The Board of Trustees, Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House Ltd.

July 2010

The Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House Ltd is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity (charity no 50048). It is governed by its memorandum and articles of association. The Board of Trustees comprises five elected members of Leeds City Council, one of whom is Chair of the Board, and two independent trustees. One further independent trustee is being recruited. 
 

Cllr Adam Ogilvie

Chair of the Board of Trustees,
Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House Ltd

Councillor Adam Ogilvie is elected member for Beeston and Holbeck ward and Shadow spokesperson for Leisure. He is on the Board of South Leeds Community Radio Station and involved in the running of a number of community cultural events in south Leeds. His particular interest is in the widening of participation in arts and leisure activites.

Cllr Robert (Bob) Gettings JP

Councillor Robert Gettings is elected member for Morley North, representing the Morley Independent Party. He is also serves on Morley Town Council.Cllr Gettings is a governor of Drighlington Primary School and Bruntcliffe High School.

Dr Keith Howard

Keith Howard is Chairman of the Emerald Group, a Bingley company which is the world's leading publisher of management research. He is Chairman of the Opera North Future Fund charged with the task of supporting a range of Opera North initiatives. He is much involved in charity work having been chair of Life Education Bradford for a five year period until 2008 and a patron of Andrea's Gift, a charity devoted to the support of children with brain tumours.

Paul Iles

Paul Iles is principal lecturer in theatre studies, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. He is associate director of the Georgian Theatre Royal at Richmond and a director of Northern Broadsides Theatre Company, Halifax. He previously ran the Blackpool Grand Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Theatre and the Nimrod Theatre of Sydney. He graduated MPhil and MLitt from the University of Glasgow.

Cllr John Procter

Councillor Procter is elected member for Wetherby ward. He is Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group and Chairman of the City Development Scrutiny Board. He also serves on the Leeds Cultural Partnership and Board of Northern Ballet Theatre.

Roger Wood

Roger Wood retired as HR Director for an international York based manufacturing company and Non Executive Director for a careers company. Apart from occasional consultancy assignments, he now undertakes wide ranging voluntary work and is employed as a part time guide in a well known stately home in North Yorkshire. Other than his affection for the theatre and the arts in general, he has a keen interest in sport especially in rugby and cricket.

Cllr Elizabeth Nash
Councillor Elizabeth Nash was first elected to Leeds City Council for Kirkstall Ward in 1972 and has served almost continuously since. She currently represents the City & Hunslet Ward.

Councillor Nash has previously chaired the Leisure Services Committee for seven years, the Grand Theatre Board for eight years. She is currently the Honorary Secretary of the Friends of Leeds City Museums and is also a member of the Leeds Pianoforte Competition Committee . Her interests are art, music – particularly opera, walking and skiing.

Cllr Lisa Mulherin

Councillor Lisa Mulherin is a Leeds City Council member. She has represented Ardsley and Robin Hood ward (in the new Morley & Outwood constituency) since 2004.

In May 2010 Councillor Mulherin was appointed Deputy Executive Board Member for Leisure. Before becoming a busy mum Cllr Mulherin had worked for Wakefield MDC, Leeds Metropolitan University and managed the constituency office of Harold Best MP. Her private interests include membership of Epilepsy Action.