18th December 2019
Leeds 2023 has named MARK HOLLANDER as its Executive Director. Currently Executive Director of Phoenix Dance Theatre, his appointment follows that of Creative Director KULLY THIARAI. Together they will be working on creating a year-long festival of culture that delivers a lasting legacy in the city.
Twelve Trustees...
BEN ROBERTS has been promoted to become Chief Executive of the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image. He joined the BFI as Director of the BFI Film Fund in 2012, then became Deputy CEO in October 2018 and will start his new role in mid-February. He will be responsible for the BFI’s future strategic and cultural direction and provide leadership for the UK’s screen industries, building on the...
The Unicorn Theatre has announced BAILEY LOCK as its new Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive, succeeding ANNELIESE DAVIDSEN who is leaving the company after eight years to become Director of Two Temple Place. Lock has been General Manager at the Donmar Warehouse since 2014. Prior to that she was Senior Producer at the Lyric Hammersmith and Production Assistant at Sonia Friedman Productions, where she was...
SUZANNAH BEDFORD will be the new CEO and Creative Director of City Arts, the Nottingham-based charity that provides creative opportunities for people and communities that are often overlooked and undervalued, including people with mental health issues, disabled people, refugee groups and older people in care. The former Creative Director of regeneration charity The Renewal Trust, she has also worked as a Relationship Manager at...
Digital Director at the Association for Cultural Enterprises and former Deputy Executive Director of the Mercury Theatre Colchester, ROBIN CANTRILL-FENWICK has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Executive at Baker Richards. The company, which provides consulting services and software for the cultural sector, is in the process of becoming an Employee Ownership Trust and Cantrill-Fenwick will be working alongside...
Nottingham contemporary visual arts space New Art Exchange has welcomed six new board members: ASHITEY AKOMFRAH, JITEN ANAND, MEETA DAVE, MAHTAB HUSSAIN, RHIANNON JONES and SOPHIA RAMCHARAN. The mix of artists, educators and specialists from the community and diversity sectors will help the charity "deliver its mission of stimulating new perspectives about the value...
CHRISTINE PAYNE, General Secretary of Equity, the UK trade union representing performers and other creative workers in the entertainment, creative and cultural industries. will be retiring in October 2020. In post since 2005, she is the first woman to have led the union.
The Board of the Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust has appointed MAYOWA OCHERE for her experience in the financial, education and communications sectors. Ochere works for Treasury, is a Governor at Kelvin Grove Primary School, and was previously a Trustee at First Story, a charity that improves access to creative writing for young people from low-income backgrounds.
12th December 2019
BETTINA KOREK, Executive Director of Frieze Los Angeles, has been appointed as the new CEO of the Serpentine Galleries. She replaces YANA PEEL, who resigned from the role following allegations over her connections with an Israeli tech firm that has been criticised by human rights...
UK Music Chair ANDY HEATH will leave in 2020, 11 years after founding the trade body. Heath has served on the Council of the Music Publishers Association since 1989, and sat on the boards of PRS For Music and the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society prior to starting UK Music. He is also a co-founder and former Chair of British Music Rights. Heath will stay on until a replacement has been found for UK Music Chief Executive...