Arts People

Dancer and Akram Khan Company Producer FAROOQ CHAUDHRY will be Artist Trustee at Tate for the next four years. TIM DAVIE, Chief Executive of BBC Studios, has been reappointed to the board.

National Museums Scotland is bidding farewell to GORDON RINTOUL after 18 years as its Director.

Dancefest has chosen KITTY ROSS to fill a new role as Executive Producer. Ross, who has more than 15 years’ experience in the cultural sector, will be charged with forging new relationships with stakeholders.

PETER KELLNER will leave the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) when his term comes to an end in November.

HANNAH HARRIS has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Plymouth Culture.

North East arts organisation Helix Arts has announced SCOTT BURRELL as its new Director.

STEPHEN NEWBOULD, former Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, is the new Consultant Music Advisor at Music Theatre Wales.

BRONWYN BEVAN, Senior Research Scientist at the University of Washington Seattle, College of Education, will take over from EDWARD PAULY as The Wallace Foundation’s new Director of Research next month.

Stratford Circus Arts Centre has announced that GEORGINA PHILIPPOU is succeeding NIGEL HINDS as Chair after six years leading the board.