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
Anna Disley
Executive Director, Programmes and Impact, New Writing North
Anna Kiernan
Associate Professor in Creativity and Literary Culture, University of Exeter
Anna Kime
Freelance artist and Policy Officer, Centre for Cultural Value
Annie Warburton
CEO at the Goldsmiths' Company
Anra Kennedy
Consultant Director at The Audience Agency
Charlotte Beevor
Entrepreneurial Designer and Stylist
Chris Hildrey
Director, Hildrey Studio
Claire Whitaker
Bid Director, Southampton City of Culture 2025
Dave Moutrey
Director of Culture and Creative Industries at Manchester City Council
Fiona Mozley
Novelist
Fred Deakin
Director, Fred Deakin and Company Limited
Grace Shin
Account Manager, Clarity
Hannah Pater
Development Director, Big Change
Holly Lewis
Co-Founding Partner, We Made That
Jack Gamble
Director, Campaign for the Arts
Jaswinder Singh
Director of Asian Arts Agency
Jennifer Johnston
Head of Learning at Into Film
Jo Morrison
Director of Digital Innovation at Calvium
Josie Warden
Design Researcher
Lara Ratnaraja
Cultural Consultant
Laura Giles
Managing Director at Screen Cornwall
Laura Pye
Director at National Museums Liverpool
Leslie Ramos
Philanthropy Advisor and Director at The Twentieth
Lilli Geissendorfer
Independent Consultant and Director, Theatre Green Book
Linda Spurdle
Cultural Consultant and Producer
Lucy Bayliss
Head of Creative Programmes at DanceEast
Malath Abbas
Game Designer and Creative Producer
Mandy Barker
Founder of Sail Creative
Maria Tanjala
Co-founder of Big Couch and FilmChain
Natasha Trotman
Equalities Designer and Researcher
Nia Williams
Director of Learning and Engagement at National Museum Wales
Phil Holton
Senior Qualification Manager, Pearson
Rebecca Swarray
Senior Policy Officer, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and freelance Curator, DJ and Producer
Robert Kilpatrick
CEO and Creative Director, Scottish Music Industry Association
Sade Banks
Founder and CEO of Sour Lemons
Sara Salsinha
Independent Designer and Researcher
Sarah Ellis
Director of Digital Development at Royal Shakespeare Company
Savraj Matharu
Principal Lecturer in Digital Innovation, University of Westminster
Sharon Watson
CEO and Principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Stephen Bennett
Joint Head of Policy Lab and Visual artist
Steven Berryman
President of the Chartered College of Teaching and Senior Deputy Head, Sir William Perkins's School
Tobias Revell
Design Futures Lead at Arup
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
Ve Dewey
Founder and CEO of Concurrency
Vikas Kumar
Founder and Director of GemArts
Will Saunders
Consultant and Executive Producer
