Our team and networks
Our team and our steering groups are made up of a diverse range of academic and professional staff at the University, as well as representatives from our strategic partners.
Our team
- Professor Ben Walmsley, Dean of Cultural Engagement
- Wieke Eringa, Director
- Nichola Casse, Project Manager
- Rebecca Milnes, Administrator
- Erica Ramsay, Lead Producer
- Emma Ratyal-Brooks, Creative Producer
- Jo Nockels, Creative Producer
- Yasmeen Soudani, Communications Officer
- Edie Wright, Project Management Assistant
- Abby Dix-Mason, Partnerships Development Manager
Our steering group
Our steering group shapes the strategic direction of the Institute, ensuring it provides value to both our University community and the wider creative sector.
Internal members
- Chair: Profesor Ben Walmsley, Dean of Cultural Engagement and Director of the Centre for Cultural Value
- Wieke Eringa, Director of The Cultural Institute
- Profesor Alice O’Grady, Dean: Student Education (Quality and Standards)
- Professor Andrew Thorpe, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures
- Dr Briony Thomas, Associate Professor in Design Science
- Clare Martynski, Communication and Engagement Manager of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
- David Pickering, Head of Engagement and Events
- David Rose, Assistant Director, Communications and Engagement
- Debs Wilson, Events and Business Development Manager at Leeds University Union
- Erica Ramsay, Lead Producer at the Cultural Institute
- Gregory Miller, Deputy Director of Student Opportunity
- Professor John Ladbury, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Michelle Calvert, Director of Advancement
- Professor Masud Khokhar, University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection
- Sarah Hall, Director of Strategy for Research Impact
- Thom Cooper, Head of Sustainability
- Dr Alex Bamji, Director of Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute
- Professor Abigail Harrison Moore, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies
External members