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Robert Glick OBE is Vice Chair of the Barbican Centre Trust, and Vice President, Head of International Public Affairs at American Express, having held various senior positions in corporate communications and public health. A graduate of the University of Cambridge, the London School of Economics and Emory University (USA), he serves currently as Chair of Save the Children’s Global Malnutrition Initiative, Trustee of Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Founding Chair of the Adult Literacy Trust, and Trustee of Open For Business. His previous non-executive roles include as Trustee of the Victoria & Albert Museum and Chair of the Terrence Higgins Trust.

Stephanie Camu is a founding partner of the independent artist management consultancy Southern & Partners specialising in offering strategic advice on a broad range of matters and fostering the widest possible exposure for their work and developing their legacy. For over 20 years she has worked closely with artists, organising and curating solo and group exhibitions in commercial galleries, international institutions, and heritage sites. Stephanie has been a trustee of Artangel for eight years, and before moving into the arts, she worked in senior management positions in the television industry for the news and current affairs networks CNN and CNBC in London.

Cas Donald has been involved in arts advocacy and philanthropy for over twenty years following a career in mineral broking. She has supported and sat on various boards including The Royal Court Development Board, Headlong Touring Theatre, The Battersea Arts Centre, as well as Theatre 503. She has also supported new directors’ programmes at the Royal Court and the National Theatre and speaks at the National Theatre’s Directors’ Course on Philanthropy. For 20 years she was a Trustee of The Kipungani Schools’ Trust in Kenya, responsible for building 17 schools and educating over 30,000 children

David Farnsworth joined the Barbican as Interim CEO in 2024. He has been seconded from his role as Managing Director of City Bridge Foundation - a 900-year-old charity responsible for the maintenance of five City bridges, including Tower Bridge, and also operating as London's largest independent funder.  David trained as a lawyer and has held several leadership positions in social justice charities, including the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and Welsh Refugee Council. In 2023 he received an OBE in the King's Honours for his services to the voluntary sector.

Ann Kenrick has just retired after five years as the first female ‘Master’/CEO transforming the Charterhouse, for which she received the Freedom of the City. She has been awarded both an OBE and France’s Ordre National du Mérite for her innovative work as Secretary General of policy forum, the Franco-British Council. Her passion for promoting urban cycling led to her becoming Chair of the London Cycling Campaign, contributing to a 25% increase in London cyclists by introducing segregated cycle paths. Her early career included ten years in Marketing at IBM.

Alderman Sir William Russell was elected Alderman for the Ward of Bread Street in March 2013, and took office as the 692nd Lord Mayor of the City of London on 8th November 2019. Due to the extraordinary circumstances arising from the global health pandemic COVID-19, served two consecutive years in office, becoming the first Lord Mayor to do so since 1861.Sir William has over thirty years’ experience in the financial and business City including holding senior positions in the national and international banking sector. He also has a number of charitable interests: he has served as Chair of the Development Board of the Royal Court Theatre; as a Board Member of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is also on the Council of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust. He is immediate past Chair of Prostate Cancer UK and past Deputy Chair of Place2Be, a children’s mental health charity. He has served as a member of the Barbican Centre Board since July 2019.

Sian Westerman is a Senior Adviser at Rothschild & Co in the Global Advisory Division based in London, and a non-executive Director of Fenwick Limited. She is a Non-Executive Director of the British Fashion Council and was President of the BFC’s Business and Investment Pillar and Co-chair of the BFC Fashion Trust from 2016 to 2020. She is a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts and a member of the Development Committee of the Eton John Aids Foundation. She has had a number of other roles in the arts including being on the Advocates Board of the Royal Court Theatre and serving two full terms on the Board of English National Ballet and Chairing their Development Committee.