HEC UK Governance & Art Clubs: Good Governance, Great Impact: Joining Arts Charity Boards

Previously International Chairman at Accenture, Sir Vernon Ellis is a former Chair of the British Council (2010-16) and has had an extensive involvement in the arts and philanthropy. Vernon has chaired the boards of English National Opera, National Opera Studio, and the Leeds International Piano Competition, and is currently Chair of Live Music Now, Britten Pears Foundation, StopMS and New Philanthropy for Arts & Culture.

Anna Rowe is a strategic arts consultant specialising in developing resilient business plans and identifying imaginative solutions to strategic challenges. Anna was previously Chief Executive of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, General Manager of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and Executive Director of Yellow Barn Music School and Festival in the US. She is a trustee of the ABO Trust and the Carducci Music Trust and a former chair of the Alexander Whitley Dance Company. Anna began her career in corporate finance, spending six years at the investment bank UBS Warburg in London and Hong Kong.