Our board

• Samuel
  West

  
  Chair: Actor and Director
  "Art helps me imagine what it’s like to be someone else. There’s no us and them. It's us and us. It's all us."
  @exitthelemming

• Kim
  Grant

  
  Finance Chair & Company Secretary. Theatre Consultant
  "Nurturing the arts changes lives for good; the arts make us all more human. Funding is a crucial component, opening and ensuring access for all."
  @kimmgrant

• Michael
  Smith

  
  Executive Chair. Director of Cog Design
  "I grew up listening to thrashy bands in a local community centre. I wouldn’t have called it ‘arts’ but without funding that venue wouldn’t exist."
  @Michael_Cog

• Cassie
  Chadderton

  
  Head of UK Theatre
  "The arts contribute so much to our society and communities. Theatre, dance, music, good writing… they teach us about ourselves and the world around us. They give us joy. They are vital."
  @cassiechadmoran

• Sarah
  Gee

  
  Managing Partner of Indigo-Ltd
  "The arts provide inspiration, provoke questions, and remind me daily what it is to be human in a busy and challenging world. They are somewhere where I can lose myself, yet never feel alone."
  @SarahABGee

• Amanda
  Jones

  
  Arts Strategy and Communications
  "The arts nourish my mind and feed my soul. I want to make sure that others have the same opportunity to consume enough artistic work to draw their own conclusions."
  @whitgirrl

• Rosie
  Luff

  
  Public affairs consultant for the arts and creative industries
  "For me it’s simple: the arts help us to understand each other better."
  @rosieluff

• Ruth
  Mackenzie

  
  Artistic Director of Theatre du Chatelet, Paris
  "I believe that artists can change the world and I love them for the inspiration, provocation and joy they give us."
  @ruthmackenzie

• Peter
  Manning

  
  Conductor and Violinist
  "The arts envelop our lives with fresh prospect daily and help us to both reflect and participate, enriching each and every journey we take. "
  @energyconductor

• Helen
  Mountfield

  
  QC. Lawyer at Matrix Chambers specialising in human rights and discrimination law
  "The arts remind me that I am human and that other people are too."
  @HelenMountfield

• Julia
  Payne

  
  Director of The Hub
  "There’s nothing quite like a brilliant piece of theatre or a knockout gig to take you out of yourself, make you think, make you feel. The arts help us live in colour."
  @juliaatthehub

• Mark
  Pemberton

  
  Director of the Association of British Orchestras
  "I’m excited about the arts because there is nothing better than the shared experience of a live event, and for me, orchestral music forms the soundtrack to my life. "

• Leonora
  Thomson

  
  Managing Director of Welsh National Opera
  "Growing up with many different types music all around me convinced me from my earliest days of the power of the arts to bring people together. We aren’t human without them."
  @leothomson

• Roy
  Williams, OBE

  
  Playwright
  "Art is for everyone. It is a right, not a privilege"
  @royboywilliams