Trustees to join ENO after company’s ‘difficult period’

English National Opera has appointed ANUPAM GANGULI and GILLIAN MOORE to its board of trustees.

The pair will take up post immediately, with Ganguli also becoming Chair of the Finance Committee.

A chartered accountant, Ganguli has worked in arts, culture and heritage for the last twenty years and is currently Finance Director of Historic Royal Palaces. 

He has held senior roles at the V&A, Arts Council England, Royal Museums Greenwich and the Royal Albert Hall. He was also a regional council member of ACE London from 2002 to 2008 and a member of ACE’s Stabilisation and Recovery Advisory Panel.

He has held governor/trustee roles at the University of Westminste, Whitechapel Gallery, Opera Holland Park, Studio Wayne McGregor, the Almeida Theatre, Central School of Ballet, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and Chisenhale Gallery.

Moore is a music writer and broadcaster. She is currently Artistic Associate at London's Southbank Centre, Artistic Adviser to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Artist in Residence at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.  

She previously spent a decade with the London Sinfonietta, running its orchestral education programme before becoming Artistic Director. She has also held various roles at Southbank Centre, including Head of Contemporary Culture and Director of Music and Performing Arts. 

Gillian has served as trustee of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, the Royal Philharmonic Society, as a governor of the Royal College of Music, and has been a member of the ENO Artistic Committee.

Commenting on the appointments, ENO Chair HARRY RUNJES said: "We are thrilled that Anupam can take responsibility for the finance brief as the company enters its next chapter. He has huge experience and will navigate the company through that delicate balance of artistic aspiration and financial reality which is so central and important to all arts organisations.

"Gillian has a remarkable career and the Company will greatly benefit from her wisdom, experience and excellence at a time when ENO maintains its London Coliseum season, alongside the launch of our first wave of collaborative partnerships and projects across Greater Manchester."

Ganguli said,: "I have long admired ENO for its artistic excellence and its passion for and commitment to ensuring opera is for everyone. It’s where I saw my first opera performance 35 years ago, which was instrumental in awakening in me a deep love for the art form. I understand the financial challenges the sector is facing, and I look forward to playing my part in helping the company at this pivotal and exciting point in its remarkable history".

Moore added: "As English National Opera emerges from a difficult period, I have every confidence that the excellence and creativity of this fantastic body of people will forge something new and remarkable in London and in Greater Manchester."