• Share on Facebook
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Linkedin
  • Share by email
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Linkedin
  • Share by email

Southampton is bidding to become City of Culture in 2025. Andy Martin meets the woman behind the bid.

She worked in corporate banking for NatWest Bank early in her career and for the iconic Decca Records.

For more than 24 years she co-led and ran the much-acclaimed live music and events organisation Serious. As a producer, she created and delivered innovative live music and arts special events, both in the UK and internationally.

She was chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society, is currently a member of Greater London Authority (GLA) Music Board and an ambassador for the mayor Sadiq Khan’s cultural leadership board.

In the 90s, Claire was... Keep reading on Southern Daily Echo.