Creative UK

A senior games industry executive with roles at Cloud Imperium Games, Crytek and Sega, who began as a UK Armed Forces defence analyst; he advises AI and video game start-ups and is active in creative industries policy.

Chair of the Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust and former Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (2012-2023); she runs an arts leadership consultancy and previously served as Deputy Chief Executive of Southbank Centre. She holds a CBE and has held numerous arts board roles.

A UK diplomat and senior civil servant whose career spans diplomacy, law and film production; she served as HM Consul General in Los Angeles (2020-2024) and now works in the UK Department for Business and Trade.

An award-winning business journalist focused on the creative industries who joined advertising magazine Campaign in 2015, with prior roles at the London Evening Standard, The Times and CNN.

A Principal at Two Rivers Associates advising on policy, strategy and governance; she is a non-executive director on the boards of Creative UK and Creative UK Investments and sits on the Impact Investing Institute board.

A freelance writer and curator at arts consultancy Artiq, with a background in history of art and past roles at the British Journal of Photography and The Photographers' Gallery.

A composer, broadcaster and writer, noted as one of the UK's youngest commissioned composers and youngest national radio presenter; he presents on Magic Classical and writes for music publications.

A commercial strategy leader who has held senior roles at Coca-Cola, Sony and Grey (CFO then Chief Commercial Officer across Grey EMEA); she advises boards on business transformation and value creation.

A music industry executive with over 35 years' experience; in 2012 he founded a company helping brands partner with talent in music, sport and entertainment, with early clients including MasterCard.

Vice-Chancellor of the Royal College of Art since 2009 and former director of New York's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum; an authority on art and design, he chairs the Creative UK Creative Education & Careers Working Group.

Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University and former Dean of Kingston School of Art; an academic and advocate for innovation skills, he sits on the Creative Industries Council and chairs Russell Maliphant Dance Company.

A former CEO of Edelman Public Relations Worldwide and founding partner of ReputationInc, specialising in reputation risk and infrastructure development, with non-executive roles across major arts organisations.

Commercial Design and Visual Director at ASOS, credited with helping build the ASOS brand portfolio and driving strategic revenue growth.