This year's Young Professionals on Arts Boards
Photo: Luke Potter Photography
This July at a networking event held in London’s City Hall, Arts & Business together with Lizzie Noel, The Mayor’s Adviser for Social Action and Volunteering, brought together over 70 guests to help celebrate our latest partnerships between young, enthusiastic high potential business people together with the boards of arts and cultural organisations.
Lizzie Noel
Photo: Luke Potter Photography
Arts & Business’ Young Professionals on Arts Boards is an annual leadership programme that places the best and brightest under 30s’ onto the boards of some of the leading cultural and arts organisations across the UK.
Recent matches include:
• Kim Gladston (The Ambassadors Group) with Little Angel Theatre
• Lydia Lee (London Business School) with WarChild
• Monica Infelise (Deutsche Bank) with The Young Vic
• Kito Mojica (Deutsche Bank) with London Bubble
• Sarah Walker (GE Energy) with The Princes Foundation for Children and the Arts
• Irfan Shareef (Deutsche Bank) with motiroti
• Tara Tomes (Rewired PR Ltd) with VIVID
• Oliver Longmore (Bank of Cyprus UK) with Orchestra of the Swan
• Jessica Robinson (Colour Confidence) with Newhampton Arts Centre
Sarah Walker, (23) of GE Energy, who recently joined the board of The Princes Foundation for Children and the Arts, spoke at the reception about her involvement with this year’s programme:
“As young professionals and our employers, we have much to gain from the arts and business programme. For the young professionals - our seats on boards will connect us with and engage us in the arts community so that we, as adults and professionals, may never lose our inner artist.
We will be exposed from an executive level to strategic planning and problem solving. We will train as spokesmen and women and in doing so strengthen our voices and professional confidence. We will learn financial management, fundraising skills and creativity from the best run non profits in the UK. And bring those learnings- our leadership and our new skills - back to our companies and careers”