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Staff & Board

Board

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Board of Directors

  • David Forbes (Chair)
  • Bernard Atha
  • Chris Bailey
  • Dr Jo Butterworth
  • Graham Dewhirst
  • Susie Hargreaves
  • Alan Harrison
  • Denise Jagger
  • Cath Lennon
  • Councillor John Procter
  • Maxine Room
  • Phil Swallow
  • Victoria Tomlinson
  • Veronica Wadley

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Senior Vice Presidents

  • David Lloyd
  • Sir John Manduell CBE
  • Gurth Hoyer Miller
  • Sir Simon Towneley KVCO JP

Vice Presidents

  • Tim Collins
  • Judith Donovan CBE
  • Jon Hammond
  • David Heal
  • Juliet Jowitt
  • Paul Kaiserman
  • Paul Lee
  • Malcolm Oliver

Observers

  • Matthew Sims
  • Councillor Val Slater, West Yorkshire Grants

Assessors

  • Pam Johnson, ACE Yorkshire

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Staff

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Artistic

  • Artistic Director
    David Nixon
  • Ballet Master
    Daniel de Andrade
  • Ballet Mistress
    Yoko Ichino
  • Guest Teacher
    Andria Hall
  • Dramatic Associate
    Patricia Doyle

Business

  • Chief Executive
    Mark Skipper
  • Finance Director
    Judith Hartley
  • Head of Planning & Operations
    Steve Hughes
  • Finance Manager
    Joanne Gomersall
  • Finance Officer
    Kath Holliday
  • PA to the Directors
    Diane Tabern
  • Receptionists
    Karen Dixon
    Jo Waddington

Northern Ballet Theatre Academy

  • Curriculum Manager
    Yoko Ichino
  • Academy Officer
    Hannah Kirkpatrick
  • Academy Assistant
    Faye Cardwell
  • Academy Pianists
    Richard Kenwood-Herriott
    David Plumpton

Communications

  • Director of Communications
    Laraine Penson
  • Head of Communications
    Ruth Burke-Kennedy
  • Communications Manager: Marketing
    Emma Mooney
  • Communications Manager: Media & PR
    Catherine Mullaney
  • Communications Officer: Marketing
    Rachel Poole
  • Communications Officer: Web & Social Media

Fundraising

  • Director of Fundraising
    Jon Ingham
  • Corporate Fundraising Manager
    Janet Myres
  • Friends & Events Manager
    Judith Baker
  • Trust and Foundation Manager
    Megan McLoughlin
  • Individual Giving Manager
    Hannah Walker

Learning & Access

  • Director of Learning & Access
    Selina McGonagle
  • Learning & Access Project Manager
    Jo Dean
  • Dance Education Officers
    Sophie Alder
    Caroline Burn
  • Learning & Access Co-ordinator
    Philippa Plumtree-Varley

Music

  • Music Director
    John Pryce-Jones
  • Assistant Music Director
    Nigel Gaynor
  • Orchestra and Concerts Manager
    Barry Collarbone
  • Company/Orchestra Pianist
    Chris Hobson
  • Orchestra Pit Manager
    Stephen Costello

Stage Management

  • Company Manager
    Al Buchan
  • Stage Manager
    Olivia Dermot Walsh
  • Deputy Stage Manager
    Chun-Yen Chia
  • Assistant Stage Manager
    Heidi Thornton

Technical

  • Technical Director
    Andy Waddington
  • Technical Manager
    Steve Wilkins
  • Chief Electrician
    Al West
  • Deputy Chief Electrician
    Martin Smith
  • Electrician
    Abigail Wilkinson
  • Assistant Electrician
    Laura Sprake
  • Deputy Chief Stage Technician
    Sid Taylor
  • Flyman/Rigger
    Jim Hannon
  • Stage Technician
    Joe Strange

Wardrobe & Wigs

  • Head of Wardrobe
    Kim Brassley
  • Touring Wardrobe Manager
    Mikhaila Pye
  • Senior Wardrobe Assistant
    Heather Burtt
  • Wardrobe Assistant
    Carley Marsh

Transport

  • Transport
    Stagefreight

Consultants

  • IT Consultant
    Neil G Jarman

Medical

  • Physiotherapy Services
    Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy Ltd.Leeds
    Liz Atha
    Anna Evans
  • Company Doctor
    Dr Sarah L Lawton MA (Cantab), MBB, Chir. DRCOG
  • Counsellor
    Lynne Jackson
  • Masseur
    Harriet Morgan

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