The Heritage Lottery Fund has appointed ROS KERSLAKE as its new Chief Executive, replacing CAROLE SOUTER who will step down at the end of April. Kerslake has been Chief Executive of the Prince’s Regeneration Trust since 2006.
10th March 2016
WhatsOnStage’s SITA MCINTOSH has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees at Tonic Theatre.
Birmingham’s cultural development agency Culture Central has appointed GARY TOPP, recently Development Director for the Bristol Green Capital Partnership, as its first Director.
LOUISE JEFFREYS, Director of Arts at the Barbican Centre, has joined English National Opera’s (ENO’s) Board of Trustees.
JEREMY HOLLOWAY and PAUL MULLIN have joined live arts centre Acorn Penzance as Administrator and Head of Trustees respectively.
Fringe Director THOM SOUTHERLAND is to join Charing Cross Theatre as Artistic Director, as the venue prepares to become a full-time producing house.
Trustee of The Poetry Can and board member of the Bristol Poetry Institute ASIF KHAN is to be the new Director of the Scottish Poetry Library.
3rd March 2016
MARK DOBSON will join Manchester’s Royal Exchange as Executive Director in July, taking over from FIONA GASPER. He is currently Chief Executive of Tyneside Cinema.
Artistic Director of Theatre503, PAUL ROBINSON, will be leaving in June after ten years in post to join The Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough as Artistic Director.
ANDREW BOLT has been appointed as Chief Executive of Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. Previously General Manager of Australia’s Perth Concert Hall, he has also been involved in the management of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.