The governing body consists of 11 unpaid members of Council, including the Chairman, Gerry Robinson. Derrick Anderson , Chief Executive of Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council David Brierley CBE , former General Manager of the Royal Shakespeare Company Deborah Bull , Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet Christopher Frayling , Rector and Professor of Cultural History at the Royal College of Art Antony Gormley , sculptor Anish Kapoor , sculptor Joanna MacGregor , international concert pianist Andrew Motion , poet, biographer and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia Prudence Skene , arts administrator and former Director of the Arts Foundation Hilary Strong , Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. If you have any problems downloading the file, please refer to the site Help pages . Advisory panels and staff Recognised experts in their fields serve on advisory panels, offering advice to the Council and monitoring funded bodies.
Advisers have no executive authority and are unpaid.
Council policies are implemented by a staff headed by the Chief Executive, Peter Hewitt and the Executive Team.