, MBA FRSA CText FTI
Chair of the Board and Convenor of the Nominations Committee
Ann was appointed as Chair of the Board of Governors in June 2022. She has an abiding and lifelong interest in Art and Design, in Fashion and in creative education and its transformative potential.
Ann is an experienced leader and non-executive, now focused on governance, advisory and consultancy roles in higher education and arts related organisations. She started her career in the fashion industry then worked for over 30 years in higher education as a Course Director, later as Dean at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London (UAL), and Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Art, Design and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University (NTU).
Ann has worked internationally supporting the establishment of art, design, and fashion related institutions in India, Turkey, then China. During her time in HE, Ann led on several EU fashion and enterprise projects and was the Senior Expert and Lead for a project establishing a Fashion Technology Institute in Istanbul. (Now Istanbul Moda Academy). More recently, Ann spent three months each year in Beijing as International Dean for Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology. Ann is also a member of the International Arts and Experts Committee of the Academy for Tsinghua University, Beijing.
Ann is currently a Board member and Trustee of Broadway Media and Nottingham Young Creative Awards and was previously a Court Governor for Glasgow Caledonian University, and a Trustee of Glasgow Caledonian New York College for six years. Ann was also previously a Board member and Trustee of Nottingham Contemporary and a Board member for Nottingham Creative Quarter Company.