Festivals and Events International 2007
Festival and Events International

Directors and Consultants

Nick Dodds - Managing DirectorNick Dodds
Managing Director
  James Waters - DirectorJames Waters
Director
  Jacque Mallender - Non-Executive DirectorJacque Mallender
Non-Executive Director
  Paul Gudgin - Associate DirectorPaul Gudgin
Associate Director
  Nigel Hinds - Associate DirectorNigel Hinds
Associate Director

Nick was Chief Executive of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival from 2000 to 2008 where he was responsible for the artistic and commercial operation of both the annual Festival and the year round venues.

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James was Associate Festival Director of the Edinburgh International Festival from 1992 to 2006 where he worked with Sir Brian McMaster to devise and implement the Festival’s annual programme.

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Jacque is Chief Executive of Matrix Knowledge Group. As a non- executive director Jacque advises FEI on business development and governance.

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Paul was Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, for eight years from 1999 to 2007.

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Nigel was Executive Director of The Place, London from 2004 to 2007 and was Arts Programming Director of Sadler's Wells, London from 1993 to 2000.

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William Culver Dodds - Associate Director William CulverDodds
Associate Director
  Judith Serota - Associate DirectorJudith Serota, OBE
Associate Director
  Allan Grige - Associate Director DenmarkAllan Grige
Associate Director, Denmark
  Johan Moerman - Associate Director NetherlandsJohan Moerman
Associate Director, Netherlands
  Nelson Fernandez  - Associate DirectorNelson Fernandez
Associate Director

William was Chief Executive of Harrogate International Festivals for 15 years until November 2008.

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Judith ran the Spitalfields Festival in London's East End from 1988 until 2007, latterly as Executive Director. For nearly twenty years she managed and developed the organisation, launching the award-winning Festival Education & Community Programme and the Spitalfields Winter Festival.

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Allan founded Copenhagen Arts and Culture Consult in 2006 to advise clients on the development and operation of festivals and events, theatres and concert halls and touring performances across the world.

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Johan is Managing Director Rotterdam Festivals Ltd , the organisation responsible for event and policy co-ordination in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Nelson was Director, Cultural Operations of Visiting Arts for 10 years until September 2008 where he was responsible for delivery of all cultural activity for the organisation.

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James Waters - Assocciate Director IrelandColm Croffy
Associate Director, Ireland
  Cath Lockerbie Catherine Lockerbie
Associate Director
  Ching Lee Goh
Associate Director Singapore
       

Colm is Executive Director of the Association of Irish Festivals and Events (AOIFE) and serves as a Director of the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA)

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Catherine was director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, now the world’s largest public celebration of the written word, from 2000 to 2009.

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Ching Lee has been a key personality behind the arts renaissance in Singapore. She was the Director of the Singapore Arts Festival for a decade from 2000 where she has infused the Festival with an innovative character noted for its inter-cultural and interdisciplinary interests.

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