Oxford Inspires' Board

Our Board

Chair: Tony Stratton

is Chairman of CPM, Europe's leading sales development agency. He is also Chairman of Tonic Life Communications PR and The Quantic Group and a non-executive director of RT Marketing, Unisono Field Marketing in China and The Smollan Group in South Africa, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a past President of Thame Show. He has lived in Oxfordshire since 1975.

Vice-Chair: Yasmin Sidhwa

is the Head of Arts Education of Pegasus Theatre, Oxford. She has worked as an actor for The Royal National Theatre, Tara Arts Group, BBC and ITV. Yasmin is also a lecturer for Oxford University’s Department of Educational Studies.

David Attwooll

is an Oxford-based publishing consultant. He held senior positions at Oxford University Press and Random House UK and founded Helicon Publishing Limited. He is Chair of Oxfordshire Artweeks, Liverpool University Press and Heritage House Group.

Alan Berman

is the founder of Berman Guedes Stretton Architects, who work on new and historic buildings mainly for educational and community uses. Alan is involved in many community arts events and is also a keen potter.

Sir Neil Chalmers

is Warden at Wadham College. He was the Director of the Natural History Museum (London) for many years.

Georgina Ferry

is a science writer and broadcaster, and former editor of Oxford Today, Oxford University's alumni magazine. She has lived in Oxford since 1981.

Linda Fitzsimmons

is Dean of the School of Arts & Humanities at Oxford Brookes University.

The Right Reverend Colin Fletcher OBE

is Bishop of Dorchester, the Area Bishop of the Church of England with day-to-day responsibility for much of Oxfordshire and its 200 churches and congregations. He is also Chair of Churches Together in Oxfordshire and the South Oxfordshire Partnership, and he has a particular interest in Rural and Regional matters.

Tish Francis

is an independent arts producer. She is the former Director of The Oxford Playhouse. She is Chair and Executive Producer of OOMF!, the organisation behind Oxford's Millennium Festivals and Jubilee Festival. She is a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, was born in the county and has lived in Oxford since 1990.

Julia Holberry

is an experienced heritage consultant with a background in arts and museums management. She brings a national perspective in this field with recent experience at Scarborough Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Lincoln Castle, York Museums Trust, Tullie House Museum (Carlisle) and Portsmouth City Council’s Museum and Gallery Service among others.

Junie James

is a diversity consultant. She is a Board Member of East Oxford Action Ltd. (EOA) and Fusion Community Arts and Interim Chairperson of Oxford Development Education (ODEC). Her interests include social justice and community and economic development.

Penelope Marcus

is a Board Member of Arts Council England, South East, and of Modern Art Oxford. Her particular interests are the provision of venues for arts and artists in Oxfordshire, and the expansion of cultural opportunities and occasions for the realization of intellectual inspirations and ambitions.

Helen Morton

is a senior manager experienced in the commercial, voluntary and educational sectors, with particular skills in financial management, administration systems, developing and implementing strategic plans, personnel, health and safety, building projects and team management. She is currently Treasurer of Somerville College, Oxford.

Richard Munro

is the Head of Community Services, Oxfordshire County Council. Before coming to Oxfordshire he managed libraries, arts and museums in Manchester, London and Coventry.

Mel Barrett

is Oxford City Council’s Executive Director for City Regeneration with responsibility for the place shaping agenda as part of delivering the Council’s objective of making “Oxford a World Class City for Everyone”, through the provision of high quality direct services and effective partnership working with a range of public and private sector organisations. Read more about Mel

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