Our Board

Ros Rigby

Chair of the Board

​Ros Rigby (OBE) was the co-founding director of Folkworks and a co-founding partner of the music venue Sage Gateshead, where in 2001 Ros was appointed Performance Programme Director. Since 2016, she has undertaken freelance work and board memberships.

Fiona Crisp

Vice Chair

Fiona Crisp is an artist working nationally and internationally who is based in the North East. She is a Professor of Contemporary Art at Northumbria University where she is a founder of the research group ‘The Cultural Negotiation of Science’.

Clymene Christoforou

Executive Director and Board Member

Clymene Christoforou is a founding member and executive director of D6, where she oversees programme and arts development, focusing on international collaboration and developing a strong international platform for local engagement.
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Lucy Latham is a sustainability expert, leading work on environmental governance and disclosure with cities across Europe, Middle East and Africa at CDP.
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​Tania Mahmoud is Regional Manager for EU, Middle East North Africa and Wider Europe at the British Council. Prior to that she was Cities Programmes Lead at the British Council where she worked across the arts, education and inclusive society portfolios on programmes in key cities in England.

Dave Pritchard

Board Member

Dave Pritchard is an international consultant in environment, culture, heritage and the arts, with a special interest in the intersection between these fields.

Radha Sharma

Board Member

Radha Sharma is a Senior Programme Management Office Analyst at Virgin Money, focusing on governance and change management.