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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

Our Industry Champions meet regularly to discuss key issues and potential solutions to challenges facing creatives and creative businesses in the UK. They also provide a opinion and write guest blogs. The Industry Insights papers from Industry Champion roundtables are published here.

Blogs & insights

Rewriting the Logic: Designing Responsible AI for the Creative Sector
As AI reshapes how culture is made and shared, Ve Dewey asks: Who gets to create? Whose voices are erased?
graphic of a brain made of circuits - Steve Johnson Unsplash
Industry Insights: AI and Copyright
On 5th February 2025, the Creative PEC convened a roundtable of our Industry Champions network to discuss the main issues
People working collaboratively at a desk
Lifelong learning in the creative industries, part 2: the solutions 
In part 2 of the blog, our Industry Champions discuss possible solutions to the challenges of lifelong learning in the
Artist studio image by Matthieu Comoy
Lifelong learning in the creative industries – part 1: the challenges
Our Industry Champions discussed the challenges faced in creative industries education and lifelong learning at the recent roundtable.

Meet the Industry Champions

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

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