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STAFF

  • Nick Giles

    Director

    Nick joined the team at Shoreditch Town Hall in October 2011. Nick has worked in pivotal roles at a range of different arts and cultural organisations including Corn Exchange, Newbury, the Oxford Playhouse and most recently, the Donmar Warehouse.

     

  • James Baydar

    Administrator

    James has worked for Shoreditch Town Hall since 2003. He is also a freelance journalist, writing on pop and rock music for a number of publications in Turkey.

     

  • Clare Stears

    Marketing & Events Manager

    Clare joined in November 2010.   She was previously Events and Marketing Officer at the National Army Museum.

     

  • Amy Stone

    Reception and Bookings Assistant

    Amy grew up in the area and joined in 2005; she previously worked with a company in Kingsland Road

    Rowena Cohen

    Events & Facilities Manager

    Rowena joined in 2008. She has previously worked in front-of-house and facilities management for a number of organisations including The Lux in Hoxton and The National Film Theatre.

 

TRUSTEES

  • Michael Berg

    Michael lives locally and is Head of Events at the Hospital Club in Covent Garden, where he has been responsible for creating and managing over 1000 events since 2003.

  • Louise Court

    Louise is currently Head of HR at Amnesty International UK, based in Shoreditch.  She has over 20 years' experience in HR and general management, all gained in the heritage, museum and charity sectors.  

  • Patrick Hammill

    Honorary Treasurer

    Patrick is a Director of Hackney-based architects Levitt Bernstein. His firm carried out the Master Plan for the Shoreditch New Deal area and were architects of  the London Symphony Orchestra education base at St Lukes in Old Street.

  • William Hodgson

    Vice-Chair

    William is a partner in a local architectural practice, Hodgson Gabb Studio. Originally the London Borough of Hackney’s appointee to the Trust, he was appointed as a Trustee in his own right when he stood down from the Council.

  • Jean Locker

    Chair

    Jean lives in Tower Hamlets, just a stone’s throw from Shoreditch Town Hall. She is involved in several community organisations.

  • Brian Marsh

    Brian has lived in Shoreditch for 40 years and for 20 was a local councillor. He is now retired and active in Shoreditch Our Way, set up under the Government’s New Deal for Communities programme. He is Chair of UXL, a development trust based in Hackney Wick.

  • Karina van der Merwe

    Karina is Director of the Hoxton Trust, a Hoxton charity offering community services and encouraging participation and development.

  • Cllr. Jonathan McShane

    Jonathan is a Haggerston Ward councillor and is the current appointee of the London Borough of Hackney to the Trust.