Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee was established to oversee the pay, performance, and conditions of the national and regional chairs, and the pay, performance, and particular employment terms of senior staff. It meets once a year, or as needed.
Remuneration Committee
Our current Remuneration Committee
Paul Roberts OBE
Chair, Performance and Audit Committee and Chair, Remuneration Committee
After a career involving Director of Education posts in Nottingham and London and the post of Managing Director of the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government, Paul is now Chair of the Board of Directors for the Innovation Unit.
He has been a trustee at Nottingham Contemporary and Mountview Drama School, Chair of Nottingham Music Education Hub, a member of the ABRSM Music Commission, of the Warwick Commission on Cultural Value as well as the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education.
Paul produced the government report “Nurturing Creativity in Young People” in 2008 and was joint author of “The Virtuous Circle – why creativity and cultural education count”. Paul is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to Education and the Creative Industries.
He was appointed to the National Council of Arts Council England in December 2017 where he is also chair of the Performance and Audit Committee.
Term of appointment: 1 December 2017 – 30 November 2024
Paul produced the government report “Nurturing Creativity in Young People” in 2008 and was joint author of “The Virtuous Circle – why creativity and cultural education count”. Paul is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to Education and the Creative Industries.
He was appointed to the National Council of Arts Council England in December 2017 where he is also chair of the Performance and Audit Committee.
Term of appointment: 1 December 2017 – 30 November 2024
Sir Nicholas Serota, CH
Chair
Arts Council England
Nicholas Serota was appointed Chair of Arts Council England in February 2017. He is also a member of the Board of the BBC.
Previously he was Director of Tate between 1988 and 2017. During his directorship, Tate opened Tate St Ives (1993) and Tate Modern (2000, expanded in 2016), redefining the Millbank building as Tate Britain (2000).
Previously he was Director of Tate between 1988 and 2017. During his directorship, Tate opened Tate St Ives (1993) and Tate Modern (2000, expanded in 2016), redefining the Millbank building as Tate Britain (2000).
Tate also broadened its field of interest to include 20th century photography, film, performance and occasionally architecture, as well as collecting from Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The national role of the gallery was further developed with the creation of the Plus Tate network of 35 institutions across Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Nicholas Serota has been a member of the Visual Arts Advisory Committee of the British Council, a Trustee of the Architecture Foundation and a commissioner on the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. He was a member of the Olympic Delivery Authority which was responsible for building the Olympic Park in East London for the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
Nicholas Serota was born in London in 1946. He studied History of Art at the University of Cambridge and the Courtauld Institute. He joined the Arts Council of Great Britain’s Visual Arts Department as a regional art officer in 1970 and then worked as a curator at the Hayward Gallery. In 1973 he was appointed director of the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford where he worked for three years before he became the Director of the Whitechapel Gallery in 1976.
Nicholas Serota was knighted in 1999 and appointed a Companion of Honour in 2013.
Term of appointment: 1 February 2017 – 31 January 2025
Nicholas Serota has been a member of the Visual Arts Advisory Committee of the British Council, a Trustee of the Architecture Foundation and a commissioner on the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. He was a member of the Olympic Delivery Authority which was responsible for building the Olympic Park in East London for the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
Nicholas Serota was born in London in 1946. He studied History of Art at the University of Cambridge and the Courtauld Institute. He joined the Arts Council of Great Britain’s Visual Arts Department as a regional art officer in 1970 and then worked as a curator at the Hayward Gallery. In 1973 he was appointed director of the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford where he worked for three years before he became the Director of the Whitechapel Gallery in 1976.
Nicholas Serota was knighted in 1999 and appointed a Companion of Honour in 2013.
Term of appointment: 1 February 2017 – 31 January 2025
Abigail Pogson
National Council Member
Abigail was born and grew up in Yorkshire. She has been Managing Director of Sage Gateshead since May 2015. She combines a commitment to developing artists and supporting them to create great work with a passion for ensuring that the arts can be accessed by as many people as possible.
Following a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University and an MA in Cultural Management at City University, she began working in the arts.
Following a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University and an MA in Cultural Management at City University, she began working in the arts.
She joined Sage Gateshead from Spitalfields Music, a charity based in east London with an international reputation for its quality, reach and innovation. She previously worked at English National Opera, Music Theatre Wales and SPNM. In 2007/8 she was a Fellow on the Clore Leadership Programme.
Abigail serves as a Trustee for V&A Dundee, as a Director for North East England Chamber of Commerce and as Chair of Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust.
Term of appointment: 15 May 2022 – 14 May 2026.
Abigail serves as a Trustee for V&A Dundee, as a Director for North East England Chamber of Commerce and as Chair of Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust.
Term of appointment: 15 May 2022 – 14 May 2026.
Helen Birchenough
South West Area Chair
Trustee of Wiltshire Creative, Non-executive director of Messums Wiltshire
Helen has been involved in the arts and education in Wiltshire for twenty years. She was Chair of both the Salisbury Playhouse and Salisbury International Arts Festival and led the Festival into merger with the theatre and Salisbury Arts Centre to become the new pan-arts organisation that is Wiltshire Creative.
She is a trustee of Wiltshire Creative.
Driven by the power of the arts and education to change lives, Helen is a strong believer in the importance of further education and vocational training. She was Chair of Wiltshire College for five years, leading the College through a period of transformational change.
Helen has also chaired the education panel at Wiltshire Community Foundation, giving grants to young people to access educational resources and services and bursaries to those who could not otherwise go to university. She is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
She is a non-executive director of Messums Org, a pioneering multi-purpose gallery and art centre based in a fourteenth century tithe barn in Wiltshire and with spaces in London and the East of England.
Helen sits on the Arts Council England Performance and Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Term of appointment: 05 December 2018 - 04 December 2026.
Driven by the power of the arts and education to change lives, Helen is a strong believer in the importance of further education and vocational training. She was Chair of Wiltshire College for five years, leading the College through a period of transformational change.
Helen has also chaired the education panel at Wiltshire Community Foundation, giving grants to young people to access educational resources and services and bursaries to those who could not otherwise go to university. She is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
She is a non-executive director of Messums Org, a pioneering multi-purpose gallery and art centre based in a fourteenth century tithe barn in Wiltshire and with spaces in London and the East of England.
Helen sits on the Arts Council England Performance and Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Term of appointment: 05 December 2018 - 04 December 2026.
William Bush
National Council Member
During Bill’s 18 years at the Premier League, as Executive Director and now Senior Adviser, he has led areas including intellectual property, public policy, relations with government and the EU, relations with fans, communications and the community programme.
He is currently the Chair of the Alliance for Intellectual Property, Board member of English Touring Opera, Trustee of Civic Future, and Board member of the Football Foundation.
Before joining the Premier League, Bill worked as a Spec
He is currently the Chair of the Alliance for Intellectual Property, Board member of English Touring Opera, Trustee of Civic Future, and Board member of the Football Foundation.
Before joining the Premier League, Bill worked as a Spec
ial Adviser to the Prime Minister (1999-2001) and to Tessa Jowell at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2001-2005), and was Head of Research for BBC News 1991-1999. Early in his career, as a local government officer he ran the Office of the Leader of the Greater London Council (Ken Livingstone) from 1981-1986.
Bill sits on the Arts Council England Performance and Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Term of appointment: 15 May 2022 – 14 May 2025.
Bill sits on the Arts Council England Performance and Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Term of appointment: 15 May 2022 – 14 May 2025.