Nottingham Contemporary

Chair of Board

Matt Symonds is an independent business adviser and investor, and pursues interests in the arts, politics, and charitable work. Matt grew up in Derbyshire, and went to school in Nottingham. He w…

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Claire Baxter is the director of Richmond Baxter Ltd, a consultancy specialising in strategic planning, policy analysis and evaluation. Recent projects have included the development and improvement of services supp…

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Lizzie Carey-Thomas is the Head of Programmes at the Serpentine, London. She was previously Curator of Contemporary Art at Tate Britain for 16 years. During her time at Tate, she co-curated the Art Now series of pr…

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Angela Choon is a Senior Partner at leading contemporary gallery David Zwirner, and has over 30 years of expertise in the art world. Currently, Angela works closely with a number of artists and estates globally, in…

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Ian Curryer has lived, studied and worked in Nottingham for over 30 years. His background is in education, having trained as teacher at Nottingham Trent University and spent 12 years as a teacher a…

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Jade Foster is a curator and artist born in Sandwell and based in Nottingham. They work at Primary, a contemporary visual arts organisation, as the Assistant Curator and as a programmer at New Art Exchange (NAE) in…

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Annabel has had a career in retail buying, product development and brand management in global
organisations. She spent 8 years in Fashion and Lifestyle buying at Top Shop and Athena, prior to
moving to …

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Susan Greenaway was born in, and has spent most of her life in, the City of Nottingham. After training to be a school teacher at Edge Hill University in the 1970s she has spent all…

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Harjeet Johal is a writer and commentator. He was born and raised in Nottingham.

Harjeet is also a director of JohalCo - a national commercial property investment and development company.

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Barbara Matthews studied at Durham University and City University, London.

Barbara was appointed to Nottingham Trent University in January 2017 as Head of the College of Art, Architecture, Design and Humani…

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Aïcha Mehrez is a curator, born and raised in Stockport and currently based in London. She graduated from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2011 and since 2016, has been Assistant Curator of Contemporary British Ar…

Trading Board Member

Chris Jagger is a Chartered Engineer and is the Chief Estates & Facilities Officer for the University of Nottingham. Chris has had a career in construction project development and facil…

Trading Board Member

After qualifying with a local Nottingham firm – Page Kirk - Andrew spent 24 years as a relationship partner in the Nottingham market place advising local businesses – family owned and international. He is n…