Shake up of the board at Shakespeare’s Globe

Shakespeare’s Globe has appointed eight new trustees to join the board following the retirement of several trustees, after a combined 39 years in post.

The new appointments include playwright, filmmaker, poet and dramaturg DIPO BARUWA-ETTI, chartered accountant SANDEEP DWESAR and RAMIA MARIELLE EL AGAMY, the CEO and Co-Founder of Orbis Terra Media, a content marketing agency and magazine publisher. 

They are joined by RICK GILDEA, the non-executive independent member of the Board of Directors of Alpha Bank S.A, philanthropist and investor REINHARD GORENFLOS, leader of the Tua Res Foundation, a charity dedicated to financially and socially supporting the education of vulnerable girls in Africa.  

Alongside them are Global Chief Marketing Officer of Avanade RUTH ROWAN, Strategy Partner of Brunswick INDY SAHA and theatre producer and creative leader DESPINA TSATSAS. 

Chair MARGARET CASELY-HAYFORD CBE will remain a trustee alongside Deputy Chair DAVID BUTTER and Treasurer JOHN BAKER.

Casely-Hayford said she is delighted to welcome the new trustees. 

“They join at a turbulent time for the arts, facing new and extremely difficult challenges ahead, but I have no doubt that this group of brilliant and creative minds will respond with distinction," she added.

The Globe's CEO, NEIL CONSTABLE also commented: “I would like to recognise the significant role all our trustees have played in saving our beloved organisation and ensuring its future for generations to come.

"The Globe is a particularly special place, unique in its cultural and educational offer, we are iconic on the London landscape. This is an exciting time for the incoming trustees, joining a team of creative thinkers who I’ve no doubt will help secure the Globe a fruitful future,” Constable added.

During the recruitment process, the Globe identified more trustees to join the board next year, which will be announced in due course.