Deputise for the Director across Tate, while ensuring the successful delivery of Tate’s capital development programme, and overseeing Development and Tate Media.
Biography:
Deputy Director of Tate since 2002.
1999 to 2002 - Director, Business, Tate.
1994 to 1999 - Director, Finance and Administration, Tate.
1986 to 1993 - Arts Council of Great Britain, London.
1985 to 1986 - KPMG, London.
Director of Tate Gallery Projects Limited, Tate Publishing Limited and Tate Enterprises Limited.
Alex is also a member of the National Campaign for the Arts Directors Forum and Trustee of Global Giving UK.
Lead the day-to-day operations of Tate, overseeing Collection and Programme Services, Tate Enterprises Ltd and Resources (Human Resources, Information Systems, Legal and Finance).
Biography:
2005 to 2007 - Head of Wholesale Management Services at Financial Services Authority.
2004 to 2005 - Head of Major Group Risk Mangement function, FSA.
2002 to 2004 - Head of Strategic Planning, FSA.
Previously, various roles at the Bank of England and FSA.
Julian is also a trustee of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and advisor to the Southwold & Aldeburgh Summer Theatres.
Lead and develop the finance function across Tate ensuring sound financial management of day to day activities, capital developments and long term funding and development plans.
Biography:
2007 Finance Partner BBC News.
2005 to 2007 Financial Controller BBC News.
Previously various roles at the BBC, HSBC, Dartington & Co. and Arthur Andersen & Co.
Sue is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Conceive and execute the public programme at Tate St Ives, representing the gallery externally and internally.
Biography:
Director of Tate St Ives since August 2007.
2005 to 2007 – Curator, Exhibitions, Arnolfini, Bristol.
2001 to 2005 – Curator, Herbert Read Gallery, Kent Institute of Art and Design (now University College of the Creative Arts).
A graduate of the Curating and Commissioning Contemporary Art MA at the Royal College of Art, London, he has curated over 30 exhibitions and projects, including solo shows by Mark Titchner, Albert Oehlen, Deimantas Narkevicius, Brian Griffiths, Michael Stevenson, Hans-Peter Feldmann and Lucy McKenzie as well as group exhibitions that include Pale Carnage, Arnolfini and Dundee Contemporary Arts, 2007 and The Hollows of Glamour, Herbert Read Gallery, 2004. He has published numerous essays and articles on contemporary art and in 2003 was nominated for the Premio Lorenzo Bonaldi Enter Prize, an international award for curators under 35.
Responsible for the development of Tate’s national and international strategies, as well as for leading on their implementation, while overseeing Tate-wide research and education programmes, and the work of Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Shape and support national and international strategies, Tate-wide research and education programmes.
Oversee the work of Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Biography:
Director, Tate National since April 2007.
Oct 2005 – March 2007 Head of National Initiatives, Tate.
1999 – 2005 Director of Arnolfini, the contemporary arts organisation in Bristol.
1995 – 1999 De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex; where she was responsible for the Pavilion’s arts and restoration programmes.
Conceive and execute the public programme at Tate Britain, representing the gallery externally and internally.
Biography:
Appointed to the Tate in 1998.
He oversaw the opening of the Tate Centenary project in November 2001, which provided new and refurbished galleries at Tate Britain.
Dr Stephen Deuchar was educated at Dulwich College and at the universities of Southampton, London and Yale.
He is a specialist in eighteenth-century British art and his publications include
Sporting art in 18th Century England: a social and political history (Yale University Press, 1988).
Lead Tate Operations at London Sites (Tate Britain and Tate Modern) including Visitor Care, Estates Management, Safety and Security, while supporting Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool in these areas.
Biography:
Director of Operations since 2005.
2003 to 2005 - Project Manager, Projects and Estates department, Tate, London.
1999 to 2003 - Head of Visitor Services and Operations, Tate Modern, London.
1991 to 1999 - Front of House Manager, Royal Albert Hall, London.
As the Director of Tate Media, Will Gompertz aims to realise the potential
of Tate's programme. The division comprises Tate Online, Tate Productions,
Communications (Press, Marketing, Design and Print), TATE ETC. (Tate’s magazine),
Membership and Ticketing Services. In addition, he also oversees a number
of major public events including The UBS Long Weekend festival at Tate Modern.
Tate Media has moved forward significantly in the last year, delivering world-class
content across a range of media through commissioning and producing digital
content. Recently a number of new initiatives have been launched including
the BT Tate Player, providing a wide range of film and audio material online
for the very first time. Following on from this, the Tate Channel will be
launched during the course of 2008, providing a unique web-based, video-on-demand
channel accessible through Tate Online. Further Tate Media initiatives include
Tate Tracks, a collaboration between art and music; and the podcasting programme
which includes TateShots, a monthly series of short films on modern and contemporary
art.
Biography:
Director of Tate Media since 2006.
2002 to 2006 - Director of Communications, Tate.
1996 to 2002 - Founding director of Purple House, publishing many titles including
ZOO, the visual arts quarterly.
1990 to 1996 - Founding director of Shots Ltd, a publishing company specialising
in the moving image.
Will Gompertz is a Board member of the National Campaign for the Arts and
Chair of the National Museum Directors' Conference Marketing Group.
Develop and realise Tate St Ives’ vision, focusing on strategic planning, communications, fundraising, external advocacy and operational delivery.
Biography:
Executive Director, Tate St Ives since 2007.
2006 to 2007 Project Director, Tate St Ives.
2005 to 2006 Project Director, Tate St Ives Phase Two, Cornwall County Council.
December 2004 to March 2005 Project Manager, Kilburn Library, London Borough of Camden.
1997 to 2004 Library Manager, Swiss Cottage Central Library, London.
Mark Osterfield was educated at Keble College, Oxford and subsequently studied Fine Art at Middlesex University. He worked in the area of community and mental health before joining the Camden Library Service in 1991.
Responsible for devising and implementing Tate's People Strategy and the provision of HR operational, learning and development services to Tate.
Biography:
2003 - 2007 Head of Human Resources - Tate.
2001- 2003 - Human Resources Manager - Tate.
With over fifteen years human resources experience in the not-for-profit sector, she has previously worked in the HR teams at Anchor Trust, Friends of the Earth and Voluntary Service Overseas.
1976 to 1988 - Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
1973 to 1976 - Director, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
1970 to 1973 - Regional Art Officer and exhibition organiser, Arts Council of Great Britain.
He has been a member of the Visual Arts Advisory Committee of the British Council (1976 to 1998, Chairman 1992 to 1998), a Trustee of the Architecture Foundation (1991 to 1999) and since 1999 a commissioner on the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.
He trained at Cambridge and Courtauld Institute of Art where he composed a thesis on Turner's visits to Switzerland, but most of his practice
as a curator has been in the field of twentieth century and contemporary art.
Among recent projects, he curated the Donald Judd show at Tate Modern in 2004.
His Walter Neurath Lecture Interpretation and Experience: The Dilemma of Museums of Modern Art was published in 1997.
Conceive and execute the public programme at Tate Modern, while representing the gallery externally and internally.
Biography:
Director of Tate Modern since 2003.
1996 to 2003 - Founding Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Fundação De Serralves, in Porto, Portugal.
1989 to 1996 - Artistic Director, IVAM - The Valencia Institute for Modern Art, Spain.
1986 to 1988 - Chief Curator of IVAM - before the opening of the Museum in 1989.
He was an adviser for Future, Past, Present (curated by Germano Celant) at the 1997 Venice Biennale and co-commissioned the Portuguese pavilion for the 2003 Venice Biennale.
At Tate Modern Vicente has curated exhibitions of Sigmar Polke in 2004 and
Robert Frank in 2005.
Throughout his career he has organised and curated internationally renowned exhibitions of work by contemporary artists, such as John Baldessari, James Rosenquist, Richard Tuttle, Tony Cragg, Juan Muñoz, Julião Sarmento and Pedro Cabrita Reis. At the Museu Serralves, he curated exhibitions of James Lee Byars, Franz West, Gary Hill, Hamish Fulton, Lothar Baumgarten, Roni Horn, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Richard Hamilton/Dieter Roth and Francis Bacon.
Responsible for fundraising for Tate from trusts and foundations, public sector funding, corporations and events, while co-ordinating the work of the Development department for all types of funding, across all divisions and regions.
Biography:
Director of Development at King’s College, London, where she was responsible for the successful completion of the College’s first capital campaign.
With over twelve years’ fundraising experience in the arts and education sectors, she has previously worked in the fundraising teams at the Almeida Theatre and The Royal College of Art.