Catherine Mallyon is Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
She was previously Deputy Chief Executive of Southbank Centre, leading all Southbank Centre operational activity, including the reopening of Royal Festival Hall after refurbishment in 2007 and the renewal of Hayward Gallery in 2010.
In her earlier career , Catherine was General Manager of Arts and Theatres at Reading Borough Council and General Manager at the Oxford Playhouse and had the same role at the Towngate Theatre, Basildon.
Catherine has been on the Boards/Councils of Arts Council England (ACE); Society of London Theatre (SOLT); the West Midlands Combined Authority Cultural Leadership Board (WMCA); Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP); the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Creative Industries Federation.
Catherine is an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, University of Oxford and was awarded a CBE in the Queens Platinum Jubilee Birthday Honours list.