Martin Pople is the new Director of the Bath Area Cultural Forum. He was previously Director of Bath Spa Live at Bath Spa University.
Group Chief Executive of Creative & Cultural Skills, Tom Bewick, is to step down in April to become Chief Executive of Enterprise UK.
Graham Devlin, former Acting Secretary General of the Arts Council of England, has been appointed as Executive Chair of the Dance Training and Accreditation Partnership.
Management consultant Peter Lipman, previously Director of Cultural Services at Ealing Council, is the new Interim Head of Arts & Entertainments for Cambridge City Council.
Edward Hall has been appointed Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Hampstead Theatre, taking over from Anthony Clark. Hall will remain Artistic Director of Propeller.
Anu Giri, Heather Graham, Vicky Hope-Walker, David Macleary, Rebekah Macleary and Lynn Scrivener have been appointed as Associates of Arts Quarter LLP.
Rebecca Hamilton, Marketing and Media Manager for Historic Scotland, has left to become Head of Communications at Museums Galleries Scotland.
Trestle Theatre Company has a new Marketing and Communications Manager, Rhian Desborough. She was previously Marketing and Press Officer for The Alban Arena.
Milford Haven’s Torch Theatre has appointed Sean Crowley and Simon Harris as Associate Directors. Crowley is Head of Design and Director of Drama at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Harris is the former Artistic Director of Sgript Cymru and a current recipient of a Creative Wales Award from the Arts Council of Wales.
Jude Wright is joining Interplay as Executive Director. She moves from Wakefield Theatre. Lucy Scott is the new Administrator at Interplay.
Drake Music has appointed Melanie Clifford in the new role of Artistic Director.
Bath Festivals Ltd has appointed Jane Drabble as Chair of its Board of Directors. She succeeds Professor Glynis Breakwell, Vice Chancellor of the University of Bath.
The Wales Millennium Centre has four new trustees: Henry Engelhardt, CEO of Admiral Group plc; Dyfrig John, former Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive of HSBC Bank plc; Luke Fletcher, from Bates Wells and Braithwaite LLP; and Eirlys Pritchard Jones, a former headteacher of Ysgol Y Cymer in the Rhondda Valley, and previously Chair of Menter a Busnes, a not-for-profit company which encourages entrepreneurialism amongst Welsh speakers.
Gottfried Wagner, Director of the European Cultural Forum, stood down last October, and Katherine Watson is Acting Director.
Greenbelt Festivals has appointed Gawain Hewitt as Festival Director, succeeding Beki Bateson. Hewitt is currently Creative Director and Events Organiser at Community Music.