Arts Taskforce
Listed below are the members of the Arts Taskforce.
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John Tusa - Managing Director, Barbican
John Tusa has been Managing Director of the Barbican since 1995, is Chairman of the Wigmore Hall Trust, a Vice Chairman of the British Museum, and a Trustee of The Turquoise Mountain Trust Foundation.
Gillian Moore - Head of Contemporary Culture, Southbank Centre
Gillian joined Southbank Centre as the newly appointed Head of Contemporary Culture in August 2006. She has had a long association with both Southbank Centre and the London Sinfonietta...
Alan Borg - Former Director V&A
Alan is a former Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he was responsible for a series of important exhibitions and the re-display of the British Galleries.
Victoria Barnsley - Chief Executive, HarperCollins
Victoria has worked in the world of book publishing for nearly 30 years now and has been Chief Executive of HarperCollins UK for the last seven of them. Before that she was Chair and Managing Director of Fourth Estate, which she founded in 1984.
Taskforce Member
Amanda Jones - Programme Director Arts and Heritage, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Amanda Jones has worked in arts management for over 20 years, specialising until recently in communications, including media relations and advocacy.
Munria Mirza - Writer and Broadcaster
Munira Mirza writes and broadcasts on issues related to multi centralism and cultural identity and urban regeneration. She is an arts consultant for the London East Research Institute and is currently working on her PhD at the University of Kent.
Bendor Grosvenor, Art Dealer and historian
Bendor Grosvenor is a historian and art dealer. He studied history at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the University of East Anglia, and regularly lectures and publishes articles on English history and art history.