Ruth Mackenzie was appointed Director of the Cultural Olympiad in January of this year.
She was formerly an expert adviser on broadcasting and cultural policy for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Her previous roles include first General Director of the Manchester International Festival, Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre and General Director, Scottish Opera. She has also worked on a consultancy basis for the Barbican Centre, Tate, BBC, London Symphony Orchestra and Young Vic. She was awarded an OBE for her services to the theatre in 1995.
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Peter Whittle is director of the New Culture Forum and author of Look at Me: Celebrating the Self in Modern Britain and Private Views: Voices from the Front Line of British Culture.
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