Director of Culture and Creative Industries at Manchester City Council
Dave Moutrey OBE is Director of Culture and Creative Industries at Manchester City Council where he is responsible for advising the Council on policy and strategy for culture and creative industries in the city. Dave has worked in Manchester in leadership roles in the arts since 1984 previously at Abraham Moss Centre Theatre, Arts About Manchester, Cornerhouse and most recently at HOME. He was awarded an OBE in the Queens Jubilee Honours List in 2022 for services to the arts especially during Covid and Doctor of Arts honoris causa by the University of Salford. Dave is a Fellow of the RSA, a member of the Chartered Management Institute, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Dave is Chair of the Theatres Trust and a trustee of the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.
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