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Nigel Tomlinson

A career spent in international business and management was excellent preparation for Nigel Tomlinson's current role as Chief Executive of Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was born and bred in Doncaster and has remained in South Yorkshire for much of his working life - roots that have given him a sense of commitment to the area and its future development. Nigel was educated at Doncaster Grammar School and Hull University, where he earned a Masters degree in business administration.

Tim Wooliscroft

Tim is the Development Officer For Swamp Circus in Yorkshire and a director of ROAR (Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance). In the past he has travelled the world as a freelance circus/street theatre performer and created shows as the artistic director of Foobar Theatre.

Performance highlights included pre-show entertainment for the Rolling Stones in Sheffield and in the BJC public show to 700 jugglers. Other past achievements include setting up and leading a circus theatre tour of refugee camps in Croatia Slovenia and Bosnia in 1994. He also has

an understanding of the urban environment through academic study including a degree in urban planning and MA in Sociology and Social Policy.

Keith Arrowsmith

Keith joined HLW in 1998 as an Associate. He provides advice for contract and commercial matters, specialising in intellectual property work, and has wide experience of advising the information technology, banking, voluntary and entertainment sectors.

Keith regularly writes articles and legal updates for specialist magazines, including the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers and Limelight. He wrote the Methuen Amateur Theatre Handbook, which was published in January 2002.

As well as being chair of Sheffield Teachers' Operatic Society, he is a board member of Danceworks UK Limited (the region's contemporary dance agency) and the Huddersfield based Cultural Industries Development Agency.

Work includes

Publishers

MBO and ancillary advice to independent magazine publishers; publishing and sponsorship agreements.

Distributors

MBO and ancillary advice to book distributors.

Entertainment contracts

Advice for national umbrella organisations and regional agencies relating to international artist tours of the United Kingdom; artist agreements; playwright and authors agreements.

Intellectual Property agreements

Copyright assignment and licensing agreements; joint venture and other agreements relating to the acquisition, exploitation and protection of intellectual property.

Alan Deadman

Alan Deadman describes himself as a music and community activist. He promotes night club events (Dubcentral), live music gigs (The JuJu Club) and plays a large part in the organisation of the annual multi-cultural Sharrow Festival. He is also a founding director of The Musical Works, a social enterprise which provides music workshop leaders to schools, youth groups, health and other projects. These workshop leaders - there are currently eighty on the books - cover a wide range of music, song and dance activities, from breakdance to Bollywood, music production to African dance. Still on the music side, Alan is also a founding director of the Little Sheffield Development Trust. The Trust is currently in the process of raising around £4.5 million to purchase and renovate Stag Works (near Sheffield United Football Club) in order to provide secure and affordable accommodation for music enterprises.

Further along the community spectrum, Alan is the Chair of Sharrow Community Forum and active in South Sheffield Partnership. He is also a founding Director of Sheffield Live on 93.2 fm, the community radio station which is now making big waves in the cultural life of Sheffield.

Alan has two sons Alex and Robert and is married to Ro Deadman, a solicitor.

Simon Gedye

Simon Gedye has worked as an architect in the region for nearly 20 years, specialising in designing new buildings in historic areas and the imaginative reuse of listed buildings.

Until late 2007, Simon worked as a director for Allen Tod Architecture (ATA). He set up the company’s Sheffield studio in 2004 which grew quickly and successfully completed a wide range of buildings for clients in the art and community sectors. Projects under Simon’s direction included: Longshaw Discovery Centre, which was commended in Wood Awards and RIBA East Midlands; the Vestry Hall community learning centre; Scarborough Creative Industries Centre; and the Art House, accessible studios for disabled artists.

In January 2008, Simon left ATA to set up Studio Gedye, a design led practice that focuses on producing distinctive architecture, for domestic and commercial clients.

Simon established Sheffield Civic Trust as a vehicle to raise the level of debate about the quality of the built environment and is the Chair. He is also a member of the Sheffield Common Purpose Advisory Group.

Angela Galvin

Angela has been the Chief Executive of Sheffield Theatres (The Crucible, Crucible Studio and Lyceum) since April 2004, having previously been the company’s Marketing and Development Director.

She is currently leading the next phase of Sheffield Theatres’ development to maximise the Crucible’s creative, economic and social impact through a £15.3 million refurbishment project, The Next Stage.

After a brief flirtation with fashion, she started her career proper in broadcasting, photography and independent film and has written a range of publications on audience psychology, film and football.

Angela has provided strategic development support to a number of theatres through Arts Council, England and has also worked with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, The American Repertory Theatre and the Huntington Theatre, all in Boston USA. She has also worked extensively with the voluntary and charitable sector, delivering membership, publishing and campaign support services to Oxfam, Save the Children, the International Red Cross and others as Head of Marketing at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).

Originally from London, she now lives in Broomhill and is one of the many Sheffielders who first came to the city as a student, having studied at both of Sheffield’s Universities. She has been a season ticket holder for the city’s better football team through thin and thinner.

Angela is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and chair of the Local Partnership Board of Creative Partnerships.

Julie Patterson

Julie is Development Manager at Eventus, the cultural regeneration agency based at the Workstation, Sheffield. Her previous role was as Business Liaison Manager for the University of Sheffield working with academics and the business community on arts and social sciences projects.

Julie develops partnerships with agencies, local authorities, public sector organisations, businesses and charities. Her responsibilities include informing organisations outside of culture of the benefits in engaging with communities on arts projects which can have a strong impact on improving health and well-being.

Julie is a business mentor for the Princes Trust. She offers marketing advice to young people in the South Yorkshire area who have started, or are thinking of starting their own business.