Our Team
On this page, you will find details of our Board of Trustees and our Executive Team. If you wish to contact any of our departments, please visit our Contact page.
Board of Trustees
Peter Cadwallader
Chair
A qualified solicitor and entrepreneur. Peter previously worked in the City for Price Waterhouse Coopers, DMH Stallard and Maitland Advisory.
Scott Marshall
Vice Chair
Chair of Capital Projects Committee
A professional with over 28 years direct experience in delivering central and local governments’ economic growth and cultural agendas.
Cepta Kelly
Board Member
Chair of Nominations Committee
Cepta has had a career advising across a wide range of legal issues, and currently is the Legal Director of a medical device manufacturing group.
Louise Burgess
Board Member
Louise is originally from Peterborough but moved to Worthing 29 years ago. She has worked in HR for 18 years and joined European Recruitment Limited from October 2021
Andrew Comben
Board Member
Andrew joined Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival as Chief Executive in 2008, and developed a new vision for the organisation as a year-round centre of artistic activity.
Simon Parsonage
Board Member
Chair of Finance & Audit Committee
Chair of Renumberation Committee
As a qualified Chartered Accountant Simon has worked in a number of industries including for the past 12 years working as FD for The Chichester Festival Theatre. In addition he is actively involved, through a number of organisations, in supporting theatres and theatre work.
Helen Persson-Swain
Board Member
Chair of Fundraising Committee
Helen is an Exhibition Project Officer at Mercers’ Company and will be a SGSAH AHRC funded PhD student in History of Art at the University of Glasgow from October 2022.
Julie Kapsalis
Board Member
Chair at Coast to Capital LEP and Catalyst South Julie is also Commercial Director at Nescot (North East Surrey College of Technology).
Sarah Fitzgerald
Board Member
Sarah is Partner at Carpenter Box Chartered Accountants and has over 30 years of experience in both practice and industry. Before joining Carpenter Box in October 2018, she ran her own accountancy practice in West Sussex.
Alison Lapper MBE
Board Member
Alison is an artist, television presenter, speaker and co-founder of The Drug of Art project. Alison has a First Class Honors Degree in Fine Art and is a member of the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists
Trading Subsidiary
Andy Sparsis
Trading Subsidiary Chair
Andy Sparsis is the founder of Proto Restaurant Group and has been a proud member of the Worthing business community for over 15 years. Proto has founded The Fish Factory, The Fat Greek Taverna, The Fish Factory Boutique and Costa’s Gold Organic Olive Oil. He is also a Director of the town center steering group (TCI).
Executive Team
Amanda O’Reilly
Creative Director and CEO
Gerry Connolly
Head of Museums and Exhibitions
Pamela Kent
Head of Marketing and Development
Jill Stewart
Executive Director (Company Secretary)
Matthew Pike
Head of Technical, Production and Buildings
Rachel Madden-Ward
Head of Customer Experience
Bernard Dodds
Head of Finance
Gemma Curtis
Head of Programming
