CLA Network
Sir John TUSA
Chair of the Clore Leadership Programme
John is a distinguished arts administrator, TV and radio presenter, and author. From 1979 to 1986 he was a main presenter of BBC 2’s “Newsnight”, Managing Director of BBC World Service from 1986 to 1992 and Managing Director of the Barbican Centre from 1995 to 2007.
Sue HOYLE
Director of the Clore Leadership Programme and Programme Adviser to the ACLP
Sue has held many senior arts management positions, including Deputy Secretary-General of Arts Council England and Executive Director of The Place.
Vikki HEYWOOD CBE
One of the foremost Managing Directors in the Arts of her generation. Vikki Heywood was the Chairman of the RSA in 2012, executive director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 2003-2102, joint chief executive of the Royal Court Theatre, and Board member of London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Current roles include Director of Royal Court Theatre Productions, Chairman of Royal Society of Arts Manufacturing and Commerce (RSA), and Member of Council of Warwick University. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2012 for services to theatre.
Benson PUAH
Chief Executive Officer of The Esplanade Co Ltd (TECL), Chief Executive Officer of Singapore’s National Arts Council (NAC), Immediate Past Chair of the New York-based International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) and Chair of the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC).
Christoph WECKERIE
Head of the Department of Cultural Analysis at the Zurich University of the Arts. He is a Cultural Policy Researcher with contracts that include clients such as: Council of Europe, Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Innovation Promotion Agency.
Prof. LUNG Ying Tai (龍應台)
Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities, HKU, celebrated writer and cultural critic, the first Cultural Minister of Taipei (1999-2003)
Chris LORWAY
Chris recently finished a five year run as founding Artistic Director of the Luminato Festival in Toronto, Canada. Prior to that he was a senior consultant at AEA Consulting in New York where his clients included the Edinburgh Festivals, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center and San Francisco Opera.
CHAU Jonas Kwok Joe
Manager, Performing Arts (Research), West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
TAM Siu Man, Paul
General Manager, Hong Kong International Literary Festival; Former Marketing Director, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Chrissy SHARP
Chrissy has had a long career in broadcasting and the performing arts including inaugural Director of the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and ideas in Melbourne (2009-2011). Previously she was Head of Policy at Australian national broadcaster SBS (1995-2000), General Manager of Sydney Festival (2000-2003) and General Manager of Sadler's Wells (2004-2009). Chrissy is also Chair of the Dance Board of the Australia Council.
CHENG Sim Yee, Grace
Director, Community Art Network
Director, Art in Hospital
LI Ka Cheuk, Aidan
Gallery director and curator of the Gaffa Creative hub, Gaffa Gallery
Prof. CHAN Yuen Ying (陳婉瑩)
Founder and Director of Journalism and
Media Studies Centre, HKU Award-winning journalist
John NEWBIGIN
Cultural Entrepreneur
John is Chairman of Screen England and of Culture24 and is one of the UK's leading cultural web publishers. He works across the arts and digital media and previously served as Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Culture.
William David LANE
Artistic Director, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Viola / Guest Principal Viola, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
Co-Founder / Co-Director, HellHOT! New Music Festival
LEE Ho Yee
General Manager, Hong Kong Sinfonietta Limited
KO Tin Lung
Artistic Director, Chung Ying Theatre Company
Sir David TANG (鄧永鏘)
Founder of The China Club in Hong Kong, Beijing and Singapore; and Shanghai Tang, and recently, China Tang in London. His other businesses have involved oil exploration, gold-mining, cigars, and advisorships to multi-nationals and international brands.
FUNG King Hang (Martin)
Founder of CULTURE+, a think-and-do tank on cultural sustainability
Dr Maria BALSHAW
Maria Balshaw is Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, part of the University of Manchester, and the Manchester City Galleries. As Director of these two major institutions, holding internationally important collections of fine and decorative art of more than 80,000 objects, she is responsible for the artistic and strategic vision for each gallery. An academic by training she has worked as an administrator and Director within the cultural sector for the past 10 years.
TEO Bee Lan
Senior Manager, Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Prof. Peter WONG (王敏剛)
Chairman of the M.K. Corporation Ltd and North West Development Ltd, Deputy of the 11th National People’s Congress, Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Pei Hua Education Association, Director of Fong Shu Fook Tong Foundation, Honorary Professor in the Central University for Nationalities and Lanzhou University and Director of Ji Nan University.
SEK Wai Yu, Winnie
Development Director, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
TAM Mei Yee, Eve
Chief Curator, Hong Kong Museum of Arts
Lars NITTVE
Executive Director,
M+ (Designate) of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
JUNG Beau-Shahn (Mark)
Deputy Director, The National Kuo-Kuang Opera Company
Prof. András BOZOK
Professor of Political Science at the Central European University (CEU), former Minister of Culture of the Republic of Hungary.
YIP Shun Him, William
Founder & Managing Artistic Director, Theatre Noir
YEOH Keong Seang, Grey
Arts & Programme Manager, British Council Malaysia
YUNG Sau Mui
Programme Director, Hong Kong Open Printshop
Prof. LO Kai Yin (羅啟妍)
Designer, historian, art and culture advisor and curator of numerous shows in the British Museum, the China Institute in New York, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and the Hong Kong Design Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo.
HE Meijing
Head of Arts and Creative Industry, British Council Hong Kong
Anna CUTLER
Director of Learning at Tate
Anna has worked across education and cultural settings at a local, national and international level for 20 years. She has been Head of Learning at Tate since 2006 and was recently appointed Director of Learning.
CHAN Jo Win (Joanne)
CEO, French Culture Promotions Office
Chris DENTON
International Marketing Consultant & Director of Marketing and Development, Barbican Centre, London
Chris specialises in cultural branding and integrated marketing communications. He has worked with numerous arts organisations, including the Southbank Centre, the National Gallery, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Opera North and Oxford University.
CHAN Chung Ying (Anna)
Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, HKAPA
Prof. C F LEE (李焯芬)
Director of the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole, HKU
Chairman of the Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture
ROCHA Michelle Roberta
Performing Arts Officer, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
SIU Lai Kuen, Susanna
Chief Curator, Hong Kong Museum of History
WAN Yi Tak, Diana
TV Producer, Radio Television Hong Kong
YIP Wing Sie (葉詠詩)
Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
John HOLDEN
Visiting Professor, City University, London, and
Associate, Demos
John has been involved in many projects ranging across libraries, music, museums, the performing arts, and the moving image. He has worked with organisations such as Tate, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the British Museum.
ZEE Yau (Eddy)
Company and Programme Manager, Hong Kong Dance Company Limited
Prof. Po CHUNG (鍾普洋)
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Business & Economics, HKU
Co-founder of DHL International Ltd,
Chairman Emeritus of Asia Pacific, DHL Express (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Margaret YANG (楊慧)
CEO of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Valerie C DORAN
Hong Kong-based independent scholar and curator, and Honorary Lecturer, the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, HKU. Recent curatorial projects include the acclaimed 'Looking for Antonio Mak' (2008-09) and artist Simon Birch's multiple-media installation HOPE & GLORY (2010).
YEUNG Chi Lan (Elaine)
Chief Manager (Audience Building, Festivals & Entertainment), LCSD
Dr. Robert PECKHAM
Co-Director of the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, HKU
Concept consultant working with established and emerging talent on art and design projects
LEE Kun Fai, Kenneth
Director of Programme Planning, Die Konzertisten
LEE Li
Project Manager, Hong Kong Sinfonietta
LU Shiao Lan, Sharon
Programme Director, HKU Cultural Management Team
H Koon Wee (黃向軍)
Academic Director, HKU Shanghai Study Centre, Faculty of Architecture, HKU, Director of sciSKEW Collaborative
Erica WHYWAN
Chief Executive Northern Stage, Newcastle
Northern Stage is the largest producing theatre in the North East of England which recently completed a £9m capital redevelopment. Erica was previously Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre in London.
KWOK Yin Mei (Joyce)
Chairperson, EDB’s Committee on Gifted Education
Former Principal, CCC Kei San Secondary School
LEE Ka Ying (Jenny)
Founder and Artistic Director, The Silver Club; Former Assistant Producer, RTHK Radio 4
Farooq CHAUDHRY
Producer, Akram Khan Company and Chair of Dance UK
Prior to co-founding the Akram Khan Company in 2000, Farooq was a dance artist, his highlight working with Belgian company Rosas. In 2008, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged him in a list of the world’s top hundred cultural actors and entrepreneurs.
Prof. Daniel K L CHUA (蔡寬量)
Director of the ACLP, HKU, Head of the School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts
Jaime REDFERN
Head of Contemporary Dance, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
LI Wangsheng
President of ZeShan Foundation and Senior Fellow of the Synergos Institute
TANG Shu Wing
Artistic Director of Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio
David SABEL
Head of Digital Media, Producer, NT live at the National Theatre, London
David was appointed the National Theatre’s first Head of Digital Media in 2009. He developed and produced NT Live, where the National Theatre broadcasts live productions on to cinema screens around the world.
KUNG Chi Shing (龔自成)
Kung Chi Shing is a Hong Kong-based composer, performer and music activist. He is known particularly for his work in the experimental music and performance group 'The Box', which he founded with Peter Suart in 1987, and as founder and curator of the 'Street Music Series' of free public concerts in Hong Kong.
MOK Chiu Yu (莫昭如)
Art activist and founding member, Centre for Community Cultural Development
Prof. LUI Tai Lok (呂大樂)
Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
columnist and radio programme host
TANG Hon Keung (Mathew)
Head of Productions, EDKO Films Ltd
Dick ROBERTSON
Director, Ideas Unlimited
Ideas Unlimited is an international consultancy that develops imaginative approaches to leadership and organisation development. Dick has also been involved with Tipping Point, a charitable trust that brings artists and scientists together on climate change.
Prue SKENE
Chair Free Word and Governance Associate of the Clore Leadership Programme
Prue is an experienced arts administrator who has run companies such as Rambert Dance Company and the English Shakespeare Company. With considerable experience in corporate governance, she currently runs the Board Development Programme for Clore.
WONG Chun Kwok
Local activist and artist
WONG Wan Chi, Akimi
CEO's Office, Executive Assistant, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
ZHANG Lian, Lily
Director, Shanghai Shengling Event Company
Director, Shanghai Shengling Entertainment Company
Simon Grand
Economist Simon Grand is founder and academic director, RISE Management Research University of St. Gallen.
CHAN Ping Hung (Joseph)
Founding Director, ComTale Ltd.
Former Architecture and Project Management Consultant, Reed, Hong Kong
Stanley YEN (嚴長壽)
Group President of Landis Hotels and Resorts and a legendary figure in the tourism industry. Yen is also a champion in promoting economic development hand in hand with cultural and environmental conservation. In 2010 he established Alliance Cultural Foundation aimed at community initiative and cultural revitalization of aboriginal areas along the east coasts of Taiwan.
CHAN Yee Shan
Director of Business Development, CastDifferent Limited
Savita APTE
Director of Art Dubai, Chairperson, Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Co-respondent, Venice Biennale and Co-Curator for Indian Highway Show, Serpentine Gallery, Arts Historian
PANG Bik Tsui (Susanna)
Former Senior Manager, Design Promotion, Hong Kong Design Centre
Assistant Director, Development and Alumni Affairs Office, HKU
Ada WONG Ying Kay JP
She has held many senior positions in arts and cultural sector, including Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture, Hong Kong Children's Musical Theatre and Millennium Youth Orchestra.
WONG Hoi Ying, Rainbow
Freelance Arts Administrator
Manager (Development), The University of Hong Kong, Development & Alumni Affairs Office
WONG Man Chi, Cecilia
Former Deputy Executive Director, Hong Kong Ballet
Sandeep DWESAR
Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Barbican Centre and Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Sandeep is a chartered accountant with senior management experience within both industry and the public sector. He is a non-executive director of the theatre company Punchdrunk.
LAI Man Yee, Vennie
Director of Administration & Finance, The Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Ltd.
Kingsley JAYASEKERA
Head, Marketing and Digital, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hong Kong
Kingsley Jayasekera previously was Director of Communications and Digital Strategy at London's Sadler’s Wells Theatre, the world’s leading venue for dance. He has also worked on The Space, a BBC/Arts Council on demand digital arts platform available via computer, tablet, mobile and connected TV.
Tisa HO
Tisa Ho is Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival, one of the most important arts festivals in Asia with a strong 40 year track record of presenting some of the world’s top artists in works ranging from traditional to contemporary.
WONG Yuen Ping, Estella
School of Drama, Senior Lecturer / Coordinator of the MFA (Drama) Programme – Drama and Theatre Education major, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
YEUNG Wing Kam, Vivian
Chief Manager (Advisory Committee on Arts Development), Home Affairs Bureau
TSENG Sun Man
Tseng Sun-man has held a number of senior arts management positions in Hong Kong, including Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society (1988-94), Secretary-General of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (1997-2001), Head of Radio Four, Radio Television Hong Kong (1994-97), and Assistant General Manager (Marketing and Development) of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (1982-86).
Samuel LEONG
Professor and Head of Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, Associate Dean (Quality Assurance and Enhancement) of Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Director of UNESCO Observatory for Research in Local Cultures and Creativity in Education.
Rick TANG
A lawyer by training (HK barrister and U.S. Attorney-at-law, California Bar). His corporate experience includes being a member of the Management Board of Hongkong Telecom, the Chief International Counsel of British Telecom, and Senior Vice-President of GE Capital, Asia Region. He serves as a trustee for Fu Tak Iam Foundation and chairman of its Grants Allocation Committee. Representing the foundation, he was a founding member of the Hong Kong Foundations Exchange (HKFx).
Celina CHIN
Chin is the founding Executive Director of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO). She has over twenty years of experience in arts administration in aspects of corporate governance, company direction, strategic marketing, image building and event management.
CHENG Woon Mei, Anna
Director, Air Between Us
HO Kin Ting, Kenix
Production and Events Manager, KG Group
Kacey WONG
Kacey Wong experimental art project investigates the poetics of space between men and their living environment. Kacey curated many art exhibitions exploring issues of space and city: Home (1999), Personal Skyscraper (2000), City Space (2001), & Drift City (2001, 2002) and exhibited both local and internationally. Kacey started his Drift City photo series since year 2000, dressing up as a skyscraper traveling from cities to cities in search for utopia. His mobile home tricycle project “Wandering Homes” was selected to represent Hong Kong to be feature in the 2008 Venice Architectural Biennale in Italy and his floating house Paddling Home project sailed on Victoria Harbour of Hong Kong was the star feature in 2010 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi City Biennale of Urbanism Architecture exhibition.
HSU Lu
CEO, Lovely Taiwan Foundation
LAM Hung Yi, Brenda
Programme Manager, Tang Shu Wing Theatre Studio
LAU Mei Lee, Mary
Chief Librarian (Administration & Planning), Hong Kong Central Library
Fearghus CONCHUIR
Independent Choreographer and Dance Artist
Fearghus's work investigates the relationship between individuals and determining social and political structures. He was the first Ireland Fellow on the Clore Leadership Programme and continues to contribute to the programme as a facilitator and speaker. He is curating a think-tank on professional development for artists as part of the Modul Dance Programme. He is a Board member of Project Arts Centre and Dance Digital and is part of Project Catalyst, the Associate Artist Initiative of Project Arts Centre.
Michael CHUE
Head of Sales and Marketing, PCCW Solutions
