Who we are

Sabeena Akhtar

(she/her)Head of Projects & Programmes
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Colette Bailey

(she/her)CEO
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Cat Foley

(she/they)Creative Producer (Learning & Participation)
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Helena Jacques-Morton

(she/her)Senior Marketing & Comms Manager
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Jude Kelly CBE

(she/her)Founder Director
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Ree Kirkbride

(she/her)Senior Creative Producer
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Charlie Marshall

(she/her)Head of Communications & Marketing
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Abi Ogunmwonyi

(she/her)Senior Fundraising & Development Manager
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Domino Pateman

(she/her)Director of Festivals & Programmes
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Jeannie Scott

(she/her)Office Coordinator & Executive Assistant
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Domenica Simpson

(she/her)Membership Programme Manager
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The WOW Foundation proudly works with WOW Festival curators and partners from across the globe. We also work with brilliant freelancers on projects across the year, without whom our work wouldn't be possible.

WOW's President is Her Majesty The Queen.

The WOW Foundation Board

Dr Sandie Okoro OBE

(she/her)WOW Chair
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Nazir Afzal OBE

(he/him)
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Richard Collier-Keywood

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Nusrath Hassan

(she/her)
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Shevaun Haviland CBE

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Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE

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Dr Vanessa Ogden CBE

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Barbara Reeves

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Dame Alison Rose

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Sandi Toksvig OBE

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Meet WOW teams around the world

WOW Athens, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre

Athena Balopoulou

Chief Strategy & Development Officer

Hara Chryssikopoulou

Project Manager

Afroditi Koufagela

Events Marketing & Communications Senior Officer

Gabriella Triantafyllis

Chief Artistic Programming & Production Officer

Natalie Tsirigoti

Events Marketing & Communications Manager

WOW Australia, Of One Mind

Julie Baikie

Office Manager & Logistics Coordinator

Cathy Hunt AM

Executive Director

Queenie Pelesa

Producer – Regional

Jo Pratt

Executive Producer

WOW Bangladesh, British Council

Sadia Rahman

Head of Arts

Waseka Wahid

Arts Programme Manager

WOW Istanbul, Kreşendo

Beril Sarıaltun

Founder & Director

WOW Nepal, British Council

Yukta Bajracharya

Arts Programme Manager

Nhooja Tuladhar

Head of Arts

WOW Pakistan, British Council

Ahsan Abbas

Head of Programmes Delivery (Arts)

Raabia Qadir

(she/her)
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Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui

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WOW across South Asia, British Council

Laila Jamil

(she/her)Director of Arts

Maliha Raisa

Regional Arts Programme Manager, South Asia

WOW Rio de Janeiro, Redes da Maré

Maira Gabriel

Institutional Partnerships Manager

Andreza Jorge

Curator

Geisa Lino

Curator/Director Arts and Culture Programme

Inaê Moreira

Curator

Renata Peppl

(she/her)International Partnerships Manager

Eliana Sousa Silva

Director and WOW Rio Curator

WOW Rotherham, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, FLUX Rotherham & Children’s Capital of Culture

Eleanor Beever

Communications & Marketing Officer, FLUX Rotherham

Leanne Buchan

Head of Creative Programming & Engagement, RMBC

Sarah Christie

Programme Manager, Children's Capital of Culture

Abi Cobb

Creative Engagement Manager, Children’s Capital of Culture

Liz Johnson

Performing Arts Programme Manager

Helen Jones

Director, FLUX Rotherham

Amy Lilley

Creative Programming and Events Manager, RMBC

Noor Salih

Creative Engagement Officer, FLUX Rotherham

Aga Samecka

Communications & Marketing Officer, FLUX Rotherham