London Creative Consortium

The London Creative Consortium came into being in the Autumn of 2004 as the successor group to the Cultural Strategy Group.

The London Cultural Consortium was established as a restructured Cultural Strategy Group, with a new membership and role. The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone appointed the Rt Hon Chris Smith MP as its chair. The Consortium's aim is to take forward the implementation of the Mayor's Culture Strategy for London, which was published in April 2004. This ten-year framework to develop London as a centre of cultural excellence and creativity is the first strategic and co-ordinated approach to arts, sport, heritage and creative industries in the capital.

London Cultural Consortium membership:

Chair Rt Hon Chris Smith MP Director of the Clore Leadership Programme

Vice Chair Jennette Arnold London Assembly Member, Member of the London Regional Council of the Arts Council of England, Trustee of Sadlers Wells Theatre Foundation, Mayor's cabinet advisor for Culture

Members: Jack Amos SERTUC delegate

James Bidwell Chief Executive of Visit London

Sue Bowers Regional Manager of London Heritage Lottery Fund

Cllr. Lyn Brown Chair Culture and Tourism Steering Group, Association of London Government

Matthew Delaney Regional Director of Sport England, London Region

Graham Fisher Director of Archives Libraries Museums London

Jude Kelly Chair of Culture and Education Steering Group London 2012

Michael Lynch Chief Executive of South Bank Centre

Sandy Nairne Director of National Portrait Gallery

Ben Okri Poet

Debbie Pippard Regional Manager (London), Big Lottery Fund

Paddy Pugh Head of Advice and Grants, English Heritage, London Region

Nii Sackey Director of Bigga Fish: youth community music organisation

Thea Sharrock Director of Gate Theatre

Yinka Shonibare Visual artist

Parminder Vir OBE Film & TV Producer/Diversity Executive Co-Founder & Executive Director of DAWN - Asian Women's Network

Sarah Weir Chief Executive, Arts Council England

(TBC) London Development Agency

Mayor's Office: John Ross Director, Economic and Business Policy Jude Woodward Mayor's Senior Policy Adviser for Culture Justine Simons Cultural Strategy Manager LCC Administration: Sarah Atkinson

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Cultural Strategy Group for London