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Tony Hall
Roger Tomlinson
Judith Walsh
Karena Johnson
Katie Posner

The Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House, Tony Hall (pictured), has been appointed as Chair of the new Cultural Olympiad board. He is joined by Jude Kelly, Artistic Director, Southbank Centre; Alan Davey, Chief Executive, Arts Council England; Vicky Heywood, Executive Director, Royal Shakespeare Company; Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Managing Director, The Barbican; Munira Mirza, Advisor on arts and culture to the Mayor of London; Mark Thomson, Director General, BBC; and Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of Tate.
Roger Tomlinson (pictured) is joining Baker Richards Consulting as a Senior Consultant, while continuing as a Partner in ACT Consultant Services. He has been leading development work on integrated ticket portals and the deployment of new technologies for e-marketing and customer relationship management.
Creative and Cultural Skills has appointed Fintan Donohue, Principal of North Hertfordshire College, as Skills Ambassador to the UK’s Further Education sector.
Judith Walsh (pictured) has joined Live Music Now (LMN) Scotland in the new position of Development Officer, with a focus on developing new partnerships, managing a range of community projects, and recruiting young jazz and rock/pop musicians. She has spent the past four years as the Scottish Ensemble’s Concerts and Projects Manager with responsibility for touring and lifelong learning.
The new Chief Executive Officer/Artistic Director at The Broadway, Barking, is Karena Johnson (pictured). She has previously been Acting Artistic Director of Contact Theatre in Manchester, Artistic Director of touring theatre company Kushite and Head of Theatre Programming at Oval House theatre.
Katie Posner (pictured) is the new Associate Director at Pilot Theatre.

Clore Leadership Fellows for 2009/10
Claire Antrobus, freelance consultant.
Manal Ataya, Director General of the Sharjah Museums Department in the United Arab Emirates.
Jonathan Best, Artistic Director/CEO of Queer Up North International Festival.
Rachel Brogan, Trainee Theatre Director at Contact Theatre.
Kathy Cremin, currently working on a freelance basis for MLA Yorkshire.
Gaylene Gould, Creative Director of ‘Filmclub.
Gill Hart, Outreach and Access Officer at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Richard Hawley, Director of Lichfield Festival and Artistic Director of Abbotsholme Arts Society.
Lucinda Jarrett, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Rosetta Life.
Michelle Knight, General Manager of Foursight Theatre Company.
Atul Kumar Mittal, Artistic Director of The Company Theatre and Director of ‘Workspace.
Rachel Millward, Founder and Director of Birds Eye View.
Joanne Moulton, Children and Young Person's Librarian at the London Borough of Lewisham.
Wanjiku Nyachae, Dance Officer at Arts Council England, West Midlands.
Mark Prescott, Head of Cultural Campaigns at the Greater London Authority.
Joanna Rowlands, Director of Marketing and Communications at National Museums Liverpool.
Pooja Sood, Director of KHOJ International Artists’ Association, independent Curator and Arts Management Consultant.
Roxana Silbert, Associate Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Fern Smith, Founder and Artistic Director of Volcano Theatre Company.
Christopher Stafford, Projects and Development Manager, Globe Education at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Dorcas Walters, Director of The Best of Birmingham Central and South.
Jasmine Wilson, Co-director of Creative Learning.
Margaret Yang, Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.