Dave Moutrey
Dave Moutrey is a manager and leadership professional of United Kingdom arts organisations. He is Director and Chief Executive of HOME, the centre for international contemporary arts, theatre and film formed by the merger of Cornerhouse and the Library Theatre Company. Dave is also Director of Culture for the City of Manchester, a role that he performs concurrently with his position as Director and CEO of HOME. In 2016 Moutrey joined the British Council Arts Advisory Group and the Board of the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in 2017. Career. Moutrey was Chief Executive of Arts About Manchester from  1990-1998, before joining Cornerhouse as Chief Executive and Director; prior to these roles, Moutrey was the manager of the Abraham Moss Theatre. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, BAFTA member, Board Member of AND Festival and a member of the Chartered Management Institute. In July 2010 Moutrey was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Salford in recognition of his decades of work supporting young people’s entry into the arts and socially engaged arts practice. He is also a qualified drama teacher and a strong advocate for the importance of the arts in  education and wider society. He also stated in an interview that he'd like to take theatre pioneer and suffragette Annie Horniman for a pie and a pint. When asked why he does what he does, he stated that 'I do enjoy it, I believe it has a purpose [...] there is no better drug than seeing an audience of one or thousands have their lives changed in some very small way by an artwork that you have helped create the space for'.