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Liz Wilson
Alison Fordham
Andrew de Rosa
Roger Morgan
Howard Panter
Abbigail Wright

Arts Council England has appointed Jim Tough as Area Executive Director, North. He is currently Chief Executive of the Scottish Arts Council.

Network, the national membership body representing the UK’s audience development agencies, has appointed David Brownlee as its first Chief Executive. He joins Network from London Councils, where he was Head of Culture, Sport and 2012 Legacy.

Ruth Mackenzie, currently an adviser on cultural policy at the DCMS, is to be Director of Culture for the London 2012 Olympics. She has been General Director of the Manchester International Festival and Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre. Four Artistic Associates have also been appointed: Sir Brian Mcmaster, Alex Poots, Martin Duncan and Craig Hassall.

CLUNY MACPHERSON has been appointed as Regional Director of Arts Council England, North East, from April. He will be joined by Senior Managers Mark Hollander and Pete Massey.

Liz Wilson has been appointed as Chief Executive of York Theatre Royal. She has been the Executive Director of Oldham Coliseum Theatre for the past six years, and was also Executive Director of the Regional Cultural Consortium in the East of England.

Alec Coles, Director of Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, is leaving in March to take up the position of Director of the Western Australian Museum in Perth, Western Australia.

Rachael Stanley is the new Research and Admin Assistant at Baker Richards Consulting.
The Creative Industries Development Agency International has appointed Alison Fordham as its new Programmes Director, following the departure of
Jo Wilkinson.

Writers’ Centre Norwich has a new Creative Programme Manager, Andrew Burton. He moves from The New Wolsey Theatre where he was Head of Marketing.

Andrew De Rosa is the new Chief Executive Officer at the Association of British Theatre Technicians. He has held managerial positions at Manchester’s Palace and Opera House, and oversaw the reopening of the Lyceum Theatre.

Becky Bailey has been appointed to the new post of Programme Co-ordinator for the National Dance Teachers Association. She previously worked at Dance4 in Nottingham.

Jenny Welch joins Dance South West as Marketing and Communications Manager for Pavilion Dance. She was previously Visual and Marketing Co-ordinator for Chatsworth House.

Tees Valley Arts has appointed an Arts Project Worker, Maurice Dezou, to support newly arrived communities and individuals who are interested in the arts.

The Senior Visual Arts Officer at the Arts Council of Wales, Emma Gelliot, has been replaced by Lindsay Hughes.

CapeUK has appointed Jo Jessop as Communications Co-ordinator.
James Baggaley, until recently General Manager at the ADC Theatre in Cambridge, has joined Spektrix Ticketing as Project Manager.

Roger Morgan is the new Chairman of The Courtyard Centre for the Arts following the retirement of Margaret Thomas.

After six years as Chairman, Roger Umney is retiring from The Lightbox. He is replaced by Roger Hawksworth.

Nina Eggens has left her job as Marketing Manager for Peacock Visual Arts to become Project Manager for Growing Audiences North East.

Lauren Johnston-Smith has left Scottish Chamber Orchestra, where she was Marketing and Press Manager. She is replaced by Zoe Westwood.

Tony Elson is the new Chair of the Board at The Lawrence Batley Theatre, replacing
Roger Lancaster.

Howard Panter, Joint CEO and Creative Director of The Ambassador Theatre Group Limited, has succeeded Prudence Skene CBE as chair of Rambert Dance Company.

Classical music agency Intermusica has appointed Peter Ansell as Head of Tours and Projects. Currently Chief Executive of the Academy of Ancient Music, he will join in March.

Michael Grandage, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse succeeds the late Harold Pinter as the new President of the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he was once a student.

Audiences Yorkshire has appointed Abbigail Wright, Head of Communications at York Theatre Royal, to its board.

Dance UK has announced that Farooq Chaudhry, Producer of Akram Khan Company, will succeed Alistair Spalding, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Sadler’s Wells, as Chair of its Board.