Board Of Trustees
The Board of Trustees, Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House Ltd.
The Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House Ltd is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity (charity no 500408). It is governed by its memorandum and articles of association. The Board of Trustees comprises five elected members of Leeds City Council, one of whom is Chair of the Board, and two independent trustees. Two further independent trustees are being recruited.
Cllr John Procter
Chair of the Board of Trustees, Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House Ltd
Cllr Procter is elected member for Wetherby ward. He is Chief Whip and Executive member for Leisure and is Chair of the Cultural Partnership. He also serves on the Board of Northern Ballet Theatre.
Cllr Peter Harrand
Cllr Harrand is Cabinet Member for Adult Health and Social Care. A chartered accountant by profession, he has been on the council since 1990. He represents Alwoodley ward and is a strong supporter of all voluntary and charitable organisations.
Cllr Robert (Bob) Gettings JP
Cllr Gettings is elected member for Morley North, representing the Morley Independent Party. He is also serves on Morley Town Council.Cllr Gettings is a governor of Drighlington Primary School and Bruntcliffe High School.
Cllr Adam Ogilvie
Cllr Adam Ogilvie is elected member for Beeston and Holbeck ward and Shadow spokesperson for Leisure. He is on the Board of South Leeds Community Radio Station and involved in the running of a number of community cultural events in south Leeds. His particular interest is in the widening of participation in arts and leisure activites.
Cllr Steve Smith
Cllr Smith is elected member for Rothwell ward. He is Chair of the Scrutiny Board (City & Regional Partnerships). A business consultant, Cllr Smith is also a director and trustee of the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Dr Keith Howard
Keith Howard is Chairman of the Emerald Group, a Bingley company which is the world's leading publisher of management research. He is Chairman of the Opera North Future Fund charged with the task of supporting a range of Opera North initiatives. He is much involved in charity work having been chair of Life Education Bradford for a five year period until 2008 and a patron of Andrea's Gift, a charity devoted to the support of children with brain tumours.
Paul Iles
Paul Iles is principal lecturer in theatre studies, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. He is associate director of the Georgian Theatre Royal at Richmond and a director of Northern Broadsides Theatre Company, Halifax. He previously ran the Blackpool Grand Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Theatre and the Nimrod Theatre of Sydney. He graduated MPhil and MLitt from the University of Glasgow.
Roger Wood
Roger Wood retired as HR Director for an international York based manufacturing company and Non Executive Director for a careers company. Apart from occasional consultancy assignments, he now undertakes wide ranging voluntary work and is employed as a part time guide in a well known stately home in North Yorkshire. Other than his affection for the theatre and the arts in general, he has a keen interest in sport especially in rugby and cricket.
Ivor Davies, Arts Council England, Yorkshire, attends the Board as an observer.