May 2021

Literary agent ANGELIQUE TRAN VAN SANG has joined the board of The Writing Squad, a development programme for young writers in the north of England.

CEOs to depart Mountview

Stephen Jameson and Sarah Preece against the London skyline
21 May 2021

Mountview Drama School's joint Chief Executives – Principal & Artistic Director STEPHEN JAMESON and Executive Director SARAH PREECE – will step down in December 2021 after eight years.

Royal Opera House Chair steps down

David Ross
20 May 2021

DAVID ROSS is stepping down as Chair of the Royal Opera House with immediate effect. He was appointed to the board in July 2020 and took the chair role on September 1.

Leadership restructure at Arch 468

Sofia Stephanou and Rebecca Atkinson-Lord
20 May 2021

SOFIA STEPHANOU will become Executive Director and Co-CEO at Arch 468, taking on more responsibility for producing and organisational strategy.

The Albany appoints new faces

Vicki Amedume and Sud Basu
20 May 2021

VICKI AMEDUME and SUD BASU have both been appointed Associate Director at The Albany to shape its programme for London Borough of Culture, due to take place in Lewisham in 2022. 

MIF expands its leadership team

Gary Neville, Grace Ladoja, Ibrahim Mahama, Sheena Wrigley and Shaminder Nahal
20 May 2021

Manchester International Festival (MIF) has announced a new Venue Director and four new board members. SHEENA WRIGLEY, a former Director of Manchester's Palace Theatre & Opera House, Chief Executive of West Yorkshire Playhouse

Counterculture appoints Creative Director

Simon Beresford
20 May 2021

Production designer SIMON BERESFORD is joining project management company Counterculture Partnership as its Creative Director.

Harriman appointed Chair of Southbank Centre

20 May 2021

The Southbank Centre has announced MISAN HARRIMAN as its new Chair after an extensive search for "a visionary leader with a deep passion for the potential of multi-arts programming".

The Art House welcomes five new trustees

14 May 2021

Wakefield-based arts organisation The Art House has appointed five new trustees: ASAMNEW ASRES, a hospitality business owner; BHAVANI ESAPATHI, a writer, maker and social-tech activist; STUART HANSOM

NYCGB announces new leadership

13 May 2021

Former PwC Partner DAVID ROPER has joined National Youth Choirs of Great Britain’s board of trustees as its new Chair.

Wooldridge joins Commonwealth Games 2022

13 May 2021

BEN WOOLDRIDGE, former Communications Manager (Productions) at Birmingham Hippodrome, has joined Commonwealth Games 2022 as its Communications and Marketing Manager for Culture.

League of Independent Producers announces new trustees

13 May 2021

Three new board members are joining the UK's League of Independent Producers: PATRICK GRACEY, an experienced producer who has worked on shows in the West End, Broadway, and Australia, AMEENA HAMID, a London-based

Shoreditch Town Hall appoints Byrne

Beth Byrne
09 May 2021

BETH BYRNE will be the new Chief Executive Officer at Shoreditch Town Hall.

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