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Our Team

The people that make Baltic what it is.

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Baltic Crew

Anthony Barstow / Reshma Begum / Nancy Daykin / Alex Fury / Darren Garrett / Stephen Haley / Becca Heath / Simon-Peter Moth / Brighid Mulley / Ayla Oz / Niamh Pirie / Judith Stevenson / Elysha Thompson / Rod Urquhart / Laura Young / Michael Robson / David Langley / Claire Mason / Ruby Richards / Imogen Hayes / Phoebe Longstaff / Phoebe Gollan

Visitor Experience

Senior Visitor Experience Manager: Andrew Paget 
Visitor Experience Managers (Front of House) Lee Stokoe / David Reynolds / Samantha Clark
Security Supervisor: John Dickinson
Security Assistant: Mick Willis / Mark Quinnin / Barry Atkinson / John Wright

Relief Duty Managers (Baltic)

Alex Fury / Becca Heath / Elysha Thompson / Samantha Clark

Building Services

Head of Facilities: Ameera Ahmed
Facilities Manager: Michael Carr
Facilities Technician: Watson Munatsi
Facilities Technician: Jamie Taylor
AV & Events Technician: Scott Hendry
Building Services Supervisor: Tony O' Rourke

Resources

Head of Finance: Helen Stoker 
Finance Assistant: Fiona Spencer-Harvey / Cheryl Stephenson / Willem Rogers / Harry Ferry
Head of People & Culture: Chris Errington-Barnes
People & Culture Coordinator: Martha Wannop
Executive Assistant: Leigh Mylchreest 
National Director of Contemporary Visual Arts Network: Paula Orrell
Creative Programme & Partnership Manager: Adam Pugh

Development & Enterprise

Development Manager: Katie Martin
Hospitality Operations Manager: Jess Nicklin
Senior Events Producer: Ece Davison
Events Producer: Claudia Elwood
Front of House General Manager: Jose Cascajo Mendez
Events Assistant: Conn Kennedy / Ellie Green
Front of House Assistant: Natasha Sumpner
Cafe Manager: Beth Chapman
Kitchen Manager: Arkadiusz Podsaba
Cafe Team: Wiam Aouf / Cherry King / Sara Hassan 
Cafe Assistants: Kate Edwardson, Cassia Barnes, Frances Coles
 

Communications

Head of Communications & Brand: Craig Astley
Marketing & Communications Manager: Robyn Taylor McEwan 
Marketing & Communications Officer: Dean Garside
Marketing & Communications Officer: Elyshia Dixon

Learning

Producer (Communities): Annie Bedford
Producer (Documentation, Library & Archive): Sarah Bouttell
Producer (Education): David Maguire
Producer (Young People): Lizi Lampard
Assistant Producer (Young People): Nada Ibrahim
Project Manager - Birds, Bees, Bikes & Trees (Baltic's National Lottery Climate Action Fund): Jenny Alderson

Retail

Head of Trading: Sara Ley
Shop Manager: Andrew Smith
E-Commerce Manager: Becky Eltringham
Sales Assistant: Euan Lynn / Alex Sickling / Ayla Öz

Programme

Head of Exhibitions: Niomi Fairweather 
Senior Curator: Emma Dean
Curator: Katharine Welsh
Assistant Curator: Rose McMurray
Assistant Curator: Rosie Coleman Collier 
Technician Manager: Jemma Hind
Senior Technician: Chloe Hurst 
 

Directorate

Artistic Director / CEO: Sarah Munro
Director of Development & Enterprise / CCO: Graham Easterlow
COO Interim: Hayley Duff

Trustees

Kirsty Lang, (Chair) Journalist and Broadcaster
Nicola Catterall, Chartered Accountant
Jasmina Cibic, Artist
Anthony Donaldson, Senior Economist
Jamie Gamble, Senior Partner at Ward Hadaway
Tina Gray, Senior Leader within the Mayborn Organisation
Tania Love, Architect at Faulkner Browns
Carsten Staehr, Former CEO of Cintra HR& Payroll, Restaurant Owner and Entrepreneur
Professor Dame Janet Beer, British Academic and former Vice-Chancellor of University of Liverpool 
Professor Kieran Fernandes, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Development & Engagement) Durham University 
Dr. Val Barron, Lead Development Worker, Communities Together Durham 
Cllr Hugh Kelly, Gateshead Council
Cllr Angela Douglas, Gateshead Council
Suzie Thompson, Liverpool University 

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Donate to keep Baltic free

As a registered charity, donations to Baltic are crucial as rising costs threaten our ability to

  • Keep our exhibitions free entry and accessible to everyone
  • Preserve support and opportunities for our communities to thrive
  • Maintain our historical and iconic building
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