Trustees

Professor Martin Fleischmann
formerly Faraday professor of Electrochemistry at the University of Southampton.

Mary-Jane Gibbons
worked for 26 years in fund-raising & performance support in New York, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, and The Writers Theatr .

Simon Foster
Barrister

Martin Pateman
Restaurateur

Michael Ranson
Retired

Deborah Steer
Nurse Manager of the Burns Centre for South West London. A keen concert goer with a special interest in new music and young musicians and performers.

Executive Director

Deirdre Clancy Steer, Hon D Univ (UCE)
Clancy has played a key role in the development of modern theatre since 1966. From her seminal years at the London Royal Court Theatre, where she designed all the early Edward Bond plays, she has collaborated with many of the world's leading theatre, opera and film directors, designing over 100 productions on every continent except Africa and South America. She holds two Olivier Best Costume Awards and a BAFTA-Film Best Costume Award for Mrs Brown.