23rd November 2023

The Board of Bradford Culture Company, the charity behind Bradford 2025, is gaining a new Chair and seven trustees.
Board members will be responsible for governing the policies and planning of Bradford's upcoming City of Culture programme.
KERSTEN ENGLAND is named Chair after serving as a trustee during the city's successful bid campaign. She recently retired from a 30-year career in local government as Chief...

Director-General DOMINIC TWEDDLE will step down from his role at the National Museum of Royal Navy (NMRN) at the end of November.
The museum's Executive Director of Museum Operations, MATTHEW SHELDON, will step up to fill the position on an interim basis as Tweddle departs to complete "personal projects".
Tweddle is a senior leader in cultural tourism with a background in organisational restructuring...
22nd November 2023

JULIE FLAVELL will become Interim Chief Executive at Shoreditch Town Hall, succeeding BETH BYRNE.
Flavell joins the cultural events space from her interim position as Head of Visitor Programmes and Exhibitions at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Previously, she held positions as a Producer at Royal Academy of Arts, London's Southbank Centre and UNBOXED.
Flavell will hold the post for six months from...

Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has today announced VICKY CHEETHAM and SANDEEP MAHAL as Interim Co-Executive Directors.
Currently members of the senior leadership team, Cheetham and Mahal, will take over from CATHERINE MALLYON in...
21st November 2023

Secretary of State for Culture LUCY FRAZER has named SALLY SHAW MBE and ANNABEL TURPIN as South East and North Area Chairs, respectively, at Arts Council England.
Shaw has been Director of Colchester-based museum Firstsite for seven years, where she has delivered a programme focusing on using arts and culture to tackle community challenges, including food poverty and inequity.
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20th November 2023

Manchester's Factory International has appointed MOIRA SINCLAIR OBE Chair.
In January, she will take over from TOM BLOXHAM, overseeing production and programming at Manchester International Festival (MIF) and Aviva Studios, the home of Factory International.
Sinclair is Chief Executive of the independent grantmaker Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Chair of both Clore Leadership and the London Mayor's Cultural...

IAN KERRY will be leaving his post as Executive Director of rural touring organisation Arts Alive after 25 years.
Having begun his career as a touring actor, Kerry went on to work for many theatre education organisations before moving to arts consultancy.
After setting up Artful Management, he played a central role in establishing Arts Alive in 1999, known then as Shropshire Live.
At Arts Alive, Kerry formed...
17th November 2023

CHRISTOPHER SATTHERWAITE CBE has been appointed Chair of National Youth Orchestra.
He succeeds DONAGH COLLINS, who has served as Chair on an interim basis for the past year.
Sattherwaite is also a trustee at Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST), a charity supporting the training and education of people working in heritage and contemporary crafts.
Previously, he was Chair...
16th November 2023

Artist TRACEY EMIN is set to join the British Museum's Board of Trustees, succeeding GRAYSON PERRY.
Emin will be the first female Royal Academician appointed to the role in the museum's history.
Her practice ranges from drawing, painting, needlework and sculpture to film and photography, with her work My Bed nominated for the Turner Prize in 1999.
She has recently focused on supporting the...

DEBORAH BORDA will become Intermusica's Non-Executive Chair from January.
She succeeds MARTIJN SANDERS, who retires from the board after 16 years to take on the role as Intermusica's inaugural Honorary President.
Borda is the former President and Chief Executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic.
She assumes the role while creating her consultancy business, BordaArts...