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Our Chair, Joanna Foster, leads a board of 11 trustees, selected for their range of professional expertise.

  • Joanna Foster CBE, Chair; Photo: Catherine Stewart, 2007

    Joanna Foster, CBE (Chair)

    Joanna currently chairs the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust in Oxford, where she has encouraged the development of a very lively arts programme. She is a trustee of the Open University Foundation, previously chaired the Lloyd TSB Foundation, the Equal Opportunities Commission and was a Director of the BT Forum.

  • Jane Adam, Jeweller

    Jane Adam has worked as a jeweller specialising in anodised aluminium for the last 25 years. Her work is sold, exhibited and worn throughout Britain and internationally.

  • Jules Campbell, Global Business Development and Marketing Manager Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Linklaters LLP

    Jules joined Linklaters law firm in July 2007. Prior to this, he worked for five years at marketing consultancy CPM, managing the outsourcing of sales and marketing functions on behalf of clients such as eBay, DaimlerChrysler and Kellogg's. He also currently advises Vital Regeneration charity in strategic planning and business development.

  • Sue Daniels, Director of Arts & Business London region

    Sue has worked as a consultant, senior manager and board member within both the cultural and corporate sectors in Britain, Canada, and Australia.

  • Shelly Goldsmith, Textile Artist

    Shelly Goldsmith joins the Crafts Council as a maker trustee, with over 17 years experience of studio work. She was awarded the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize for Textiles in 2002, has exhibited at major museums and galleries in Britain, Europe, the USA and Japan and has work in many notable public collections including the V&A.

  • Andrew Harrison, Director of Research and Learning at international design consultancy, DEGW

    Andrew has published books and written articles on Higher Education issues. He is also Director of Global Yell, a Shetland arts development charity focusing on local music and crafts.

  • Chris McIntyre, Dean of the Faculty for the Creative and Cultural industries at the University of Hertfordshire

    Chris has previously held governance roles at Loughborough College of Art and Design and within the East Midlands Arts Board.

  • Elizabeth Ogilvie-Smith, Associate Fellow at Oxford University's Saïd Business School

    Elizabeth was formerly the Managing Director and Head of Strategic Planning for Europe, Middle East and Africa for Chase Manhattan Bank. Elizabeth is now a Director of Ogilvie Oxford Ltd, providing consultancy and coaching for a range of clients. She is also a trustee of Kids@Art where she has a hands-on role in bringing craftspeople into primary schools.

  • Peter Phillips, partner in Strategy & Market Developments, Ofcom

    Prior to Ofcom, Peter was Director of Business Development at the BBC, leading the award winning sale of BBC Broadcast in 2005. His previous posts at the BBC include Chief Operating Officer, BBC News; and BBC Head of Corporate Planning.

  • Julian Stair, Potter & Writer (Deputy Chair)

    Julian Stair is a potter and writer. He has exhibited internationally over the last 23 years and has work in twenty public collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, British Council, American Museum of Art & Design, Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Boymans Museum, Netherlands. He is currently Visiting Professor of Ceramics and Theory at The University of the Arts London and is researching an exhibition on the relationship between early English studio pottery and Modernism for 2007.

  • Helen Yardley, Textile Designer

    Helen studied Printed & Woven textiles at Manchester before completing an MA at Royal College of Art. She taught at various art colleges before establishing her studio in 1983. Since 1992 Helen has worked regularly with French manufacturer, Toulemonde Bochart, designing for the retail market. In Nov 2003 Helen opened a gallery space in Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell.

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