Our Board

Tania MaHmoud

Chair of the Board

Tania Mahmoud brings many years of international experience at the British Council, providing strategic leadership for the overseas network in East Asia and the Americas. Prior to this, as Cities Programme Lead she worked with cities across England on developing international strategies for culture. 

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.

Emma dean

Board Member

Emma Dean is a curator, editor and writer based in Newcastle upon Tyne. As Curator at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, she collaborates with artists on large-scale exhibitions, commissions and residencies. 

Laura Jeffery 

Board Member

Laura Jeffery (FRSA) is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in Chagossian heritage. She is also Co-Director of the AHRC Maghreb Action on Displacement and Rights Network Plus..

Dima Karout

​Board Member
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Dima Karout has over 20 years’ experience in creating and managing art projects, curating and producing exhibitions, and designing publications and learning programmes. 

Lucy Latham 

​Board Member
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Lucy Latham is a sustainability expert. She is  Principal Sustainability Consultant at AECOM and has had previous roles at CDP and Julie's Bicycle.

​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.