Rachel Brown has left the Royal Shakespeare Company marketing department to join Huntingdon Arts in Worcester as Marketing Manager.
Paul Collard is stepping down as Chair of Arts Council England, North East, a post he has held for two years, to take up a full-time role as Creative Director of culture10 for the Newcastle Gateshead Initiative.
The MAiLOUT Trust has appointed Celia Bell as Development Manager.
Andrea Bowler has been appointed Theatre Manager of The Dolman Theatre in Newport, South Wales.
The West Midlands office of Arts & Business has appointed Yen Yau as Professional Development Manager, Janice Moraitis and Nadine Henderson as Assistant Managers, and Katja Ogrin and Rekha Champaneri as Administrators.
Vanessa Bradley has been appointed as Chief Executive of The Phone Room Ltd, to replace its founder Director, David Dixon (pictured), who is setting up a new consultancy business working with arts and heritage organisations in Europe.
Francesca Vinti, Deputy Director of Development at the V&A, is joining the British Film Institute (bfi) as Director of Development. The bfi has also appointed Eric Fellner, Caroline Michel, Peter Watson, and Leslie Hardcastle to the organisation?s board of governors.
The new Chief Executive of Harrogate Theatre will be David Bown, who is currently Director of the Castle Arts Centre in Wellingborough. He will be succeeded by Bart Lee, Artistic Director of Freeflow Productions at South Hill Park Arts Centre.
Maya Kristina Paul, Head of Press and Marketing at Playbox Theatre, is joining Stan?s Cafe as Administrator. She replaces Emily Dawkes, who has moved to Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham.
Patrick Henry has been appointed to succeed Paul Mellor as the new Gallery Director of Open Eye Photographic & Media Arts. He has been Curator of Exhibitions at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television since 2000.
Nessa O?Mahony (pictured), formerly Head of Public Affairs with the Arts Council of Ireland, is the new editor of Arts Research Digest, and Anne Livesey has been appointed as Development Manager.
Milton Keynes Gallery has announced the appointment of its new Director, Michael Stanley, to succeed Stephen Snoddy who is the new Director of BALTIC, Gateshead.
Joanne Orr has been appointed as the new Director of the Scottish Museums Council (SMC). She is currently Assistant Director Cultural Services-Collections and Strategy for Durham County Council.
Jo Quinton-Tulloch, Head of Exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, has been appointed as Head of Galleries and Exhibitions at the Science Museum in London.
Andrew Rawlinson, formerly General Manager of Horse + Bamboo Theatre Company, has joined Blackfriars Arts Centre in Boston as its new Director.
The University of Plymouth has appointed a full-time Director of Music, Simon Ible, who has been Musical Director of the University?s Orchestra and Choral Society since 1999.