Plymouth Arts Centre's Board of Trustees includes:

Andrew Brewerton

Andrew is Principal of Plymouth College of Art and Honorary Professor of Fine Art at Shanghai University. A former Principal of Dartington College of Arts, he has held a number of academic and public appointments; as Chair of the South West Regional Council and national council member of Arts Council England; and as Vice-Chair of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Group on Higher Education (PMI2), amongst others.

He is a poet, and author of fifty journal and catalogue essays, chiefly on contemporary glass art. A book-length monograph on his contribution to post-1949 Art & Design education in China was published in Shanghai in March 2011. His international work as an educator has involved the catalytic development of academic programs in China, South Africa and the UK; as well as international public art projects and arts consultancy. His poetry publications include Via (Wild Honey Press, 2010) and he is cited in ‘Poetry after 1970’ in The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century English Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Adrian Emerson

Adrian is the head of Creative Arts and Technology at University College Plymouth St Mark and St John. Adrian has been heavily involved in the arts and creative industries for over 25 years. Adrian currently sits on a number of Creative Industry special interest groups including as Director for Plymouth Media Partnership. Adrian is also founder of Coleridge Productions, a multimedia production company which has been based in Plymouth for the last 22 years.

Mark Greaves

Mark is the Corporate Finance Partner in Francis Clark, Chartered Accountants. He is responsible for Corporate Finance activities throughout the firm. Mark is Treasurer for Plymouth Arts Centre and has actively strengthened the charities accounting reporting and systems.

Tanya Griffiths

Tanya is a registered Architect with over 12 years of practice experience. She established the Architecture Centre Devon and Cornwall, an independent community interest company in June 2006.

Educated at Cambridge University and University College London, Tanya was an associate of Foster and Partners where she worked for 10 years. After leaving Fosters in 2003 she joined Sonnemann Toon Architects, a small design practice in central London as a partner. She has worked on a very wide range of projects and on both public and private commissions in Europe and in the UK.

Tanya’s role as director of the Architecture Centre Devon and Cornwall is to raise public awareness of design issues, to promote built environment education and to support local authorities in achieving high design aspiration and outcomes,- through training programmes, community consultation, design review, advocacy events and project work.

David Marlow

David is an experienced Chief Executive and Development Economist. His 25 years in senior positions in public service both domestically and overseas culminated in eight years as Chief Executive (CEO) – firstly of a large metropolitan local authority and, from 2003-08, of the East of England Regional Development Agency (RDA).

He established Third Life Economics in 2008/09, and one of his first major commissions was as Interim CEO of Plymouth City Development Company. He has also worked extensively in Cornwall, and has retained a strong affiliation with both Plymouth’s ambitions as a city and its relationship to neighbouring areas. David’s achievements at the RDA included ‘Creative Collaborations’ – the first strategic partnership between a RDA and the Arts Council (ACE). This delivered a portfolio of internationally significant developments with Aldeburgh, Royal Opera House, and signature investments including Dance East Ipswich, First Site Colchester, and the UK Centre for Carnival Arts (UKCCA) Luton.

David is a Visiting Fellow at Ashridge Business School, and with the Institute for Manufacturing at Cambridge. He is a founding member of the Guardian Local Government Network Advisory Board, and writes regularly on economic and cultural development issues for the paper and a number of other professional journals.

Michael Williams

Michael has practised as a solicitor in Plymouth for 25 years. He has wide experience of corporate matters. For the last few years he has headed Bond Pearce's charity team. He specialises in the legal aspects of governance and structure. He is a regular user of Plymouth Arts Centre's cinema.