1 The art of leadership: Delegate list Wednesday 14 March, Birmingham Hippodrome Go to page 19 for a list of Sector Support Organisations Go to page 20 for a list of Arts Council Staff Delegates Yvonne Hepburn-Foster Chair of the Board 20 Stories High Julia Samuels Artistic Director 20 Stories High Michelle Lally Partnership Manager Creative Arts & Community 20-21 Visual Arts Centre Daniel Crow Director a space arts Mick Smith Chair a space arts Anu Giri Chair Aakash Odedra Company Gabrielle Jenks Director Abandon Normal Devices Suzi Mackenzie Chair Access All Areas Paul Udenze Chair Ace Dance and Music Ltd Neil Beddow Artistic Director acta Sarah Bailey Chair Action Transport Theatre Nina Hajiyianni Artistic Director & CEO Action Transport Theatre Dr Chief Nana Kofi Simba Leo Chair Activate Performing Arts Michael Noonan Consultant Activate Performing Arts Nelson Fernandez Deputy Chair Actors Touring Company Andrew Smaje Executive Director Actors Touring Company Clare Cody-Richardson Head of Operations Akram Khan Company Jayne Knight Chair a-n The Artists Information Co. Stefan Tobler Publisher And Other Stories Matthew Cleaver Deputy Chief Executive Anvil Arts Dawn Badland Director Applause Rural Touring Amanda Carpenter Chair Applause Rural Touring Suzanne Alleyne Commercial and Brand Director Apples and Snakes Lisa Mead Artistic Director / CEO | Chair Apples and Snakes | Oily Cart Lynne Snowball Chair ARC Stockton Annabel Turpin CEO / Artistic Director ARC Stockton Ben Todd Executive Director Arcola Theatre Neil Reading Venue Manager Arena Theatre Dahlia Jamil Chair Art Asia Trust Maddi Nicholson Artist Founder Director Art Gene Hayley Skipper Chair of Art Gene Art Gene Stephanie Camu Chair Board of Trustees Artangel Cressida Day Managing Director Artangel Andy Ball Chair person Artcore 2 Ruchita Shaikh Executive Director Artcore Peter Freeman Chairman Artichoke Helen Marriage Creative Director Artichoke Trust Sylvie Fourcin Director Artlink West Yorkshire David Hill Director ArtReach Claudia Lastra Executive Director Arts Catalyst Elizabeth Lynch Chair of Arts Catalyst & Theatre-Rites Arts Catalyst Claire Ashby Independent Member of Performance and Audit Committee Arts Council England Lee Corner North area council member Arts Council England Chris Hogg North area council member Arts Council England Perdita Hunt South East area council member Arts Council England Sukhy Johal Midlands area council chair Arts Council England Diana Meale Midlands area council member Arts Council England Andrew Miller National council member Arts Council England Lara Ratnaraja Midlands area council member Arts Council England Paul Roberts National council member Arts Council England Charles Garrad Chair of board Artsadmin Judith Knight Director Artsadmin Cat Harrison Artists’ Producer / Board Member Artsadmin / Crying Out Loud Tracy Cooper Chief Executive artsdepot Ruth Borthwick CEO / Artistic Director Arvon Joanne Bushnell Director Aspex Visual Arts Trust Drusilla Moody Chair Aspex Visual Arts Trust Emma Chaplin Director Association of Independent Museums Louis Watt Chairman Aurora Orchestra Tony Adigun CEO / Artistic Director Avant Garde Dance Company Diane Morgan Vice-Chair Avant Garde Dance Company Trevelyan Wright Executive Director B arts Ltd Marc Boothe Creative Director B3 Media Baby J Director Baby People Ltd Matthew Chesney Director BACKLIT Anamaria Wills Chair Balbir Singh Dance Company Kirsty Lang Chair BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Sarah Munro Director BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Iona Nunes Mayo Chair of the board Bamboozle Theatre Company Ltd Louise Jeffreys Director of Arts Barbican Centre Matt Hall Chair Barbican Theatre Sheila Snellgrove CEO Barbican Theatre, Plymouth Lynn Dunning Head of Barnsley Museums Barnsley Council Sue Thiedeman Head of Culture Barnsley Council Iain Cartwright Executive Director BCB Dave Pritchard Vice-Chair Bedford Creative Arts Stewart Fergusson Chairman Belgrade Theatre Trust (Coventry) Ltd Huw Davies Chair of Board Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival Diana Stevenson Festival Manager Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival Prof David Roberts Pro Vice Chancellor, Executive Dean Birmingham City University 3 Fiona Allan Artistic Director and Chief Executive Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust Ltd Martin Guest Managing Director Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust Ltd Ann Tonks Board Director Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust Ltd Andrew Hitches-Davies Chair of board trustees Birmingham LGBT Ian Grosvenor Chair Birmingham Museums Trust Ellen Mcadam Director Birmingham Museums Trust Ruth Eastwood Chief Executive Blackpool Grand Theatre Matt Adams Director & Artist Blast Theory Simon Thirsk Chair Bloodaxebooks Mary Cloake Chief Executive Bluecoat Peter Mearns Chair Bluecoat Diana Gerald CEO BookTrust Rob Drummer Artistic Director & Joint CEO Boundless Theatre Charles Glanville Chair Boundless Theatre Andrea Francis Cultural Development Manager Bournemouth Borough Council, Arts by the Sea Festival Jo Stendall Executive Director Boy Blue Syima Aslam Director Bradford Literature Festival Richard Foster CEO & Artistic Director Brewery Arts Centre Jenny Kagan Chair Brewery Arts Centre Debra King Director Brighter Sound Andrew Comben Chief Executive Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival Polly Toynbee Chair Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival Laura Pye Head of Culture Bristol Culture team (including Bristol Museums) Henry Kenyon Chairman Bristol Music Trust Louise Mitchell Chief Executive Bristol Music Trust Liz Forgan Chair of the Board Bristol Old Vic Emma Stenning Chief Executive Bristol Old Vic Stephen Mapp CEO Broadway Sue Shave Museum Director Bucks County Museum Trust Roger Hartley CEO Bureau Of Silly Ideas Karen Metcalfe Artistic Director Burnley Youth Theatre Leroy Philbrook Exec Dir / Chief Executive Burnley Youth Theatre Anthony Preston Chair of Board Burnley Youth Theatre Chris Kirby Executive Director Burton at Bideford Fran Healey Interim CEO & Finance Mgr Bury Metropolitan Arts Association Joanne Williams Chief Executive Buxton Festival Felicity Goodey Cbe Dl Chairman Buxton International Festival Kris Darby Chair C&T Paul Sutton Artistic Director C&T Nicola Buckley Chair of Trustees Cambridge Junction Martin Clark Director Camden Arts Centre Brian Logan Artistic Director / CEO Camden People’s Theatre Fern Potter Chair Candoco Dance Company Jo Towler Executive Director Candoco Dance Company Lisa Meyer Artistic Director / CEO Capsule Prue Skene Chair Cardboard Citizens 4 Julie Weston Executive Director Cardboard Citizens Liz Hall Director Carousel Dan Fell Chairman Cast Deborah Rees Director Cast, Doncaster Marla Cunningham Chair Castlefield Gallery Helen Wewiora Director Castlefield Gallery Michelle Wright CEO Cause4 Stephen Maddock Chief Executive CBSO Zoe Dunbar Director CFCCA Mark Courtice Chair Chapel Arts Studios David Dixon Director Chapel Arts Studios (CAS) Ali Mawle Director of Education Cheltenham Festivals Jan Halloran Chair of the board of trustees for Cheshire Dance Cheshire Dance Rachel Tackley Executive Director Chichester Festival Theatre Nina Steiger C-Chair China Plate Paul Warwick Director China Plate An-Ting Chang Artistic Director, CEO Chinese Arts Space Nicholas James Vice Chair Chinese Arts Space Alice Rawsthorn Chair of Trustees Chisenhale Gallery Polly Staple Director Chisenhale Gallery Rick Faulkner Executive Director Chrysalis Arts Development Ltd Sally Gibson Artistic Director Cinderford Artspace Nicolas Young Artistic and Managing Director Circomedia Tim Challans Chair City Arts Madeline Holmes CEO City Arts Bridget Blow Chair of Trustees City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Kim Evans Chair Clean Break Lucy Perman Chief Executive Clean Break Gurvinder Sandher Artistic Director Cohesion Plus Stafford Glover PA Colchester Arts Centre Anthony Roberts Director Colchester Arts Centre Catherine Turner Vice Chair Colchester Arts Centre Sarah Thornton Warnock Artistic Director Collective Encounters Graham Whitham Chair of the board Collective Encounters Martin Hazlehurst Chair Community Arts North West Maricia Klincke Director Community Music Andrew Hurst Chairman / Chief Executive Company Chameleon / One Dance UK Kirsten Suenson-Taylor Chair Compton Verney Steven Parissien Chief Executive Compton Verney House Trust Becki Haines JCEO / Executive Producer Coney Matt Fenton Artistic Director / Chief Executive Contact Steven Lindsay Chair Contact Marco Compagnoni Chair of Trustees Contemporary Art Society Caroline Douglas Director Contemporary Art Society Sarah Dawson Artistic Director Corali Gary Tait Chair Corby Cube Theatre Trust 5 Grant Brisland Director Corn Exchange & 101, Newbury Robert Holland Chair Corn Exchange & 101, Newbury Emmie Kell CEO Cornwall Museums Partnership Ferrers Vyvyan Chair Cornwall Museums Partnership Roger Morgan Chairman Courtyard Geoffrey Crossick Chair Crafts Council Deirdre Figueiredo Director Craftspace Shahina Johnson CEO / Artistic Director Create Studios Sally Clements Non- Executive Director Create Studios CIC Alastair Upton Chief Executive Creative Foundation John Pulford Chair of Trustees Creative Kernow Ross Williams Director Creative Kernow Sarah Thirtle Director of Business Support Programmes Creative United Oliver Jones Director Creativity Works Sarah Macnee Executive Director Crying Out Loud Robert Howell Director Culturapedia Dorothy Wilson Chair Culture Central Mary Genis Artistic Director CultureMix Arts Ltd Pax Nindi Chair of the Board of Directors CultureMix Arts Ltd Ian Squires Chairman Curve Leicester Julia Keenan Chair