Trio of Appointments Made to Help Shape Future of Scotland’s Creative Industries
The future for Scotland’s creative industries - including film and television - has become clearer today, with the unveiling of key personnel to help lead the newly-created Creative Scotland, formed following the merging of public bodies, the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen.
To support newly-appointed chief executive, Andrew Dixon, is a senior team who this morning has been identified as Vena Dhupa, Iain Munro and Caroline Parkinson.
The trio have been appointed directors of creative development, tasked - says Creative Scotland - “with leading [our] engagement with the cultural sector and [who] will take responsibility for Creative Scotland’s investment and partnership in the arts, film and creative industries”.
Other internal management team appointments are Morag Arnot, director of communications and external affairs; Alyson Hagan, director of finance and operations; and Karen Lannigan, head of human resources.
Ken Hay, chief executive of Scottish Screen, will work with Creative Scotland through to the end of September, to complete key handover of work on Scottish Screen responsibilities and the creative industries.
Says Dixon: “The combined team brings new expertise in international work and creative industries and a huge strength in continuity from the previous bodies. Iain Munro has led the successful Arts Lottery programme for Scotland, Caroline Parkinson brings a wealth of expertise in understanding the development needs of the cultural sector and Venu Dhupa is an internationally-renowned player with a major track record in managing and developing cultural organisations and artists.”