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.
Amanda Maxwell
Community Manager and board member of shesaid.so
Amy Smith
Head of Talent at Framestore
Annie Warburton
CEO at the Goldsmiths' Company
Anra Kennedy
Consultant Director at The Audience Agency
Charlotte Beevor
Entrepreneurial Designer and Stylist
Claire Whitaker
Bid Director, Southampton City of Culture 2025
Dave Moutrey
Director of Culture and Creative Industries at Manchester City Council
Jaswinder Singh
Director of Asian Arts Agency
Jennifer Johnston
Head of Learning at Into Film
Jo Morrison
Director of Digital Innovation at Calvium
Lara Ratnaraja
Cultural Consultant
Laura Pye
Director at National Museums Liverpool
Lucy Bayliss
Head of Creative Programmes at DanceEast
Mandy Barker
Founder of Sail Creative
Maria Tanjala
Co-founder of Big Couch and FilmChain
Nia Williams
Director of Learning and Engagement at National Museum Wales
Sade Banks
Founder and CEO of Sour Lemons
Sarah Ellis
Director of Digital Development at Royal Shakespeare Company
Sharon Watson
CEO and Principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Stephen Bennett
Joint Head of Policy Lab and Visual artist
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
Tom Philipson
Founder of YourStudio and Special Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, UAL
Vikas Kumar
Founder and Director of GemArts
Will Saunders
Consultant and Executive Producer
