CALL FOR CREATIVE AND CULTURAL SECTOR TO NOMINATE THEIR ‘WOMEN TO WATCH’

The Cultural Leadership Programme launches search for the sector’s top 50 future female leaders

"There are nowhere near enough women in positions of power and influence, whether it be in the cultural and creative industries or other sectors. We need to do everything we can to enable and encourage the next generation.”      

Jenni Murray OBE, Presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and Chair of Women to Watch judging panel

“The inaugural list of ‘Women to Watch’ will not only give a new generation of women the confidence to aim higher but also serve as a challenge to cultural organisations and creative businesses that need to improve in this area.”  

David Kershaw, Chair, Cultural Leadership Programme.

Nominations are being invited for a prestigious new list which will celebrate the achievements of some of the most ambitious and talented women in the cultural and creative industries. We are inviting established leaders (Director level figures and senior independent consultants) from across the UK to nominate women who have already made a noticeable impact within the sector, and have the potential to rise to the top, for inclusion on the Cultural Leadership Programme’s inaugural ‘Women to Watch’ list for 2010.

Submissions are invited from across the creative and cultural sectors, including advertising, archives, crafts, design, libraries, literature, museums, music, performing and visual arts, the historic environment and other creative businesses. (Please see below for online and downloadable nomination forms.)

The list will be announced in March 2010, to coincide with International Women’s Day, and the achievements of the 50 selected women will be celebrated at an evening reception.The high profile judging panel, chaired by Jenni Murray OBE, Presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, will include figures from the cultural and creative industries, the media and popular culture. Names to be released soon...

Nominees should be emerging to mid career leaders - women who have the potential to make a national impact in senior leadership roles such as artistic director, chief executive, managing director, chair or organisational lead. Women working within the creative or cultural sector within the U.K. are eligible to be nominated for inclusion on the list.

The deadline for entries is 29 January 2010, 12pm. Nominations can be submitted online using the link below or downloaded forms should be completed and returned to Women to Watch, Cultural Leadership Programme, 14 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3NQ by 29 January 2010 or emailed to W2W@culturalleadership.org.uk.