Christine Cort co-founded the biennial Manchester International Festival (MIF) in 2005. Christine was Managing Director at MIF before setting up CC & Friends in 2021. The festival is widely regarded as one of the most successful in the world, with a reputation for staging world premieres and entirely new work, bringing visitors from across the globe to Manchester.
Christine was previously Group Marketing Director at ‘Time Out’ (the culture, entertainment and events magazine) working across international titles in Paris, London, New York, Instanbul, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The Times ‘Alternative Rich List’ in 2018 named Christine as one of their thirty other people who celebrate ‘the important stuff in life’ – finding inner contentment, striving to make the world a better place, and understanding their own intrinsic value – in other words, living an enriched life. She was also named the Inspirational Leadership in Arts and Culture winner at the Inspiring Women Awards.
Christine’s company CC & Friends takes on an eclectic mix of projects including city and artist driven commissions, large scale events, plus food and drink focussed businesses including markets.
