People
Industry Champions
Meet our Industry Champions. They are a UK-wide network of practitioners, drawn from all parts of the creative industries to provide Creative PEC with on-the-ground insight to inform our research and policy work.
Alia Alzougbi
Artist, Educator and Cultural Producer
Amanda Maxwell
Community Manager and board member of shesaid.so
Amir Hussain
Chief Executive at Yeme Architects
Amy Smith
Head of Talent at Framestore
Anna Lowe
Co-founder and Director of Partnerships at Smartify
Annie Lydford
Annie is Managing Director at Nevill Holt Opera
Annie Warburton
Chief Executive at Cockpit Arts
Anra Kennedy
Content and Partnerships Director at Culture24
Ben Carlin
Co-Founder of Megaverse and Immerse Sheffield
Ben Evans
Director at London Design Festival
Charlotte Beevor
Entrepreneurial Designer and Stylist
Claire Whitaker
Bid Director, Southampton City of Culture 2025
Conor Mitchell
Founder and Artistic Director of The Belfast Ensemble
Dave Moutrey
Director and CEO at HOME
Fiona McLaughlin
Co-founding Director at Taunt Studios
Helen Mort
Author
Hope Dickson Leach
Writer and Director
Indhu Rubasingham
Artistic Director at Kiln Theatre
Inua Ellams
Poet, Playwright, Performer, Graphic Artist and Designer
Jaswinder Singh
Director of Asian Arts Agency
Jennifer Johnston
Head of Learning at Into Film
Jo Morrison
Director of Digital Innovation at Calvium
Kevin Beimers
Director of Italic Pig
Kobi Onyame
Recording artist, Producer and Songwriter
Kurban Kassam
Freelance Film Producer
Lara Ratnaraja
Cultural Consultant
Laura Pye
Director at National Museums Liverpool
Liz Mosley
Self-employed Graphic Designer
Loyd Grossman
Chairman of The Royal Parks
Lucy Bayliss
Head of Creative Programmes at DanceEast
Lyndsey Jackson
Deputy Chief Executive at Edinburgh Fringe Festival Society
Mandy Barker
Founder of Sail Creative
Maria Tanjala
Co-founder of Big Couch and FilmChain
Michaela Greene
Development and Communications Director at Roundhouse
Michelle Adia Scarlett
Community Immersive Producer
Nasima Siddiqui
Co-Founder at WyndyMilla
Natalie Griffith
Brand & Marketing Director of Unit 2 Games
Nia Thomas
Managing Director at Boom Cymru
Nia Williams
Director of Learning and Engagement at National Museum Wales
Nick Keynes
Director at Tileyard Studios
Nick Starr
Co-Founder at Bridge Theatre
Noel Kelly
Chief Executive Officer and Director at Visual Artists Ireland
Phil Critchlow
Founder and CEO of TBI Media
Phil Stuart
Founder and Creative Director of PRELOADED
Polly Tootal
Freelance Photographer
Rachel O’Riordan
Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Reiko Kaneko
Ceramicist, Designer and Educator
Sade Banks
Founder and CEO of Sour Lemons
Sandeep Virdee
Artistic Director and Founder Trustee at Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust
Sarah Bird
Director of Wild Rumpus
Sarah Ellis
Director of Digital Development at Royal Shakespeare Company
Sharon Watson
CEO and Principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Stephanie Edwards
Co-Founder of Urban Symbiotics
Stephen Bennett
Joint Head of Policy Lab and Visual artist
Syima Aslam
Director at Bradford Literature Festival
Tolu Stedford
Development Producer at the Independent Film Trust and CEO of Creative Lions Productions
Tom Adeyoola
Entrepreneur
Tom Chalmers
Founder and Managing Director at Legend Times Group
Tony Heaton
Freelance Sculptor and Performance Artist
Vaughn McKenzie
CEO of JAAK
Vikas Kumar
Founder and Director of GemArts
Will Saunders
Consultant and Executive Producer
Wolfgang Buttress
Artist
Yehrin Tong
Illustrator
Zing Tsjeng
Freelance Journalist