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.
As well as being the Creative Director of Riverside, Rachel is also a freelance producer and theatre consultant. Rachel has enabled and produced productions in London, in regional theatre and all over the world. Rachel has worked extensively in both the commercial and not-for –profit sectors. Recently she worked for ATG Productions developing and commissioning new work as well as overseeing future planning. Rachel was previously Executive Director at Chichester Festival Theatre and before that Director of English Touring Theatre. Rachel is a director of Harper Tackley whose current and recent clients include Manchester International Festival, Roald Dhal Story Company, SOLT/UK Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Arts Council England, Delfont MacIntosh, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Cambridge Arts Theatre, WKCDA in Hong Kong, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Birmingham Rep and Troxy. Rachel sits on the Boards of Tall Stories and Lyric Hammersmith Productions.
Guy was appointed Executive Director of Riverside Studios in 2006 and Project Director of the building redevelopment since the start of work in 2014. After 15 years at Riverside he took on the role of Business & Finance Director in 2020. Guy began his media career as an arts and entertainment producer and presenter for BBC Radio London and BBC World Service. He was Producer of Tony Blackburn's legendary mid-morning show and then became Group Programme Controller of Southern Radio in charge of seven independent radio stations in the South and South-East. He created the dance music phenomenon Kiss 102 in Manchester becoming its Group Chief Executive after also winning the franchise for regional station Kiss 105 in Yorkshire. Under Guy's leadership, these Sony Award winning youth market brands achieved an enviable reputation for combining programme excellence with business success. The stations were purchased for £17.6m just over four years after the company had been founded with its initial investment of £600k.
Judith Murrell - Administration & HR Manager
Amy Howard - Finance Controller
Nyisha Francis - Finance Assistant
Jake Taylor - Operations Director
Chris Burkitt - Venue Operations Manager
Rhys Williamson - Box Office & Website Manager
Chris Galler - Technical Manager
Adam Alkailany - IT Manager
Jan Urbanski - Facilities Manager
Marc Brown - Head Projectionist
Marianne Levi - Food & Beverage Manager
Lewis Hollis - Assistant Food & Beverage Manager
Martina Stagliano - Assistant Food & Beverage Manager
Benoit Jobard - Head Chef
Tommaso Chiereghin - Sous Chef
Olivia Neilson - Development & Community Manager
Lucy Grudniewicz - Programme Manager
Josie Williamson - Events Administrator
Owen Van Spall - Cinema Administrator
Any Lucas - Events Ambassador
Jason Wood - Cinema Programmer
Daniel Thurman - Projects Manager
