A painter, broadcaster and writer, Professor Paul Gough has exhibited internationally and is represented in the permanent collection of the Imperial War Museum, London, the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, and the National War Memorial, New Zealand. His published research addresses issues of commemoration and remembrance, and in addition to over 100 research papers, he has published eleven books, including monographs on the British painter Stanley Spencer, Paul and John Nash and several comprehensive studies of art from both world wars. His book on Gilbert Spencer was published by Yale University Press in April 2024, and his second book on Banksy appeared in June 2025.
With over 40 years experience in higher education, he was recently Vice-Chancellor at Arts University Bournemouth, having moved there from a role as Vice-President of RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and Chair of RMIT Europe. He was previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor at UWE, Bristol.
Paul Gough worked as a television presenter for ten years, appears often in the media and has a credit for design research in the Oscar-winning Aardman animation Chicken Run.
Angela Appiah Shippey studied German and Economics at Cardiff University. She then trained in London as an Accountant with Arthur Andersen before going into “industry” for 20 years working in Finance in a number of different sectors including Fashion PR, Advertising, Legal Services, Banking, Healthcare and Recruitment. In 2018 she went back into “Practice” in 2018 and currently works at BDO in their Global Business Services and Outsourcing team. Prior to her involvement with Arnolfini, she was a trustee for a charity, on the Audit and Finance Committee for a housing association and was on the ICAEW West of England Committee acting as its EDI lead. Angela is proud of her intersectionality not least being a woman of colour of Polish and Ghanaian descent, and being self-diagnosed neurodiverse.
Zoë Birchall is a creative leader with over thirty years of experience in TV, film, and animation. Her extensive career includes collaborations with numerous independent production companies, as well as major broadcasters such as BSkyB and the BBC. At Aardman Animations, where she spent nearly two decades, she led artistic teams on acclaimed long-form, short-form, and series productions, including The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Farmageddon, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, and most recently, Vengeance Most Fowl.
Known for her ability to nurture talent and build strong creative teams, Zoë excels at strategic project management and effectively aligning artistic visions with practical execution. She is passionate about fostering collaboration, advocating ethical practices, and driving innovation within the creative industries. Additionally, she serves as a board member of the Sainsbury Centre Art Museum in Norwich and volunteers at Five Acre Farm CIC in Backwell. Zoë has a son and daughter and lives in Nailsea with her husband Mark and Jonah, a very fluffy Norwegian Forest cat.
Sarah Bond is an independent consultant on organisational development and change, a coach and a facilitator, working with organisational clients in the non-profit and corporate sectors. Prior to setting up her own consulting practice in 2012 she was Director of Diversity and Inclusion and Employee Engagement at KPMG LLP. Sarah has a lifelong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in all she does, and a deep interest in group dynamics. She has lived in Bristol for the past 20 years, and during that time has been a frequent visitor to Arnolfini with family and friends, for exhibitions, workshops, music, talks, cinema, the bookshop and the café. She was previously trustee at Relate, the relationship charity, and on the Board of Amnesty International UK. She writes ‘I feel really honoured to be a trustee of Arnolfini, and am committed to using all my skills and experience however I can to help Arnolfini thrive’.
Amanda Coffey joined the University of the West of England, Bristol in April 2020, as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost. This is a key strategic leadership role, working closely with, and deputising for, the Vice-Chancellor. Amanda has oversight of the academic portfolio of the University including the quality and enhancement of academic programmes, research and enterprise ambition, partnership working and UWE’s core commitment to inclusivity.
Prior to joining UWE Bristol, Amanda was Pro Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience and Academic Standards at Cardiff University. She joined Cardiff University in 1990 as a lecturer, and was awarded a personal chair in 2006. She held a number of senior leadership positions at Cardiff, including Dean for Education and Students in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Head of the School of Social Sciences. Amanda is an experienced school governor and charity trustee.
Rachael Fleetwood was appointed Finance Director at UWE in October 2018, following five years as Deputy Director of Finance for the University. Prior to that, she was Assistant Finance Director for the University of Bristol for twenty years.
Rachael studied Accounting and Finance at the University of Plymouth.
Ellen Harrison is Head of Creative Programmes for Historic England and has worked for the heritage organisation since 2010. Her work focusses on public programming, exhibitions and artist commissions to help a broad range of people positively connect with community and place, improving their wellbeing, contributing to regeneration and quality of life in the process. She directs a series of high profile programmes, including the largest ever publicly funded community-led arts and heritage programme, the High Street Cultural Programme; History in the Making, a national youth-led heritage programme that invites young people to celebrate local history in meaningful ways; and a national commemorative plaque scheme, that finds new ways to commemorate people with co-productive methods.
Ellen’s background is in campaigns, communications and public engagement. She is an alumni of the prestigious Oxford Cultural Leaders programme and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Nada Matti-Leighton is an independent strategic brand and marketing consultant with over 18 years of international experience helping purpose-driven scale-ups and SMEs grow, pivot, and get their groove back. With a unique career spanning design, brand building, and award-winning marketing strategy, Nada brings both the big-picture vision and hands-on expertise to transform brands from both inside out and outside in.
A classically trained marketer and designer with a minor in Sociology, she has a deep-rooted curiosity about human behaviour and a sharp instinct for what makes brands resonate. Her work has powered growth and strategic pivots across sectors including travel and leisure, food and drink, outdoor and adventure, and design. She played a key role in scaling one travel brand from startup to seven figures in under six years, and repositioned another through a commercial model shift, including employee ownership and B Corp certification. Nada is also a committed advocate for the arts and social impact, serving as trustee for three charities, including Arnolfini. She is recognised for her strategic thinking and for her values-driven approach.
Anja Quinn works as a freelance Digital Designer with a keen interest in using art and design to inspire a knowledge-informed and critical public. Returning to academia, she is currently studying a Masters in Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London and is interested in metropolitan subjectivity. She was previously the founding and lead Graphic Designer for Nawr, a magazine publishing Welsh art, literature, and philosophy.
Lizzie Shannon-Little is the Global Head of Communications and Marketing for Oxford Policy Management, an international development consultancy working to reduce poverty and disadvantage through public policy reform. She specialises in brand development, digital marketing, and organisational reputation and crisis communications, having worked across the academic, media, government and policymaking, arts, not-for-profit, and private sectors. She is a mentor for the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Bloom, a networking organisation for women in the communications and marketing industry. She has acted on the Boards of both WOA Gallery in Oxfordshire and for the Oxford Policy Fellowship, a not-for-profit that places early career lawyers in governments in low-income countries. She is a practicing artist and writer.
Robert Suttie enjoyed a career as a strategy consultant, then a senior executive and for the last 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur. He developed business strategy with large and small companies, managed operations, finance, marketing and product development; and latterly set up, designed, built, raised funding for and sold technology ventures. Robert cares passionately about the arts, particularly visual arts and music, and how engagement with the arts can inspire and transform lives. As Trustee and Deputy Chair at St George’s Bristol he led and supported the team which designed and built the pavilion extension to the concert hall on Great George Street.
Prince Taylor brings over a decade of experience in independent filmmaking to his role as Executive Producer at Latent Pictures, a South West-based collective specialising in authentic storytelling whilst creating paid opportunities for underrepresented talent. With international experience informing his leadership approach, he excels in managing projects centred around accessibility, equity and equality. His expertise in coaching and stakeholder communication strengthens organisational structures, whilst his creative work demonstrates a commitment to representation and community-building, making him a valuable addition to Arnolfini’s Board in offering diverse perspectives.