Who We Are

Photography Louis Reynolds
A dedicated and diverse team works together to stage MIF every two years, with invaluable assistance at every Festival from our fabulous volunteers.
Executive:
John McGrath Artistic Director & Chief Executive
Randel Bryan Executive Director
Sheena Wrigley Venue Director
Hannah Cork Director of Finance & Resources
Helena Tansey Executive Support Manager
Chris Bennett Executive Support Assistant
Rosemary Millbank Executive Assistant
Claire Govender Artistic Assistant
Louis Lisle Office Administrator
Administration:
David Fox Head of Systems, Technology & Change
Zainab Amer Project Officer (Tech & Insights)
Mon Miah IT Manager
Matthew Shaw IT Coordinator
Abraham Weston IT Administrator
Access:
Kate Fox Access Manager
Artist Liaison:
Rachel Down Artist Liaison Manager
Rebecca Lam Artist Liaison Coordinator
Audiences:
Helen Faulkner Director of Audiences
Antony Hart Head of Design
Emma Robertson Head of Press & PR
Rakhi Sinha Jones Head of Marketing & Audiences
Scott Smith Head of Digital Content
Nolly Aicha Bouameur Marketing & Audiences Manager
Natalie Forrester Marketing & Audiences Manager
Andrew Girvan Website Project Manager*
Jamie-Leigh Hargreaves Press & PR Manager
Josie Harrison Ticketing Coordinator
Angie Lee Social Media Coordinator
Oscar Lister Press & PR Manager
Commercial:
Tom Cunningham Head of Commercial Operations & Partnerships
Stephanie Williams Head of Events
Creative Engagement:
Julia Turpin Creative Engagement Director
Menaka Munro Head of Engagement
Sameed Rezayan Head of Creative Learning
Sarah Hiscock Engagement Manager
Abir Tobji Engagement Manager (Maternity Cover)
Punam Ramchurn Talent Development Manager
Abi Clarke Community Partnerships Manager
Victoria Ofovbe Community Connector
Rosannah Jones Engagement Coordinator
Bianca Prince Engagement Assistant
Iona Griliopoulus Engagement Assistant
Owen Smith Creative Engagement Intern
Curatorial:
Jane Beese Director of Music
Lucy Dusgate Head of Public Events & Programme
Phoebe Greenwood Curatorial Associate
Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway Curatorial Consultant*
Development:
Christina Georgiou Head of Development
Yvonne Hepburn-Foster Trusts & Foundations Manager
Andrea Lowe Senior Development Account Manager
Rebecca French Development Account Manager
Daniel Porter-Jones Philanthropy Manager
Lauren Smethurst Development Administrator
Digital:
Gabrielle Jenks Digital Director
Callum Kirkwood Digital Production Coordinator
Finance:
Vanda Hagan Head of Finance
Zeki Tezcan Management Accountant
Andrew Cheltnam Financial Accountant
Julian Ainsworth Financial Accountant
Guy Gardner Finance Administrator
Emily Godfrey Finance Administrator
Jordan Warrington Finance Administrator
HR:
Ann-Marie Teed Head of HR (interim HR Director)
Marney Guy Senior HR Advisor
Madeleine Peden HR Administrator
James Anderson Recruitment Administrator
International:
Paul Clay International Director
Eva Pepper Head of International Partnerships
Michelle Rocha Head of Touring
Hannah Falvey International Partnerships Manager
Emma Norcliffe Production Administrator
Procurement
John Conroy Head of Procurement
Producing:
Kate Mackonochie Director of Producing
Tracey Low Executive Producer
Richard Morgan Executive Producer
Fiona Pride Executive Producer
Becky Shepherd Head of Scheduling
Anna Moutrey Senior Producer
Emma Cameron Producer *
Natasha Chubbuck Producer
Steph Clarke Producer *
Henrietta Duckworth Producer *
Shanaz Gulzar Producer
Mai Komoriya Producer
Kwong Lee Producer
Angela McSherry Producer *
Dawn Prentice Producer *
Axel Satgé Producer *
Peter Vance Producer (The Welcome)
Hannah Clapham-Clark Associate Producer
Katherine Wilde Associate Producer
Laura Allan Production Administrator
Abigail Hellam Production Administrator
Skills & Training:
Gary Briggs Head of Factory Academy
Katy Egan-Daynes Cultural Skills & Training Coordinator
Kiran Sethi Cultural Skills & Training Coordinator
Michael Riley-Jones Factory Academy Tutor
Maimuna Ndow Factory Academy Administrator
Beau Fildes Factory Academy Intern
Olivia Fitzpatrick Factory Academy Intern
Sustainability:
Feimatta Conteh Sustainability Manager
Technical:
Jack Thompson Technical Director
Paul Moore Head of Production & Facilities
Kelly Rossington-Otter Technical Coordinator
The Factory transition:
Elliot Willis Factory Sales Consultant*
Nadia Balfe Project Manager
Marenka Vossen Project Officer (Transition)
Visitor Experience:
Adam Ryall-Waite Head of Visitor Experience
Roles marked with an asterisk (*) are freelance.
Festival Board:
Tom Bloxham MBE (Chair) Founder of Urban Splash, Trustee of Manchester United Foundation
Dr Maria Balshaw CBE Director, Tate
Richard Bell North West Senior Partner, Deloitte
Sir Howard Bernstein Former CEO, Manchester City Council 1998 – 2017
Alan Bishop Former CEO, Southbank 2009 – 2017
Jeremy Deller Artist
Jamil Khalil CEO & Founder, Wakelet
Grace Ladoja MBE Entrepreneur & Co-founder, Metallic Inc and Homecoming
Amy Lawrence Artist, Young Person’s Forum Rep
Ibrahim Mahama Visual Artist
Shaminder Nahal Commissioning Editor, Channel 4
Gary Neville Footballer, pundit and businessman
Richard Paver Former Treasurer, GM Combined Authority
Cllr Luthfur Rahman OBE Executive Member for Schools, Culture and Leisure, Manchester City Council
Kully Thiarai Creative Director of Leeds 2023
Ngozi (Goz) Ugochukwu Artist & Journalist, People's Forum Rep
Jo Whitfield CBE Chief Executive of Food, The Co-op
Jeanette Winterson Writer
Cathryn Wright Director of Sedulo (London Office)
Pat Bartoli Head of City Centre Growth & Regeneration, Manchester City Council (Observer)
Pete Courtie Senior Relationship Manager, Arts Council England (Observer)
Edward Pysden (Board Associate)
Artistic Advisors:
Cerys Matthews
Michael Morris
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Hannah Pool
Peter Saville
Lemn Sissay
Thank you to our dedicated and talented volunteers, whose contribution helps to make MIF a success.