Birmingham Royal Ballet CEO to step down due to ill health

Birmingham Royal Ballet CEO CAROLINE MILLER will step down due to ill health.

PAUL JAMES has been appointed acting CEO with immediate effect, with Miller officially leaving the company on 4 April 2025. 

A full recruitment process for a new permanent CEO will begin early in the New Year.

Miller, who joined BRB as interim CEO for 12 months before becoming permanent CEO in December 2018, said that leading the company “has been one of the greatest honours of my life”.

She added: “I really wish I didn’t have to step away at this point when so much has been achieved, but also so many more opportunities lie ahead, but security of leadership and someone who can work well with [BRB director] Carlos [Acosta] and the whole team, is the most important thing for the company right now.”

DAVID NORMINGTON, BRB chair, said: “This is the news we have feared and so much did not want to hear.

“Over the last six and a half years Caroline has brought to BRB energy, passion, creativity and an unrivalled knowledge of the dance industry.

“Her partnership with CARLOS ACOSTA has ushered in a golden period in BRB’s story. She had so much more to give and we will miss her terribly.

“On behalf of everyone at BRB, I send her our grateful thanks and deepest affection.”

Acosta said that, in his time working with Miller since he joined BRB as director in January 2020, “we have reaffirmed BRB’s position as one of the world’s great ballet companies.”

He added: “I will miss her energy, can-do attitude and magic touch, not forgetting her infectious sense of humour. I wish her only good things for the next chapter of her life.”