OLIVER CLARK has joined the Ambassador Theatre Group as Group Marketing Director. He accompanies HERVÉ HANNEQUIN, formerly of advertising company AMVBBDO, who becomes Group Customer Officer.
12th January 2017
Sage Gateshead has appointed nine new board members, namely: Thinking Digital Founder, HERB KIM; North East PR expert, HILARY FLOREK; former Government advisor, Sir MARTIN JAMES NAREY DL; and Founder and Managing director of Conference Collective Limited, JACINTA SCANNELL. They are joined by Doctoral Researcher, VIDYA SARANGAPANI; Associate Director of Curve,...
The former team at BON Culture is to set up a UK and EU office for TRG Arts. DAVID BROWNLEE is to join the senior leadership team of TRG as Vice President for UK and Europe. He will be followed by MARI O'NEILL, who is to become the organisation’s Director of UK Operations.
11th January 2017
Director of the Whitworth and Manchester City Galleries MARIA BALSHAW will take over from SIR NICHOLAS SEROTA as Director of Tate if her appointment is approved by government, it is widely being reported.
Balshaw, who was...
5th January 2017
STINE NILSEN and PEDRO MACHADO, Artistic Co-Directors at Candoco Dance Company since 2007, are to leave the organisation later this year. Nilsen is to become CEO/Artistic Director of the CODA Oslo International Dance Festival in Norway from September, while Machado will depart later in 2017 to pursue freelance projects.
Currently Director of Music for Arts Council England, HELEN SPROTT will join the Philharmonia Orchestra as Managing Director from April. She replaces DAVID WHELTON, who retired last year after 29 years with the Orchestra.
Community music organisation soundLINCS has appointed retired naval captain GLENN TINSLEY as Chair of its board of trustees. He takes over from ROB WILLIAMS, Chair for the past five years, who will remain connected to soundLINCS as Technical Consultant.
22nd December 2016
The new Chair of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland will be JOHN EDMUND. A former Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, he will take over from BOB COLLINS on 1 January 2017.
Aberdeen’s Citymoves Dance Agency has appointed STEVE SLATER as its new Director. Slater’s previous roles include 14 years as a Senior Producer for live art at Tramway, Glasgow, and 12 months as Head of Dance at Creative Scotland.
SUE SANDLE, previously Deputy Director of Development at the Donmar Warehouse, joins Arts Educational Schools as Director of Development.