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…
Our Board
Matt Symonds
Lizzie Carey-Thomas
Board Member
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…
Janine Catalano
Board Member
Janine Catalano's career has spanned fundraising, partnerships and stakeholder engagement across the arts and education sector. Previously the Director of Development at Whitechapel Gallery, and having held positi…
Bianca Chu
Board Member
Bianca Chu is an artist, independent researcher, facilitator and writer based between London and Lisbon. Bianca's projects range from the curatorial to strategic: currently she presents, Nocturn, a series of artist…
Jade Foster
Board Member
Jade Foster is a British artist and curator based in Nottingham and born in Sandwell, UK. They are working as an independent and institutional curator for multiple visual art organisations.
Interested in pe…
Aïcha Mehrez
Board Member
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…
Juan Sánchez
Board Member
Juan is the Communications Lead for Wellcome Collection, managing the PR and social media teams. He has strong experience coordinating and delivering communications across a broad range of disciplines, including co…
Bev Swift
Board Member and Chair of the Finance, Audit, Investment & Remuneration Committee
A qualified accountant, Project and Programme Manager specialising in interim management roles. Bev usually acts for organisations as Finance…
Caragh Thuring
Board Member
Caragh Thuring is an artist based in London. She studied Fine Art at Nottingham Trent Polytechnic. Based in London, she ran a contemporary art gallery for 3 years, before returning to painting. She recently collabo…
Stuart Atkins
Independent Member of the Finance, Audit, Investment & Remuneration Committee
Stuart lives in Derbyshire and joined Machine Mart Ltd in 2023 as Head of Finance following 9 years at Raleigh bicycles, serving as their Finance…