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The Team

Management

Tony Lankester - Executive Director

Tony Lankester joined Riverside as General Manager in October 2019 having spent 12 years as CEO of South Africa's National Arts Festival where he led the team that produced Africa's largest annual arts event. Prior to that, with a degree in Journalism, his career spanned corporate marketing, communications and sponsorship for financial services group, Old Mutual, and working at South Africa's national radio station SAfm as Marketing Manager, Presenter and Producer.

Rachel Tackley - Creative Director

As well as being the Creative Consultant of Riverside, Rachel is Creative Director and co-CEO of the Arts Theatre in Cambridge.  Rachel has worked extensively in both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors as a producer and CEO. Recently she worked for ATG Productions, Chichester Festival Theatre and before that was Director of English Touring Theatre.  Rachel is a director of Harper Tackley whose current and recent clients include Arts Council England, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, The Glasshouse, Nottingham Playhouse, Manchester International Festival, SOLT/UK Theatre, Malvern Theatres,  Delfont MacIntosh, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Cambridge Arts Theatre, WKCDA in Hong Kong, Birmingham Rep and Troxy.  Rachel sits on the Board of Lyric Hammersmith Productions and is Acting Chair of Bretforton Grange Estate.

Administration, HR & Finance

Judith Murrell - Administration & HR Manager

Amy Howard - Finance Director

Denis Emini - Finance Assistant

Trish Abrams - Finance Assistant

Creative

Rhys Williamson - Head of Programming

Owen Van Spall - Cinema Programmer

Operations

Chris Davies - General Manager

Harriet Bultitude - Operations Manager

Charlie Hazlem - Technical Manager

Jan Urbanski - Venue & Facilities Manager

Emma Johnson - Box Office Manager

Reuben Esson-Parkes - Visitor Experience Assistant Manager

Yusra Omar - Visitor Experience Assistant Manager

Harry Rusk - Visitor Experience Assistant Manager & Projectionist

Lee Bourne - Projectionist

Communication & Development

Beatriz López De Priego Garcia - Marketing Manager

Any Lucas - Community & Events Co-ordinator

Toby Owles - Functions & Events Manager

Daniel Thurman - Projects Manager

Latisha Gordon-Hinds - Events Administrator & Visitor Experience Assistant

Food & Beverage

Chris Ruddle - Food & Beverage Director

Quitterie Singel - Food & Beverage Manager

Gurminder Grewal - Food & Beverage Duty Manager

Elly Mwaikambo - Kitchen Manager