Developing Artists has a small team of staff based in London. Together we work to coordinate our projects, and to raise money for the future. Our Board of Trustees provides strategic input and meets regularly with the office team. Our patrons are an ever expanding group who provide support, both practical and financial, to the charity. If you are interested in becoming a patron then please do get in touch with us.
Rajiv Bendre OBE, David Calder, Susan Chapman MBE, Oliver Ford Davies, Prof. Richard Demarco OBE,CBE, Daniel Evans, Ralph Fiennes, Sir Derek Jacobi, Nicholas Kent, Nicholas Le Provost, Lord Renton of Mount Harry, Steve Richards, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, Edward Snape, Dame Janet Suzman, Matt Wolf
DIRECTOR: GILES RAMSAY
Giles Ramsay founded Developing Artists in 2002 and prior to this worked as an independent theatre director and producer. He is a Fellow of St. Chad's College, Durham University, and Course Leader in Modern Theatre at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Giles has produced over twenty projects around the world for the charity, and oversees all our work both in the UK and abroad.
CONTACT: giles@developingartists.org.uk
PROJECTS MANAGER: OLIVER KING
After reading history at Durham University Oliver trained as an actor at Drama Centre London. He has produced a number of shows in Edinburgh, London and overseas. He is in charge of the day to day running of the charity and co-ordinates our overseas projects with the director.
CONTACT: oliver@developingartists.org.uk
FINANCIAL CO-ORDINATOR: JANE McINTOSH
Jane is General Manager of London Arts Discovery. Previously she had spent six years as Director of Finance and Administration at Scottish Opera and prior to that had considerable experience running finance departments and managing projects within both the public and private sectors - including the Family Planning Association and The Civil and Public Services Association.
DR. ROGER ALLEN: Roger Allen is a consultant dermatologist. After qualifying at Bristol University and training in Sheffield and Edinburgh he worked for many years at University Hospital Nottingham. He is a former President of the British Association of Dermatologists, Trustee of the British Skin Foundation and Governor of Trent College Long Eaton.
GEORGINA GODWIN: Georgina Godwin is a journalist who specializes in the coverage of sub-Saharan politics. Born in Zimbabwe she trained as an actress at Mountview Theatre School and was a leading television producer and presenter for the Zimbabwean Broadcasting Corporation. Since moving to London she has become a regular contributor on African issues for Al Jazeera, BBC and Sky News as well as writing for journals ranging from The Zimbabwean to The Times.
JEREMY GORDON: Jeremy Gordon is a partner at the law firm Farrer & Co, where he leads the Disputes Team. He has worked with Farrer & Co since qualifying in 1991 and is recognised as a key individual in the field of contentious trusts in the legal directories.
DANIEL RENTON: Dan Renton worked as a BBC radio documentary maker before spending the last twelve years working in the fields of media development and cultural heritage for a variety of organisations including the BBC World Service Trust, OSCE, UNICEF, Save the Children and UNDP.
JOHN ROBERTS: After qualifying as an accountant with Binder Hamlyn in 1987, John spent eleven years with JPMorgan initially in a derivative research role before moving to a trading role on the Proprietary Trading desk in London. He spent three years at Tokai Bank in a proprietary trading role before leaving to set up Olea Asset Management, a macro hedge fund in 2003.
