12th October 2018
PROFESSOR KATE OAKLEY, expert in cultural policy, cultural and creative industries, and regional development, has taken up a new post as Head of School of Culture and Creative Arts. She joins from the University from the University of Leeds and succeeds Professor DIMITRIS ELEFTHERIOTIS, University of Glasgow’s Professor of Film Studies.
LESLIE MCDONALD has taken on the role of interim Chair at New Art Exchange, the Nottingham-based centre dedicated to culturally diverse arts. He has been a Board member there since 2009.
MANON ANTONIAZZI, Chief Executive and Clerk of the Welsh National Assembly, has joined the Board at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Previously Director of Culture, Sport and Tourism for the Welsh Government, and Chief Executive of Visit Wales, she has been a Non-Executive Director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a Board member of the Heritage Lottery Fund and a...
DR SHIRLEY THOMPSON has been announced as the new Vice Principal (Music) at Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, which she joined in 2001 and was appointed to the role of Director of Postgraduate Studies in 2009.
5th October 2018
JONATHAN MCGRATH has joined street arts development agency XTRAX as a Project Manager. A director, producer and lecturer who has presented theatre events across the world, he has spent the last two years working for Arts Council England in grant management and as a Relationship Manager in Combined Arts.
SIR VERNON ELLIS, who is President of English National Opera, Chair of the National Opera Studio, the Britten-Pears Foundation and the Leeds International Piano Competition, and trustee of the Royal Philharmonic Society and London Music Masters, has been elected as chair of Live Music Now. He succeeds IAN STOUTZKER, who has been elected Founder President.
Executive Director of Chichester Festival Theatre, RACHEL TACKLEY has announced that she will be leaving at the end of the Festival season. She joined in 2016 and after working with Artistic Director DANIEL EVANS for two years, has agreed with him that their “differing leadership styles are not the right combination for the Theatre at this point.” Prior to joining she was President of UK Theatre, Chief Executive...
Currently Executive Director of Hofesh Shechter Company, which she joined in 2016, HENNY FINCH has been appointed Executive Producer of Donmar Warehouse. She will join from January 2019, working alongside new Artistic Director MICHAEL LONGHURST.
Young People in the Arts, the network for arts professionals at the outset of their careers, has announced the appointment of four new Directors – YASMIN HEMMINGS (Director of Planning), REBECCA JOHNS (Director of Communications), KATE JONES (Director of London Partnerships and Finance) and ESTHER POOLE (Director of Regional Partnership and Finance). They will take over from the...
Currently Director of BFI National Lottery Film Fund, BEN ROBERTS, has been promoted to the post of BFI Deputy Chief Executive. His new remit will include strengthening BFI relationships with the wider screen industries, promoting cultural diversity across the organisation, engaging new audiences and talent, and developing the BFI’s financial sustainability and future commercial strength.