Dame Jenny Abramsky, the Chair of the Board of Trustees, is Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund. She was previously Director of BBC Audio & Music, with responsibility for all BBC national radio networks, for the BBC’s digital radio services, and for music across television, radio, and online. She was also responsible for the BBC’s three English Orchestras and for the Proms.  She was a member of the BBC Executive Board, responsible for the delivery of BBC services and day-to-day operations across the organisation.

She has spent her working life at the BBC, where she was the editor of the Today programme on Radio 4; launched BBC Radio Five Live, BBC News Online and BBC News 24 as well as five digital radio stations; and commissioned the Electric Proms (an annual festival of popular contemporary music, designed to complement the BBC Proms season of classical music). 

She is Chair of the Hampstead Theatre, a Trustee of the Central School of Ballet and an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music. She is a Governor of the Royal Ballet. Previously she served as Governor of the British Film Institute and on the Economic Social and Research Council.

She was awarded the CBE in 2001 for services to Broadcasting, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours list.

Other Charities

Trustee of Hampstead Theatre
Trustee of Central School of Ballet
Trustee of Shakespeare Schools Festival
A Governor of the Royal Ballet