CASSIE CHADDERTON, currently Director of Media and Stakeholder Relations at Arts Council England, is to take over from DAVID BROWNLEE in the revised role of Head of UK Theatre and Membership Development at UK Thea
MARTYN GREEN is to take up the role of Chief Executive at Theatr Brycheiniog, having worked as Chief Executive of The Courtyard Centre for the Arts in Hereford for 12 years.
Currently Theatre Programme Co-ordinator at Derby Theatre, ADAM POWNALL is set to join Lincoln Drill Hall at the end of November as its Artistic Programme & Participation Manager.
Having worked in a series of international management roles with the British Council, SHEILA MURRAY has been appointed to the board of Creative Scotland for four years.
HANNAH CORBETT is to join Acme Studios as its new Chief Executive from early 2016, succeeding co-founder JONATHAN HARVEY, who has been in the post for 44 years.
ROY McEWAN is to step down from his role as Chief Executive of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and retire in Summer 2016, coinciding with the end of the Orchestra’s 42nd Season.
SIR WILLIAM ATKINSON has been appointed Chairman of the Lyric Hammersmith’s board, succeeding KEVIN MCGRATH, who is to leave after four years in the role.
Two new Non-Executive Directors, KEITH RUDDOCK and JANN BROWN, have been appointed to Scottish Ballet’s Board of Directors, bringing their respective experience as legal counsel and a Chartered Accountant.
The Other Way Works has appointed MARY HELEN YOUNG as its Executive Director. She joins after having worked as a consultant on Creative Europe, and as Information Officer for the UK Cultural Contact Point.
HANNAH PHILLIPS has been appointed as the new Director of Artrix. She will leave her role as Deputy Director at the Birmingham School of Acting later this year.
Turner Contemporary gallery has selected STEPHEN SUNNUCKS to chair the organisation, following JOHN KAMPFNER’S departure to lead the Creative Industries Federation.
Long-serving MURIEL ROMANES is to step down as Artistic Director of the Stellar Quines Theatre Company in April 2016, after 22 years with the organisation.
MAURICE DAVIES, recently a partner at the Museum Consultancy, has been appointed as the new Head of Collections at the Royal Academy of Arts, following the departure of NICK SAVAGE.
