5th July 2018
Now Co-Director of both a major arts centre in Madrid and BE FESTIVAL in Birmingham – roles he shares with his partner Isla Aguilar – Miguel Oyarzun reflects on his career to date.
29th June 2018
TINA SPEED has been appointed Grants and Programmes Manager at PRS Foundation. She has previously worked for Arts Council England, London Sinfonietta and the Society for the Promotion of New Music.
WILLIAM NORRIS, currently Managing Director at Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir in Canada, will become the new Managing Director of Southbank Sinfonia next month. He replaces JAMES MURPHY, who leaves to become Chief Executive of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Currently Head of Communications at English National Opera, ANNIE LYDFORD is leaving the organisation to become Head of Communications and Marketing at the Creative Industries Federation.
SIR HUGH ROBERTSON, previously Olympics Minister and currently Chair of the British Olympic Association, has been appointed Chair of National Lottery operator Camelot’s board of trustees. He is joined by ROBERT WALKER, Chairman of Ei Group, who has been appointed Deputy Chair.
22nd June 2018
Head of Creative Direction & Innovation at Historic Royal Palaces DEBORAH SHAW has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. She was previously Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
HANNAH PHILLIPS has been appointed to the newly-formed role of Director of Transformation at Worcester Arts Workshop. She joins after a career that has included roles as Director of Artrix Arts Centre in Bromsgrove; Artistic Director of Outspoken; and Deputy Director of Birmingham School of Acting where she ran a community arts degree.
MELANIE PRECIOUS, who spent two years as Creative Producer for Luca Silvestrini’s Protein, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Greenwich Dance. She will take up the role in September.
KRISHNA THIAGARAJAN will take up a new appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Seattle Symphony in America, leaving his role as Chief Executive of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in September.
Consumer Sales and Marketing Director for The Ticket Factory CHRIS PILE has been promoted to the role of Commercial Director. The organisation has also appointed NICK FENTON as its first Commercial Manager and ALIYA HUSSAIN as Partnerships Manager.