Rosie Cooper (she/her), Director
Lorna O'Brien (she/her), Deputy Director
John Eng Kiet Bloomfield (he/him), Senior Programme Curator
Michaela D'Agati (she/her), Young People's Programme Coordinator
Ruth Dorber (she/her), Assistant Curator
Gabby Gilmore (she/her), Programme and Operations Assistant
Fiona Colvile (she/her), Programme and Operations Assistant
Jack Wilson (he/him), ​Site and Technical Manager
Lucy Rose Shaftain-Fenner (she/her), Digital Producer
Lottie Poulet (she/her), Housekeeper and Caretaker
Annette Sime (she/her), Finance Manager

Click below for individual staff contact details and biographies.

Staff details

As a registered charity, Wysing is governed by a Board of Trustees: 

John Bickley (Vice Chair) is a freelance arts development consultant. Previously he was Manager of the choir The Sixteen, Development Director at Britten Sinfonia, and for twenty-five years ran an artists’ agency. A current major project is managing the StoryLab Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. John has been on the board since 2009.

Jenny Brooks was one of four founding directors of Wysing in 1989, and then became a member of the Board in 1994. 

Terry Brooks was one of four founding directors of Wysing in 1989. He served as its chair from 1994 to June 2002. 

Rummana Naqvi Ladak is currently Head of Individual Giving at National Portrait Gallery. Prior to this she was Development Manager, Major Gifts at The National Gallery and Individual Development Manager at Whitechapel Gallery where, in 2012, she launched the gallery’s young patrons group First Futures and worked on its endowment Future Fund. She joined the board in 2018.

Jo Marsh (Chair) is a consultant who develops brand strategies for organisations in the cultural sector. Jo joined the board in 2015 and became Chair in 2017.

Harold Offeh is an artist whose work encompasses performance, social practice, video and photography. He studied at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, London. He has shown widely both in the UK and abroad and joined the Board in March 2018.

Sarah Wells is an experienced Finance Director and was previously Finance Manager at Wysing before moving onto the board. She has a wealth of financial experience including as CEO of The Arches, Glasgow. Sarah joined the board in 2016.

Hannah Zafiropoulos is a curator interested in performativity, pedagogy and participation. She has curated exhibitions and programmes at Tate, Tensta konsthall, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Gasworks and Calvert 22 Foundation. She studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. She joined the Board in September 2021.

Wysing studio artist Soheila Sokhanvari is a board observer alongside a representative of Arts Council England East.

To contact one of the Trustees please email trustees@wysingartscentre.org