Our People

NICKY GOULDER

Our Chief Executive
nicky@createarts.org.uk
@nickygoulder

Create was born from a vision Nicky had in December 2002 of a charity that would use the power of the arts to transform lives. She is motivated by her longing for a fair, caring, inclusive society in which every individual can fulfil their potential. Prior to co-founding the charity in July 2003, she was Chief Executive of the Orchestra of St John’s. She has extensive experience in creative arts management, before which she was a Marketing Executive at KPMG. She was a volunteer Childline Counsellor for five years before becoming a Samaritan in January 2002; was on the YouthXpress leadership team at Southwark Cathedral between 2007-2017, is the Vice Chair of the Queen’s Nursing Institute and is an advisor to the Pro Youth Philharmonia. Nicky has a First Class BSc (Hons) in Marketing (with arts) and the Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma. In 2013, she completed a Certificate in History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London, for which she was awarded Distinction. Nicky was recognised as Clarins Most Dynamisante Woman of the Year in 2013; received the Charity Times Rising CEO Star Highly Commended award in 2014; was one of 30 #SocialCEO award winners in 2015; and was runner-up for the Directory of Social Change “Influencer” award in 2017. 

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Our Staff

Our Ambassadors

  • Alistair DK Johnston CMG

Our Trustees

  • John Broadis, School Business Manager
  • Eddie Donaldson (Chairman), Business Adviser
  • Tim Jones, Private Investor and Director
  • Marit Meyer-Bell, PR Consultant
  • Vanessa Sharp (Company Secretary), Solicitor, Non-Executive Director, Jeweller
  • Paul Thimont (Treasurer), CFO, White Cube
  • Carol Topolski, Writer

Our Creative Council

  • James Baldwin, Actor and Playwright
  • John Broadis (Chairman), School Business Manager
  • Chloe Cooper, Visual Artist
  • Tracey Fahy, Photographer
  • Sara MacQueen, Dancer
  • Cheryl Moskowitz, Poet and Writer
  • Mike Poyser, Musician
  • Aga Serugo Lugo, Musician

Our Development Council

  • Sally Bye, Partner, BrandPie
  • Harry Charlton, Director of External Relations, Chatham House
  • Gareth Davies, Business Development Consultant, former PwC partner
  • Tim Jones (Chairman), Private Investor and Director
  • Michel Koch, Chief Marketing Officer, Time Inc UK
  • Michael Llewelyn-Jones, Senior corporate banker
  • Alan Paul, Senior Consultant, Berwin Leighton Paisner
  • Vanessa Sharp, Solicitor, Non-Executive Director, Jeweller

Our Communications Council

  • Jim Bowes, CEO, Manifesto
  • Rishi Dastidar, Head of Verbal Identity, Brand Pie
  • Lisa Jedan, Global Director, Brand PR & Corporate Communications, Bacardi
  • Marit Meyer-Bell (Chairman), PR Consultant
  • Martin Shippen, PR Consultant
  • Jim Thornton, Deputy Executive Creative Director, VCCP

Our Honorary Advisory Council

  • Peter Estlin, City of London Alderman, Master of The Worshipful Company of International Bankers, Senior Advisor at Barclays Bank UK plc
  • Andrew Moorfield, Senior corporate banker
  • Tim Robertson, Director, Royal Society of Literature
  • Colin Sheaf, Chairman, Bonhams UK and Asia
  • Emily Stubbs, Director of Development, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment