Head of Arts and Culture at the University of Exeter, DOMINIC JINKS is the new Executive Director for Plymouth’s Culture Board. He was previously Head of Resource Development at Arts Council England and a co-founder of The British Touring Shakespeare Company.
24th April 2014
Kent Music’s new Head of Programme Delivery is NANCY GILLIO-TERRY. She has previously worked for Sing Up Kent and Medway.
PETER DAVISON is the new Programme Manager for Eastleigh’s newest creative hubs, The Sorting Office and Tec Hub. He joins the Recreate programme from Portsmouth University where he worked in Research and Innovation.
15th April 2014
HENRIETTE GÖTZ is the new Executive Director for English National Opera. She was most recently Executive Director of Vlaamse Opera, Belgium, and takes up the post following the departure of LORETTA TOMASI.
The new Director of Development for the Royal Shakespeare Company is REBECCA PRESTON. She is currently Development Director for the Southbank Centre and has previously worked at the Royal Court Theatre, the ICA and the Terrence Higgins Trust.
Baritone SIR THOMAS ALLEN has been appointed as Music Adviser to Scottish Opera. He will provide high level input and advice while the company recruits a Music Director.
The Former Head of Creative Enterprise at The Bluecoat EMMA SMITH is the new Executive Director of LOOK, Liverpool’s international photography biennial.
9th April 2014
Conservative MP SAJID JAVID is the new Culture Secretary, following MARIA MILLER’S resignation over expenses. The state-school educated Javid entered Parliament in 2010 after running Deutshe Bank’s trading operations in Asia. He voted strongly for reducing central government funding of local government and has cited Margaret Thatcher as an "inspiration".
Executive Director of British Youth Opera IVAN ROCKEY is stepping down to take up the position of Director of Finance and Operations at The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
DAVID LAZAR has been promoted to the newly created role of Executive Director of Ambassador Theatre Group. He will relocate to London but continue in his current role as Chief Executive Officer - New York.