Agenda item

The Committee considered a Report of the Town Clerk concerning the re-appointment of Michael Asante to the Barbican Centre Board for a second three-year term.

RESOLVED – That the Committee endorsed the re-appointment of Michael Asante to serves as an external Member on the Barbican Centre Board for a second three-year term, commencing 1^st August 2025, and concluding on 31^st July 2028. 

Separately, the Chair took the opportunity to inform the Committee that Despina Tsatsas would be stepping down from the Board after the Barbican Centre Board meeting on 17^th July. Recruitment planning for Ms Tsatsas’s successor had begun and this would take account of the Skills and Diversity Audit. The People, Culture and Inclusion Committee would lead on the appointment process with an endorsement then being submitted to the Board in due course. It was anticipated that the appointment would not require the use of external recruiters.