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MAXIMISING THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS AND CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
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This Seminar will be held at The Brewery in London
On Friday 24th April 2009
Seminar reference AAC/235 |
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Biography:
Andrew Whyte is Executive Director, Advocacy and Communications for Arts Council England and is currently also acting as interim Executive Director, Arts Strategy.
A former Vice-President of the National Union of Students, Andrew began his professional career in the mid-80s working in campaigning and communications roles in the UK voluntary sector, first as Youth Rights Officer at the British Youth Council and then as Media and Parliamentary Liaison Manager at children's charity Barnardo's.
He joined Rupert Murdoch's News International in 1991, and two years later became Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs. In 1996 he left to join Shell International as an External Affairs Adviser before joining BBC Broadcast as Head of Public Relations in May 1998. He was appointed Head of Corporate and Public Relations for the BBC in August 2000 a post he held until leaving the corporation in September 2005.
A member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, Andrew is also a Fellow of the RSA.
Aged 47 and married with two children, Andrew lives in Kent. Andrew is also a trustee and director of the Media Trust and a member of the board of the housing charity Thames Reach.
January 2008
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