After almost 12 years in the BBC, most recently heading up the Marketing and Audiences team for BBC Sport and Radio 5 live, MARGARET HENRY has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Audiences NI. Henry replaces Interim Chief Executive TONY MACAULAY. Research Manager CHRIS PALMER is leaving after nine years with the organisation.
19th December 2013
After six years working at Birmingham Royal Ballet’s press office, SIMON HARPER is leaving to pursue a freelance career in arts PR.
MARTIN KETTLE from the Guardian and SAM JACKSON, Managing Editor of Classic FM, have become the most recent Board members to join Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
ASHLEY WOODFIELD is starting a new role as Head of Press at The Royal Ballet. He has spent the last six years at the Design Museum as Senior Press Manager.
12th December 2013
Arts Council England has announced the appointment of CLARE TITLEY as Director of Philanthropy, starting in February 2014. Titley has over 15 years’ of fundraising experience in both international development and the arts, and is currently Assistant Director of Development at Welsh National Opera, leading the organisation’s fundraising from companies, trusts and individuals.
ANITA BHALLA OBE has been elected as the new Chairman of Performances Birmingham Limited (PBL), the charity that runs Town Hall and Symphony Hall Birmingham. A former senior BBC executive, she will assume her post early next year, taking over from ROGER BURMAN CBE, the founding Chairman of Town Hall Symphony Hall, who has been in post since 1991.
SOPHIE CHANNON has been appointed as Membership Marketing Coordinator at the Arts Marketing Association.
BEN HARMAN will be the new Director of Stills at Scotland's Centre for Photography. He is currently Curator of Contemporary Art at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow and will succeed DEIRDRE MACKENNA who is leaving the organisation.
HONOR HARGER is leaving her position as Artistic Director at Lighthouse to take up a new role as Executive Director of a major international arts venue in early 2014.
Kneehigh has appointed ALAN LIVINGSTON as Chair of the board of trustees. He will replace DAVID JUBB, who has chaired the board for five years.