Governance

The Duke was a Personal Aide-de-Camp to The Queen.  He has travelled widely and represented The Queen on important occasions such as the independence celebrations in Sierra Leone, Uganda, Guyana and The Gambia. He returned to Uganda last year for the country’s celebration of fifty years of independence.

One of the Duke’s major public roles for many years was Vice-Chairman of British Trade International (now known as UK Trade and Investment), a position he held from 1976.  He retired from this role in 2001, but still retains an interest in British business at home and overseas.

The Duke continues to undertake a large number of official Royal engagements.  He has close associations with many charities, professional bodies and other organisations including being President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the Scout Association, and the All England Tennis Club.  He is also Chancellor of Surrey University and Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England.

In 1961 The Duke of Kent married Miss Katharine Worsley. The couple have three children and ten grandchildren.  The Duke and Duchess live at Wren House, Kensington Palace, and in Oxfordshire.

The Trinity Laban Honorary Presidency is the highest honour that we can bestow upon an individual. Our President acts as a figurehead, an emblem of excellence to whose success our students can aspire, and an ambassadorial representative for us and our core values across the globe. Previous Trinity Laban presidents include conductor Sir Charles Mackerras and violinist Sir Yehudi Menuhin.

Our vision at Trinity Laban is for excellence beyond tradition; we strive to lead the arts beyond convention, to make change and to break expectations. Our new President is the living embodiment of that vision.

A R Rahman is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, educator, producer, philanthropist and global arts leader. He is widely credited with redefining contemporary Indian music by seamlessly blending Eastern classical, electronic, and symphonic arrangements. His music traverses different musical styles, traditions, and genres from Bollywood and Kollywood to Hollywood, musical theatre to symphony orchestra. He has been recognised internationally with two Academy Awards, two GRAMMYs, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. In 2010 he was bestowed the Padma Bushan by the Indian Government.

In the West, A R Rahman’s highest profile work includes the Oscar-winning score for Slumdog Millionaire with accompanying hit song and collaboration with The Pussycat Dolls ‘Jai Ho’. Further collaborations with the film’s director Danny Boyle include scoring 127 Hours and a new song as part of 2012’s London Olympic Games. A stage musical version of Slumdog Millionaire is in the works for the coming years, which follows on from Rahman’s successful collaboration with Lord Andew Lloyd Webber on Bombay Dreams and his work on the stage musical version of Lord of the Rings. Truly, Rahman’s work defies genre, and he is as comfortable writing large scale orchestral works as he is producing electronic music. He has performed world tours including Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Canada, USA, India and the UK.

As a humanitarian philanthropist Rahman served as UN Ambassador for the 2015 Millenium Development Goals. He has released many songs to fundraise for projects including the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, The Banyan project for underserved women in Chennai, and the Save Lightman Fund for technical workers of the Indian film industry. In 2006, alongside his mother Kareema Begum, Rahman founded the A R Rahman Foundation, which seeks to empower underprivileged young people by providing them with world class music education.

One part of the Foundation’s work is the 2008 formation of the Sunshine Orchestra, which provides free musical training to socially and economically disadvantaged children. Once equipped with the requisite skills and confidence, participants are encouraged to explore opportunities and build a career in music, as teachers or as performers. Participants get a better understanding of their own and other cultural identities through the exploration of Indian & Western musical traditions. They benefit from the exposure to global cultural trends through their interactions with eminent international musicians and learning from them.  Since its inception, the foundation has trained over 100 students. The students are taught by expert faculty in orchestral instrument, in an effort to empower them with life skills and provide them with a viable future career within the creative industries.

In 2008 Rahman established KM Music Conservatory in his home town Chennai to provide students with a strong artistic, intellectual and technical foundation for pursuing professional careers in music, through a learning environment that provides education in all aspects of music and music technology. KMMC is the first institution of its kind in India. Programmes are pedagogically designed to inspire as well as to foster a cultural exchange between students and teachers creating a global ethos for all who have the passion to learn. Following many years of close collaboration and exchange, in 2024 Trinity Laban signed a partnership agreement with KMMC that will lead to their students being able to split their studies between Chennai and London.

In 2009, A R Rahman was given an Honorary Fellowship by our sister organisation Trinity College London at a Trinity Laban graduation in this very room, having trained in Western classical music via the examinations that have their roots in our conservatoire. He has also been conferred with honorary doctorates from Aligarh Muslim University, Anna University, Middlesex University, Miami University, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and Berklee College of Music. He was recently ambassador for the British Council’s India/UK Together Season of Culture.

Public positions past and present include Vice Chair, English Folk Dance and Song Society (2017–); Board Member Hall for Cornwall (2018-); Council Member & member of Audit Committee, University of Birmingham (2014–); Chair RPS Awards Festivals and Concert Series Panel (2010–2014); Chair, International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies (IFACCA) (2009 – 2014); Member, Cultural Olympiad Board (2010 – 2013); Member, Creative Industries Council (2011 – 2015); Member,  Access to Professions working group/ forum (2011 – 2014).

Davey has a BA (Hons) from the University of Birmingham, an M.Litt from Merton College Oxford and MA from Birkbeck College London. He was a 1998 Fulbright Fellow at the University of Maryland. He holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Birmingham and the University of Teesside.

In the 2015 New Year Honours, Davey was awarded a CBE for services to the Arts.

Alan took the position of Chair of Governors at Trinity Laban on 2 July 2020.

Michael has previously served as Chair of the Board of the Belgrade Theatre Coventry; Deputy Chairman of the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield; a member of the Board of the Association of British Orchestras; Chair of the Governing Body of the University of Wolverhampton; Treasurer of the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage; Chair of the Chief Officer Groups of both the Regional Arts Boards and Regional Tourist Boards; a member of the first Government Tourism Strategy Group; and member of the governing bodies of further education colleges and schools in Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham, Walsall, and Hereford.

He has been awarded honorary doctorates by Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Wolverhampton for his contribution to arts and culture.

Currently CEO at TheConfidenceVault.com, the largest platform for career women and black minority ethnic entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals. It provides access to the most diverse network of sponsor-mentors within their industry or career. TheConfidenceVault.com also offers financial business strategy, senior executive mentoring and tailored business introductions, helping them to achieve their next level success.

Deborah is the  founder of Lean In UK, a women’s network of in 67 locations across the UK. With a membership of over 3,000, Lean In UK is focused on female students interested in STEM subjects, career women and C-suite leaders keen to leave a legacy to support other women. Lean In UK works with under-served communities, building diverse teams by investing in the empowerment of women in the workplace, female founders/ start-ups and female-led SMEs.

Prior to becoming a non-executive director, Deborah was an executive in financial services and investment banking primarily focused on advising leadership teams of the firm’s existing technology partner companies while also working closely with the firm’s partners to evaluate new investment opportunities for a network of high net worth business angel and investor funds.

As a Partner, Senior Executive Director at IDEO, the world’s leading global design and innovation consultancy known for pioneering Human-Centred Design, Anne leads strategy development and activation for IDEO’s European regional business. Over the years, she has held leadership positions that sit at the cross-section of creative and commercial, driving companies to transform through industry paradigm-shifting strategies and breakthrough solutions, supported by the operational expertise to scale new market offers and experiences. She has collaborated with Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, helping them lead with innovation and embed human-centred design capabilities for future readiness.

Before joining IDEO, Anne gained experience in the fashion retail and brand industry leading buying, product development, and supply chain at companies such as Polo Ralph Lauren. With a wide range of creative interests, she’s also dabbled in music performance and film production. She holds a BA in International Economics from the University of Waterloo in Canada, and an MSc in International Business and Development.

Max studied Music at the University of Durham and has a Masters in Internal Communication Management. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Public Relations (FCIPR) and the Institute of Internal Communication (FIIC).

Max joined the Board of Trinity Laban in May 2023, in addition to his role as a Non Executive Director of the South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) NHS Foundation Trust, which he joined in February 2023. Prior to these appointments, Max spent five years as Non Executive Director of the Salvation Army in the UK and Ireland.

He was Joint Principal and Designated Officer previously. As Director of Laban between 2003 and 2005, Anthony played a key role in the merger (2005) with Trinity College of Music which formed Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, the largest of the conservatoires in UK higher education.

His focus has been, and remains, the development of Trinity Laban as an international hub for the development of performing artists who will lead their art forms throughout the first half of the 21st century.

Anthony Bowne’s education in dance at (then) Laban in the early 1980s is complemented by an honours degree in Economics from the University of Southampton and an MSc from the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London. Anthony’s early career was as an economist in the motor industry. Later, he held an academic position at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

His experience as an educator was balanced with creative expertise as a lighting designer for both theatre and architecture. Projects include theatre design for Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion Pictures, Hong Kong Ballet, Rosemary Butcher, the Cholmondeleys and the National Theatre of Taiwan and architectural design for the World Finance Centre in Shanghai, Chijms in Singapore and Joyce retail stores in Hong Kong.

Utilising his training and experience in the performing arts, economics and architecture, Anthony led the project to realise the Stirling Prize-winning Laban Building which opened in 2003. He acted as Arts Council England capital project mentor on the Lottery funded New Vic theatre and served on the Rambert Dance Company Property Committee for the company’s relocation to London’s South Bank.

Anthony currently chairs both the Finance and Remunerations Committees of London Higher, the ‘umbrella’ organisation for London’s universities and higher education colleges. He is also Deputy Chair of Conservatoires UK and Chair of the UCAS Advisory Group for Universities and Colleges Admissions. Other board memberships include One Dance UK, the Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund, HEFCE’s Teaching Quality and Student Experience Strategic Committee, and Blackheath Halls (Chair). He has served on both the DCMS Dance Forum and the All Party Parliamentary Dance Group and is Visiting Chair of Dance for Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore and Visiting Professor of City University, London.

Qualifications

University College London, Bartlett School of Architecture, EMSC Architecture 1992
Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, Post-Graduate Diploma, 1982
University of Southampton, BSc (Hons) Economics, 1977

Previous experience

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Joint Principal and Designated Officer, 2005-2010

Laban
Chief Executive, 2003-2005

Laban
Deputy Chief Executive, 1994-2003

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Senior Lecturer, Theatre Lighting Design, 1996-1998 (sabbatical position)
Leading the teaching of theatre and architectural lighting design and developing the Academy’s first Master’s programme

Laban Centre for Movement and Dance
Senior Lecturer, 1987-1994
Lecturing in lighting design and theatre production skills
Course Co-ordinator of Advanced Performance Course
Technical Direction and Management of Transitions Dance Company

Laban Centre for Movement and Dance
Lecturer, 1983-1986
Lecturing in lighting design and theatre production skills

Rover Cars
Senior Financial Analyst, 1979-1981
Leading a team of Financial Analysts

Rover Cars
Financial Analyst, 1978-1979

Professional Lighting Design (selection 1993 – 2003)

2003
Rite of Spring, Natalie Weir, Hong Kong Ballet, tour

2002
Now Blind Yourself, Jan De Schynkel,  The Place Theatre, London
Slow-Still-Divided, Rosemary Butcher, Tanzquartier, Vienna

2001
Chijmes, Singapore (architectural)
Rite of Spring, Natalie Weir, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong

2000
Vast Desert, National Theatre, Taiwan

1999
World Finance Centre, Shanghai, China (architectural)

1998
Joyce Department Store, Central, Hong Kong (architectural)
Dusk ’til Dawn, Hong Kong (architectural)
Joyce Department Store, Nathan Road, Hong Kong (architectural)

1997
Usa Cosa Rara (opera), Drama Theatre, HKAPA, Hong Kong
G’S Club, Shanghai, China (architectural)
Dance! Dance!! Dance!!!, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong

1996
Spring Dance, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong

1995
Swinger, Yolande Snaith
Car, The Cholmondeleys
Fierce/Pink/House, Della Davidson

1994
Metalcholica, The Cholmondeleys
Forgotten Voices, Fin Walker
Silence of the Pestle Sound, National Theatre, Taiwan

1993
Carmina Burana, National Theatre, Taiwan
Silent Tongues, Fin Walker
Set the Night on Fire, Three’s Company, Royal Festival Hall

Awards

Anthony was one of 10 lighting designers chosen as ‘ones to watch’ in ‘Lighting Dimensions’ (USA) and won a London Dance and Performance Award in 1992 for the lighting design of Yolande Snaith’s No Respite.

Professional activities / memberships

Current

• Board member and Chair of Remunerations and Finance Committees, London Higher
• Board member One Dance UK
• Member of Universities UK
• Member of HEFCE’s Teaching Quality and Student Experience (TQSE) Strategic Committee
• Deputy Chair, Conservatoires UK
• Chair, UCAS Conservatoires Advisory Group for Universities and Colleges Admissions System (UCAS Conservatoires)
• Board member, Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund
• Guest Professor, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
• Chair, Blackheath Halls, Greenwich, London
• Visiting Professor, City University London

Past

• Member of Mayor of London’s Cultural Strategy Group
• Board member, Bird College, Sidcup
• Mentor for Arts Council England Lottery Capital Programme (Young Vic Theatre)
• Member, Scholarship Review Panel, Western Australia Academy for Performing Arts
• Chair, Cholmondeleys and Featherstoneshaughs dance companies
• Member of DCMS Dance Forum
• Member, Property Committee, Rambert Dance Company
• Board member, Creative Lewisham
• Board member, Deptford Creative Village
• Degree Accreditation Panel member, Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation
• Validation Panel member, Open University validation of Lasalle College, Singapore
• Governor, Finnish Institute, London

Qualifications / Educational Background

• BA Dance Theatre from Laban
• MFA in Dance from Florida State University
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Creative Outputs

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Performing:

1992-4: Florida State University graduate shows, including; Jeff Slayton “ Don’t Fear the Fire”, Doris Humphrey “Brandenburg Concerto no 4” , Martha Graham “Steps in the Street”

1997: Rafferty & Gough “Sonnet: The Better Angel” The Place, Jackson’s Lane, Roehampton, Laban

2001: Clare Baker, “Flock”  Bloomsbury

Mothers of Invention – “My Mother, My Daughter, Myself”, Roehampton, Chichester, lilian Baylis, Laban

2002: Amanda Gough “12 Steps”, Laban

2003: Erica Stanton  “The Gravity of the Situation”, Bedford, Laban

2004: Erica Stanton “ Undercurrents”, installation by Rosie Leventon, Fabrica  Gallery, Brighton

Erica Stanton “Matters of Gravity” , The Place

Installation by Rosie Leventon

Choreography:

1992: Hop

1993: Recipe

Shoot the Breeze chosen to represent FSU at the American College Dance Festival (South East Region)

1994: MFA Concert – The Rhythm Method
The Rhythm Method, Hop, Trudge

1995: Chance Encounters for Gloucestershire Youth Dance Group

1996: Paradigm, Paradox, Parallax, Paradiddle for Much Ado
Resolution at The Place
The Edge  for Hextable Youth Dance

1997-present: Co-director of Double Vision Dance Company with Sonia Rafferty. “After Images”  site specific piece for 50 local children and the Company at Lacock Abbey, commissioned by National Trust/Lacock Education 2003. “Sowing the seeds” site-specific piece for local children and the Company at the Courts Garden, commissioned by National Trust/Lacock Education 2002. “In:site” for Double Vision  https://vimeo.com/73867731 and “In:sense” for local community dancers, Millenium Project commissioned by the Derngate Theatre, Northhampton 2000. “Double Vision, Second Sight” full length A4E lottery funded work which also commissioned choreographer Fiona Edwards 1998. “Sonnet” choreographed and performed with Amanda Gough 1997.

2010: Movement direction for finale of Sound Moves, Festival Hall

2011: “The Stone Diaries” (with Sonia Rafferty), TrinityLaban BA3 Commissioned Work. https://vimeo.com/73867731

2011: ’Grace Notes’ , Dance Film screened at Merge Festival, Exeter (March 2011) and New Gallery, London  (April 2011), V Sao Carlos Videodance Festival, Sao Paula, Brazil (1-3 October 2011),   Third Coast Dance Film Festival USA (September 16th/17th 2011), Festival Internacional de Videodanza del Uruguay (24th-30th October 2011) Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania (26th April 2012) GLOW Dance Festival  Castle Green  Hereford (30th June 2012) FiELD  UK Dance Film Festival, Stratford Circus (10th August 2014)  https://vimeo.com/38087646

2012: Movement Director for Youth Music Voices, Choir performing at WOMAD, Houses of Parliament, Royal Opera House, Velodrome (Olympic Park), Trafalgar Square, Hyde park and Battersea Park

2013: “The 5ecret lives of Numbers”, Trinity Laban BA1 Performance Project https://vimeo.com/73951696

2014: Commission from Brighton and Hove Arts – director/choreographer for a collaborative  project music and dance  (Feb 2014), working with 6 young dancers  aged 16-18 and a  string orchestra of 15 young musicians. Performed at Trinity Laban as part of Colab

2014: “Instructions for Folding” Trinity Laban BA1 Performance Project https://vimeo.com/99542948

2015: “Spheres of Influence”  (with Sonia Rafferty)Trinity Laban Centre for Advanced Training

2017: choreography/movement direction for Trinity Laban Sinfonia Strings at Laban Theatre 

2022: “Precipice” (with Sonia Rafferty) Trinity Laban BA3 Commissioned Work

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Publications

Articles published in Dance UK magazine (2002 – “A Fairy Tale Career?”  & 2004  – “Choreographic Observerships – a reflection”) and Dance Matters (2004 – “A Site-Specific Exploration”  & 2008 “Dance Captures”)

Presented at Wellcome Trust conference – University of Manchester School of Music and Drama (2004) “Left  – choreographic research project”

Redding, E., Baker, C., Clements, L., Gough, A. & Lefebvre Sell, N. (2017). Collaborative research in dance science and creative practice. Labanarium Symposium: Thinking in terms of Movement: Teaching and Researching Movement and Dance in University and Conservatoire Settings, University of Surrey.

He was Joint Principal and Designated Officer previously. As Director of Laban between 2003 and 2005, Anthony played a key role in the merger (2005) with Trinity College of Music which formed Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, the largest of the conservatoires in UK higher education.

His focus has been, and remains, the development of Trinity Laban as an international hub for the development of performing artists who will lead their art forms throughout the first half of the 21st century.

Anthony Bowne’s education in dance at (then) Laban in the early 1980s is complemented by an honours degree in Economics from the University of Southampton and an MSc from the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London. Anthony’s early career was as an economist in the motor industry. Later, he held an academic position at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

His experience as an educator was balanced with creative expertise as a lighting designer for both theatre and architecture. Projects include theatre design for Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion Pictures, Hong Kong Ballet, Rosemary Butcher, the Cholmondeleys and the National Theatre of Taiwan and architectural design for the World Finance Centre in Shanghai, Chijms in Singapore and Joyce retail stores in Hong Kong.

Utilising his training and experience in the performing arts, economics and architecture, Anthony led the project to realise the Stirling Prize-winning Laban Building which opened in 2003. He acted as Arts Council England capital project mentor on the Lottery funded New Vic theatre and served on the Rambert Dance Company Property Committee for the company’s relocation to London’s South Bank.

Anthony currently chairs both the Finance and Remunerations Committees of London Higher, the ‘umbrella’ organisation for London’s universities and higher education colleges. He is also Deputy Chair of Conservatoires UK and Chair of the UCAS Advisory Group for Universities and Colleges Admissions. Other board memberships include One Dance UK, the Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund, HEFCE’s Teaching Quality and Student Experience Strategic Committee, and Blackheath Halls (Chair). He has served on both the DCMS Dance Forum and the All Party Parliamentary Dance Group and is Visiting Chair of Dance for Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore and Visiting Professor of City University, London.

Qualifications

University College London, Bartlett School of Architecture, EMSC Architecture 1992
Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, Post-Graduate Diploma, 1982
University of Southampton, BSc (Hons) Economics, 1977

Previous experience

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Joint Principal and Designated Officer, 2005-2010

Laban
Chief Executive, 2003-2005

Laban
Deputy Chief Executive, 1994-2003

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Senior Lecturer, Theatre Lighting Design, 1996-1998 (sabbatical position)
Leading the teaching of theatre and architectural lighting design and developing the Academy’s first Master’s programme

Laban Centre for Movement and Dance
Senior Lecturer, 1987-1994
Lecturing in lighting design and theatre production skills
Course Co-ordinator of Advanced Performance Course
Technical Direction and Management of Transitions Dance Company

Laban Centre for Movement and Dance
Lecturer, 1983-1986
Lecturing in lighting design and theatre production skills

Rover Cars
Senior Financial Analyst, 1979-1981
Leading a team of Financial Analysts

Rover Cars
Financial Analyst, 1978-1979

Professional Lighting Design (selection 1993 – 2003)

2003
Rite of Spring, Natalie Weir, Hong Kong Ballet, tour

2002
Now Blind Yourself, Jan De Schynkel,  The Place Theatre, London
Slow-Still-Divided, Rosemary Butcher, Tanzquartier, Vienna

2001
Chijmes, Singapore (architectural)
Rite of Spring, Natalie Weir, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong

2000
Vast Desert, National Theatre, Taiwan

1999
World Finance Centre, Shanghai, China (architectural)

1998
Joyce Department Store, Central, Hong Kong (architectural)
Dusk ’til Dawn, Hong Kong (architectural)
Joyce Department Store, Nathan Road, Hong Kong (architectural)

1997
Usa Cosa Rara (opera), Drama Theatre, HKAPA, Hong Kong
G’S Club, Shanghai, China (architectural)
Dance! Dance!! Dance!!!, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong

1996
Spring Dance, Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong

1995
Swinger, Yolande Snaith
Car, The Cholmondeleys
Fierce/Pink/House, Della Davidson

1994
Metalcholica, The Cholmondeleys
Forgotten Voices, Fin Walker
Silence of the Pestle Sound, National Theatre, Taiwan

1993
Carmina Burana, National Theatre, Taiwan
Silent Tongues, Fin Walker
Set the Night on Fire, Three’s Company, Royal Festival Hall

Awards

Anthony was one of 10 lighting designers chosen as ‘ones to watch’ in ‘Lighting Dimensions’ (USA) and won a London Dance and Performance Award in 1992 for the lighting design of Yolande Snaith’s No Respite.

Professional activities / memberships

Current

• Board member and Chair of Remunerations and Finance Committees, London Higher
• Board member One Dance UK
• Member of Universities UK
• Member of HEFCE’s Teaching Quality and Student Experience (TQSE) Strategic Committee
• Deputy Chair, Conservatoires UK
• Chair, UCAS Conservatoires Advisory Group for Universities and Colleges Admissions System (UCAS Conservatoires)
• Board member, Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund
• Guest Professor, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
• Chair, Blackheath Halls, Greenwich, London
• Visiting Professor, City University London

Past

• Member of Mayor of London’s Cultural Strategy Group
• Board member, Bird College, Sidcup
• Mentor for Arts Council England Lottery Capital Programme (Young Vic Theatre)
• Member, Scholarship Review Panel, Western Australia Academy for Performing Arts
• Chair, Cholmondeleys and Featherstoneshaughs dance companies
• Member of DCMS Dance Forum
• Member, Property Committee, Rambert Dance Company
• Board member, Creative Lewisham
• Board member, Deptford Creative Village
• Degree Accreditation Panel member, Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation
• Validation Panel member, Open University validation of Lasalle College, Singapore
• Governor, Finnish Institute, London

Initially developing dance and theatre school provision, Victoria moved swiftly into further education and apprenticeships in performing arts and sport, with programmes receiving external recognition such as ‘Outstanding’ judgements (Adult Leaning Inspectorate), Beacon status for teaching and learning, and professional industry acknowledgement. This led to partnerships with higher education providers, and the development of the musical theatre provision at Trinity Laban.

As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Trinity Laban Senior Teaching Fellow, Victoria is committed to access and participation, and the development of teaching and learning environments that support progression and achievement. Most recently, she has utilised her MSc in psychology to research the area of mental health and wellbeing in tertiary musical theatre education settings, identifying how programmes and interventions can be established to support the development of good mental health in educational setting, and when transitioning into employment.

Victoria believes that the student is the absolute centre of the learning journey, and that it is important to support personal development beyond the core curriculum outcomes, fostering the unique individual and personal identity within the learning community.

Victoria is a Trustee for a growing Multi Academy Trust in Kent and External Examiner for other Musical Theatre programmes across the UK .

Creative Outputs

Performance credits include: Aladdin, Cinderella and Humpty Dumpty (Millfield Theatre), A Chorus Line (MYT), Fran in A Christmas Carol (Terry Hawes Productions), Aida, MTV, Dream Team (Hewland International), 100 Years of Cinema (Mermaid Theatre), Lead vocalist and dancer for various cabarets.

Choreography Credits include: Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Bugsy Malone, Oklahoma, Little Shop of Horrors, Dick Whittington, Wizard of Oz, Oliver, Corporate Events, Cabarets and College Showcases.

As a council member of MusicHE, Aleks has been involved in recent cross-institutional campaigns to safeguard the future of music at UK conservatoires and universities.  He is a QAA performing arts subject specialist assessor. He has written several articles and a book chapter on blended learning and critical pedagogy and is an external specialist at BIMM.  

As a performer, Aleks specialises in performing music of the 20th and 21st Centuries and has released several albums of contemporary repertoire on the Prima Facie record label, including the Piano Concerto by Daryl Runswick, Inner Landscapes (Douglas Finch), A Land so Luminous (Kenneth Hesketh), and the album Aztec Dances with the recorder player Jill Kemp. He has recorded for Nimbus with the flautist Wissam Boustany, and given premieres of works by Frederic Rzewski, Dai Fujikura, Haris Kittos, Edward Gregson, Nicola LeFanu, Sam Hayden and David Bedford, among others.   

As pianist in the ensemble Gemini, he has recorded three albums with Métier, including works by Jonathan Harvey, Sadie Harrison, Huw Watkins, Philip Grange, and the first recording of Mandala 3 by David Lumsdaine. As well as Gemini, Aleks works with Lontano, rarescale and the Continuum Ensemble.  He has performed in more than forty countries over six continents, on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, Channel 4, and Colombian and Lebanese television.