Making Lemonade: regulatory leadership during challenging times

The government has appointed Doctor Dave Smith as its National Technology Adviser, following the departure of Sir Patrick Vallance from the role. Appointed by the Prime Minister after a rigorous process, Smith’s extensive expertise and

Welcome to A Healthy Perspective, the podcast series from Saxton Bampfylde that offers insights and perspectives from senior healthcare leaders from across the sector. In this month’s episode we were delighted to speak with David

The British Council has announced that Dr Paul Thompson has been appointed as their new Chair, with effect from January 2024. He succeeds Stevie Spring CBE who ended her term as Chair in December 2022.

GLF Schools have announced that Julian Drinkall has been appointed as their new CEO, following a national recruitment campaign. Julian will replace Jon Chaloner, founding CEO, who will be stepping down at the end of

Professor Gianluigi Botton has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Diamond Light Source Professor Botton joins Diamond from the Canadian Light Source where he has been its Science Director since May

A leading professor in the field of dementia care and the psychiatry of the ageing population has been appointed as the University of Nottingham’s next Pro-Vice-Chancellor leading its Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Professor

Michael Plaut OBE has been appointed Chair of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, taking over from John Derrick who steps down after fulfilling his full term this summer. Formerly Chair of CBI

Sir John Soane’s Museum announces the appointment of Will Gompertz as Director. Will Gompertz, who is currently Artistic Director at the Barbican, will take up the post on 1 January 2024. This follows the announcement

Saxton Bampfylde tracks careers across the healthcare sector as part of our work supporting clients to attract and develop exceptional leaders. We would like to congratulate the following on their new positions, announced in June

University of Bath has announced that Dr Ghazwa Alwani-Starr has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer. The Chief Operating Officer plays a pivotal role in the delivery of the University Strategy and is responsible for

Storyhouse, Chester’s award-winning theatre, cinema and library has appointed Annabel Turpin as its new Chief Executive (CEO) Turpin comes from a highly successful 15-year stint at ARC Stockton Arts Centre one of the North East’s largest

The National Brain Appeal is pleased to announce the appointment of Claire Wood Hill as the charity’s new Chief Executive Officer. Claire will replace Theresa Dauncey, who in April 2023, announced her intention to step

The Royal College of Music (RCM) has announced that James Williams has been appointed as its next Director and will take up the post on 1 September 2024. James will become the 11th Director of

Welcome to A Healthy Perspective, the podcast series from Saxton Bampfylde that offers insights and perspectives from senior healthcare leaders from across the sector. In this month’s episode we were delighted to speak with Sam

Saxton Bampfylde tracks careers across the healthcare sector as part of our work supporting clients to attract and develop exceptional leaders. We would like to congratulate the following on their new positions, announced in April

The Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS) has appointed Lorraine Davidson, Head of Education Strategy at the Scottish Government, as its new Chief Executive. Lorraine will succeed John Edward, who announced his departure from SCIS in February

This week, Saxton Bampfylde kicked off its Pride Month 2023 celebrations and we were honoured to be joined by Sir Stephen Wall, former member of the British Diplomatic Service and former Chair of UCL, as

1-7th June 2023 is Volunteers’ Week! An annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering in their communities. At Saxton Bampfylde, we live by our values and believe in

Last month Saxton Bampfylde were delighted to host the first of what will be an annual event to celebrate the contribution of board members from underrepresented backgrounds to the arts. With a long history of

Welcome to A Healthy Perspective, the podcast series from Saxton Bampfylde that offers insights and perspectives from senior healthcare leaders from across the sector. In our second episode we hear from Nick Costa, UK CEO

After a period of unprecedented change and challenge for the healthcare sector there is much to reflect upon to help aid recovery. In this reflection we believe that there must be a clear emphasis on

The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS) has appointed Peta Wilkinson as the new Chief Executive of the charity. Peta will provide leadership and guidance to ensure the continued development and growth of the charity which this

Tate announced that Karin Hindsbo, Director of The National Museum, Oslo, has been appointed the new Director of Tate Modern. Hindsbo has been Director of The National Museum since 2017. The institution was created under

BBC News has announced two new senior appointments. After a successful interim period as Chief Operating Officer, Sam Taylor takes on the role permanently, based in Salford. Claude Sarfo will join as Finance Director in

Saxton Bampfylde is excited to launch A Healthy Perspective, a new podcast series that offers insights and perspectives from senior healthcare leaders from across the sector. In our first episode we hear from James Tugendhat, CEO at HC-One. 

George Watson’s College has announced the appointment of Lisa Kerr as the fifth Principal of George Watson’s College to succeed Melvyn Roffe in August 2024. Lisa is a well-known and highly respected figure in Scottish

EngineeringUK has announced the appointment of Iain Conn as its new Chair. Commenting on his appointment, Iain, who takes over from Malcolm Brinded on 1 October 2023 said, “Engineers have a huge impact on all our lives and are vital to all our futures. If

Eunomia Research & Consulting has announced the appointment of its inaugural Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Jonquil Hackenberg joins existing Directors Mike Brown (Managing Director) and Joe Papineschi (Chairperson) in further strengthening the Board as Eunomia

Emma Stenning has been announced as the new Chief Executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), starting in her new role on Monday 3 April 2023. Emma joins the CBSO from her most

The Foundling Museum has announced Emma Ridgway as its new Director. Ridgway will take up the new position on 5 June 2023, replacing Caro Howell MBE who moves to Imperial War Museums as their Director-General.

Royal & Derngate, Northampton, has just announced the appointment of Jesse Jones as its new Artistic Director. In an exciting period of renewal for the venue, the theatre has also appointed to a new role,

Aylesbury High School has appointed its new Headteacher, Marieke Forster, following a rigorous recruitment process assisted by Saxton Bampfylde. The school announced there was a very strong field but said it was the ‘unanimous decision

The governors of St Aloysius’ College have announced that Patrick Doyle has been appointed as Head of the College. He will take up his post at the beginning of the new academic year or earlier

As a firm that’s made up of 77% extraordinary women, we’re incredibly proud to be a company that lives through its value of responsibility, celebrating talented women from all backgrounds for their work and achievements,

Interview with Anna Swaithes, Head of Sustainability at The Crown Estate

Jonathan Morgan, Consultant in Saxon Bampfylde’s regulation practice is this month’s guest on the The Regulation Podcast by the Institute of Regulation. Having advised on some of the biggest regulation leadership appointments over the last

Professor Julia Sutcliffe has been appointed as the Department for Business and Trade’s Chief Scientific Adviser, following a competitive recruitment process run by the Civil Service Commission. In her new role, Professor Sutcliffe will provide

Saxton Bampfylde, is delighted to welcome Mark Foster to the firm as a Partner and Consultant. With over 20 years’ commercial executive search experience at the most senior levels, Mark brings a strong track record of

Octavia has announced that it has appointed Stephen Jack as the new Chair of its Board. He will be taking over from Sandeep Katwala, who leaves the role at the end of his term as

The Governing Council of St John’s School has announced the appointment of Alex Tate as the School’s 15th Head from August 2023.  Following an extensive search which attracted candidates from some of the best known and

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has appointed Janet Legrand KC (Hon) as its new Chair following a rigorous recruitment process. Janet Legrand, who has had an extensive legal career and performed the role of

Professor Tom Rodden has been appointed as the University of Nottingham’s new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, taking up the role from 1 October 2023. He is a Professor of Computing at the University

The Royal Albert Hall has announced the appointment of James Ainscough to the position of Chief Executive Officer.  James will lead the delivery of the Hall’s post Covid-19 business plan and its ambition to reach

Professor Fiona Devine has been appointed Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester. She will succeed Professor Keith Brown when he steps down from the role at the end

Anthem Schools Trust has announced the appointment of Mohsen Ojja as its new Chief Executive, with effect from 1 January 2023. He succeeds Andy Yarrow, Anthem’s CEO of five years who left the Trust at

Jo Grose, the United Synagogue’s director of communities and strategy, has been appointed as its new chief executive. She will succeed Steven Wilson, who has been at the helm since 2014, early next year as

City of London Sinfonia (CLS) is delighted to announce the appointment of Rowan Rutter as its incoming Chief Executive Officer. Rowan Rutter joins CLS from HighTide, one of the UK’s leading new writing theatre companies,

Nottingham Contemporary has announced the appointment of Salma Tuqan as its new Director. Salma joins Nottingham Contemporary to lead the organisation at an important time with renewed funding from Arts Council England and an ambitious

To mark UK Disability History Month 2022, Alex Richmond, the head of Saxton Bampfylde’s healthcare practice, and our non-executive advisor Helen Buckingham, the Director of Strategy at the Nuffield Trust had the privilege of having a conversation with

The British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) have announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer; Camilla Arnold will be taking up the post in early 2023. Camilla has developed, directed and produced many TV

We hope that you will enjoy this edition of Board Talk. We are delighted to share insights from Rachel Hubbard, Consultant in our Board Practice. Rachel brings 15 years of expertise working with purpose-led organisations across

Since their launch in 1992, the Apollo Awards have celebrated exceptional achievements in the art and museum worlds, commending remarkable work by individuals and institutions in both historical and contemporary fields. The winners of the

The Governors of Lady Eleanor Holles School (LEH) have announced that Rowena Cole has been appointed as the School’s next Head Mistress. The appointment follows an extensive recruitment process to find an outstanding, experienced and

Saxton Bampfylde tracks careers across the healthcare sector as part of our work supporting clients to attract and develop exceptional leaders. We would like to congratulate the following on their new positions, announced in November

We are delighted the latest edition of our leadership insights publication – CANVAS. We have focussed this edition on building Scotland’s sustainable future. There are varying interpretations of what sustainability can mean and we are pleased to

Executive search firm Saxton Bampfylde has announced that former Chair of one of Scotland’s leading law firms, Philip Rodney has joined the company as a Senior Adviser. Philip’s appointment underlines the firm’s strategy as an

Sebastian Munden, the former Executive Vice President and General Manager of Unilever UK & Ireland, has joined WRAP as its new chair. Munden, who stepped down from Unilever earlier this year, replaces Julie Hill, who

Emma Haddad will join St Mungo’s as its Chief Executive in November, 2022. Emma brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge in supporting people who have been displaced and marginalised and will join

Storyhouse has announced the appointment of a new Chair of its Board of Trustees. David Watson will take up the role in November when the current Chair Peter Mearns steps down after seven years on the

PA Housing has appointed Suki Kalirai, who brings over 20 years of experience in non-executive director roles in a variety of sectors, as its new Chair. The housing association, which operates across the Midlands, London,

The Coventry City of Culture Trust has announced the appointment of Chris Michaels as the first Director of The Reel Store where he will be responsible for the strategic direction and curatorial leadership. Most recently,

Saxton Bampfylde tracks careers across the healthcare sector as part of our work supporting clients to attract and develop exceptional leaders. We would like to congratulate the following on their new positions, announced in October

This Black History Month we have welcomed our Non-Executive Board member Michael Hastings, Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick, to share his perspective on diversity and inclusion with us during a “Lunch and Learn session”, as we

The Trustees of Turner Contemporary have announced the appointment of Matthew Slotover as the new Chair of the gallery. He will take over from the current Chair, Clive Stevens on 1st January 2023. Matthew Says:  “I am

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has appointed former UKRI Made Smarter Innovation Challenge Director, Chris Courtney, as Chief Executive Officer. Operated by the University of Strathclyde, NMIS is a group of industry-led manufacturing research

CodeClan Chief Executive Melinda Matthews-Clarkson is leaving her role after five years leading Scotland’s digital skills academy. She is replaced by Loral Quinn, co-founder and CEO at Edinburgh-based fintech Sustainably. Founded in 2015 in the Codebase

Saxton Bampfylde recently hosted an evening for HR and Talent leaders from across the industry with the Scotch Whisky Association, to discuss the shared challenges facing the sector such as the talent pipeline, global leadership

Saxton Bampfylde tracks careers across the healthcare sector as part of our work supporting clients to attract and develop exceptional leaders. We would like to congratulate the following on their new positions, announced in September

Leading executive search firm Saxton Bampfylde has expanded its Healthcare practice with the appointment of Wayne Bruce as Partner and Consultant. Previously based in Australia, Wayne has led and grown and subsequently founded specialist healthcare

Leading executive search firm Saxton Bampfylde has welcomed Emma Hattersley to the consulting team as Partner and Co-Head of the Schools Practice. As outgoing Head of Godolphin School Emma brings years of educational leadership and

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has appointed James Partington as Director of Engineering Policy and Impact. James will take up his new role in late October. James is currently Deputy Director in the International Science

David Emerson is the new chair of Carnegie UK, succeeding Sir John Elvidge who has completed a five-year term. Mr Emerson will chair their board of trustees, overseeing the work of the social change organisation

In 2021 we produced a report titled “Evolution or Revolution? Board capability in a post-COVID world.” A year has passed since that report, and we wanted to return to the observations within it to see how they

Following an extensive recruitment process, Police Now has announced that Kurtis Christoforides has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer effective 1st October 2022.    Kurtis’s appointment follows a rigorous and highly competitive recruitment process,

Cats Protection has appointed a new Chief Executive as the UK’s leading feline welfare charity continues to grow its ambitions and increase its impact on cat welfare. Currently the Secretary General of The Duke of

The Board of LAMDA has unanimously appointed Professor Mark O’Thomas as the next Principal and Chief Executive of LAMDA. Rt. Hon. Shaun Woodward, Chair of LAMDA, said: “Mark is an outstanding appointment for LAMDA. The Board

Saxton Bampfylde is proud to have been involved in the appointments of two new Board Members and four appointments to the Barbican Centre Trust. Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante MBE and Despina Tsatsas will join the Barbican’s Board, while Stephanie

We are delighted to congratulate Chris Simpson on his appointment as Bursar at Albyn School. Located in Aberdeen, Albyn is one of Scotland’s leading independent schools, educating boys and girls ages 2 – 18. Chris

Anne-Marie Harris, Hardev Virdee and Deepa Shah have joined the Board of Trustee Directors at Power to Change, the charitable trust which backs community business — businesses run by and for the benefit of local

We are pleased to announce The Robertson Trust has appointed Kevin Troup to the board of trustees, where he will also serve as Chair of the Investment Committee. Kevin replaces Heather Lamont following her retirement

The Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has today appointed Ilan Gur as Chief Executive of the UK’s new Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), to set the agency’s agenda, direct its initial funding of high-risk programmes,

Nicole is an award-winning local government Chief Officer, with nearly three decades of experience across five local authorities, consultancy and environmental non-executive roles. With more than twenty-five years of experience in local government specifically, Nicole

We are delighted to share with you here the latest edition of our CANVAS publication. For this edition, it has been a pleasure to speak to three amazing leaders who really epitomise new thinking and transformation

Tate has announced that Catherine Wood has been appointed Director of Programme, Tate Modern. She will take up the position in August 2022, overseeing Tate Modern’s ambitious and broad ranging artistic content, including exhibitions, displays,

This week we were pleased to partner with the Cambridge Health Network to deliver an event discussing one of biggest issues facing healthcare: workforce. We wanted to say a particular thank you to our three

Gerard Lemos CMG – a former Chair of the British Council, the founding Chair of the Akram Khan dance company, and the current Chair of the Agency Board of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service

Ann Priest has been appointed Chair of the Board of Governors at The Glasgow School of Art following an extensive and rigorous search process, and election by staff and students, it has been announced. Ann

Bradfield College has announced that its Council has formally elected Tom Beardmore-Gray MA FCA as the College’s new Warden with effect from 1st September 2022. Tom is a former Bradfield parent. His daughter, Isla (M),