Our People

NICKY GOULDER

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

Create was born from the vision Nicky had in December 2002 of a charity that would use the creative arts to empower 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 and 2017, where she worked with young people aged 11-18; was Trustee/Vice Chair of the Queen’s Nursing Institute from 2009-2019; and has been a Trustee of Wales Millennium Centre since 2018. 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, Retired Head Teacher
  • Tony Cates, Vice Chair and Partner, KPMG UK
  • Eddie Donaldson OBE (Chairman), Business Adviser
  • Tim Jones, Private Investor and Director
  • Marit Meyer-Bell, Head of Communications, Travis Perkins plc
  • 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), Retired Head Teacher
  • Chloe Cooper, Visual Artist
  • Alicia Clarke, Photographer
  • Cheryl Moskowitz, Poet and Writer
  • Mike Poyser, Musician
  • Aga Serugo Lugo, Musician

Our Development Council

  • Libby Bassett, Business Development Consultant, former KPMG partner
  • Jonny Breeze, Founder and Director, Yellow Cat Recruitment
  • Tony Cates, Vice Chair and Partner, KPMG UK
  • Harry Charlton, Chief Executive at Seven Bedford Row
  • Whitney Gore, Director, Business & Legal Affairs, Original Series, Netflix
  • Natalie Graeme, Founder of Uncommon Creative Studio
  • Tim Jones (Chairman), Private Investor and Director
  • Mark Sismey-Durrant, Non-Executive Director, Immediate Past Master of Worshipful Company of International Bankers

Our Communications Council

  • Rishi Dastidar, Head of Verbal Identity, BrandPie
  • Gem Fountain, Head of UX, Manifesto
  • Lisa Jedan, Vice President, Global Brand Communications, Bacardi
  • Paul Kemp-Robertson, Co-founder, Contagious
  • Marit Meyer-Bell (Chairman), Head of Communications, Travis Perkins plc
  • Martin Shippen, PR Consultant
  • Jim Thornton, Deputy Executive Creative Director, VCCP
  • John Waterfield, Director Strategic Relationships, KPMG

Our Honorary Advisory Council

  • Sir Peter Estlin, 691st Lord Mayor of the City of London, City of London Alderman, Senior Advisor at Barclays Bank UK plc
  • Niko Falzarano, PA to Headteacher, School Governor with responsibility for Safeguarding
  • Tim Robertson, Chief Executive, The Anne Frank Trust UK
  • Colin Sheaf, Group Deputy Chairman, Bonhams 
  • Emily Stubbs, Director of Development, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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