Tessa Ross to lead National Theatre with Rufus Norris

The new Chief Executive of the National Theatre will be TESSA ROSS. Alongside RUFUS NORRIS, she will take the helm when NICK HYTNER and NICK STARR step down in 2015. Currently Controller of Film and Drama for Channel 4, Ross was on the board of the National Theatre from 2011 – 2014, has been a governor at the NFTS and BFI, a member of the ICA Council, and was awarded the Bafta for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in 2013.