Art, media & communications | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Art, media & communications

  • Simon Megicks

    Assistant Chief Constable Simon Megicks began his policing career with Cambridgeshire Constabulary in April 1996. Simon served in a number of roles across the constabulary. In 2005, upon promotion to Superintendent, he led staff through dramatic performance changes, implemented the force’s response to neighbourhood policing and established himself as a senior operational commander. In 2010, […]

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  • Simon Mellor

    Simon leads the delivery of the Arts Council’s first strategic goal: ensuring excellence is thriving and celebrated in the arts, museums and libraries. He also leads the team of national arts and culture directors. He is responsible for overseeing the development of the Arts Council’s new 10 year strategy (2020-30) and provides executive board leadership […]

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  • Judith McNicol

    Judith McNicol has been appointed Director of the National Railway Museum, a role she has been performing since July 2017 as acting Director. Judith has been based at the National Railway Museum since she joined the Science Museum Group in 2005, during which time she has held many important roles—most recently as Director of People […]

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  • Professor Fiona McQueen CBE

    Fiona McQueen has been an Executive Nurse Director since 1993, firstly in Lanarkshire, and since 1999 with NHS Ayrshire & Arran. Following graduation, her first clinical post was in neurosurgery and she has wide experience across many clinical areas, having practiced in Greater Glasgow as well as Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. As Board Nurse Director in […]

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  • Susie McKenna

    Susie McKenna Exec Creative Producer Hackney Empire and freelance Actor Writer Director Susie originally trained as a dancer and singer . She has since been working as an actor, writer, and director for over 30 years working in theatres nationally and in the West End, Television and film. She also produced television documentaries for 4 […]

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  • Dominic McGonigal

    Dominic McGonigal is a director, entrepreneur and composer, with 35 years of experience in the creative industries, as a board director, executive, founder and creative. He is Chair of C8 Associates (the consultancy specialising in creative businesses), JiveBird (digital greetings and gifts), CICI (high level political roundtables), DashboardFX (Forex training platform) and a non-executive trustee […]

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  • Hilary McGrady

    Hilary became Director-General of the National Trust in 2018. Hilary has worked for the Trust since 2006 when she joined as Regional Director for Northern Ireland. She later became Regional Director for Wales and the London & South East region and in 2014 was appointed Chief Operating Officer, leading the Operations & Consultancy teams. Originally […]

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  • John McGrath

    John E. McGrath is the Artistic Director of Manchester International Festival. Appointed to the role in 2015, John was previously Artistic Director of National Theatre Wales which he launched in 2009 achieving an international reputation for large-scale site-specific work, digital innovation, international collaboration and extraordinary community involvement. John has worked as a theatre director in […]

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  • Andrew McGuinness

    Andrew has worked for multinational advertising agencies both here and in Australia He was appointed Chief Executive of TBWA, a leading London agency, aged 32. In 2005, aged 35 he founded Beattie McGuinness Bungay (BMB), on of the UK’s leading agencies. Clients have included Carling, Apple, PlayStation & McCain Foods. Alongside his ‘day job’ he […]

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  • Barry McIlheney

    Barry McIlheney was CEO of the PPA, the industry body for all UK magazine media, for ten years. He is the former Editor and Publisher of iconic brands Smash Hits, Q, Empire, Elle, and The Face. In 2018 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the magazine industry in his native Ireland.

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