Shona McCarthy is the Chief Exec of the City of Culture 2013
The Culture Company 2013 Limited has announced that it has appointed Shona McCarthy as its Chief Executive. So, after months of wondering who will head up the UK City of Culture in 2 years time, we now have a name.
Shona is currently Director of the British Council in Northern Ireland. I remember her, from over twenty years ago, when she was the Director of the Foyle Film Festival.
So she knows the landscape of the city. She also knows, crucially, what it's like to not win a city of culture bid. She led a consultation exercise called "Imagine Belfast" as it campaigned to be European Capital of Culture 2008. Belfast lost that bid. Derry~Londonderry has won this title. Let's see what Shona will "imagine".
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