PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER SMITH, currently Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews and formerly Director of the British School at Rome, has been selected as the Government’s preferred candidate to be the new Execu
The new Chief Executive and Artistic Director at dance development agency Dance City will be ANAND BHATT (pictured), who takes over CEO responsibilities from IAN MCKEOWN and Artistic Director responsibilities from
Southbank Centre has announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Governors: President of Since ‘93 record label and diversity in music champion GLYN AIKINS; Chief Investment Officer of Man Group, SANDY R
Multimillionaire PR specialist ROLAND RUDD will succeed Lionel Barber as Chair of Tate on the conclusion of his term in January 2021. A Trustee of Tate since 2017, Rudd was elected by other trustees in a private ballot.
FIONA EVANS, currently HR Director at Zoological Society of London (ZSL), has been appointed Director of People and Culture at the Southbank Centre from September 2020, responsible for leading its people strategy and HR function.
ELLEN MCADAM has stepped down as Director of Birmingham Museums Trust after almost seven years in the post. She had been due to step down in October 2020, but has advanced her retirement to care for a family member.
JO WRIGHT, Director of Wright Consulting (UK) Ltd and previously a Senior Associate with Counterculture Partnership LLP, has become a partner in the organisation.
Three-year appointments have been announced for media executive HEATHER BLYTH; insurance risk and compliance officer PAUL ECCLESON; museums and heritage consultant RITA MCLEAN; lawyer TONY
CHRIS GRAYLING, former Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Transport, has been appointed as a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.
As CEO ANTHONY BRIGGS leaves Ludus Dance, Artistic Director and Development Manager KIT ABRAMSON will take over his responsibilities for an interim period while recruitment for his replacement is postponed during
Jewish Museum London has announced that FRANCES JEENS will be its Interim Director to prepare a new business model for the organisation and put it on a more sustainable financial footing.
As STUART CAMERON, Director of Crescent Arts for the past 12 years, stands down, ADRIAN FRIEDLI will become interim Consultant Director until the end of the year.
The new role of Director of Artistic Planning at the Philharmonia Orchestra will be taken by BEN LARPENT. He will join the senior management team in June, leaving Southbank Centre where he is Head of Classical Music.
RAVI GUPTA, Co-Head of Rothschild & Co's UK business and Global Industrials sector, will be the new Chair of Governors at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), starting in January 2021.
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama has announced that KATE STOKES DAVIES, currently Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations at Qualifications Wales, will be joining the College as its new Director of Externa
Three new Board members have joined Manchester International Festival: writer JEANETTE WINTERSON (left), journalist NGOZI UGOCHUKWU (centre), and Chief Executive, Food, at The Co-op, JO WHITFIELD
