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Meet the team

Kris, Esther, Tom and Savita are the Senior Management Team for Bristol 2015 Ltd. Between them they bring a breadth of skills and experience to the cause: Kris is the former CEO of Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 and led the commercial sponsorship programme for the Sydney 2000 Olympics; Esther chaired the £200m Big Lottery Young People’s Fund and was a Producer for the Manchester International Festival; Tom was Senior Marketing Manager for the International Olympic Committee and Global Brand Director for Jaguar Land Rover; Savita is CEO of the Bristol Natural History Consortium and chairs Defra’s People Engagement Group.

Senior Management

Kris Donaldson
Chief Executive Officer
Tom Silk
Commercial and Marketing Director
Esther O’Callaghan
Programme Director and Executive Producer
Savita Custead
Director of Education and Engagement

The rest of the team

  • MARIETTA KIRKBRIDE
    PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
  • LUKE HOWELL
    PROGRAMME SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER
  • LIZ HARKMAN
    ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
  • ANNA COOKE
    HEAD OF BRAND AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • BEN HARDY
    COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER
  • GABBY CHELMICKA
    ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
  • ERIC WINBOLT
    HEAD OF DIGITAL
  • ARABELLA TRESILIAN
    COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

The Board

The Bristol 2015 Company is governed by a Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board is Andrew Garrad, a member of the Supervisory Board of DNV GL Energy. Until September 2013 Andrew was the Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy consultancy, head-quartered in Bristol. Before that, he was Managing Director of the Garrad Hassan Group which he founded in 1984 and sold to Germanischer Lloyd in 2009. He is presently President of the European Wind Energy Association based in Brussels.

  • Andrew Garrad (Chairman)
  • Helen Browning
  • Bevis Watts
  • Malcolm Shepherd
  • Alan Barr
  • Jane Stephenson
  • Peninah Achieng-Kindberg
  • George Ferguson
  • Philippa Bayley
  • Guy Orpen
  • Steve West
  • Carolyn Hassan
  • Kulveer Ranger

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