Arts & Heritage

Arts & heritage executive search, covering the placement of key figures in the burgeoning international cultural field, is an area in which Odgers Berndtson excels. We have a proven track record in conducting robust heritage & arts executive search nationally and internationally, to attract leaders who make a lasting difference to the cultural organisations they join.

Our knowledge and understanding of the arts and heritage world is up to date and relevant. We understand the particular nature of the roles to be filled. As renowned international arts headhunters, we are able to tap into a wide range of sources and potential candidates to find exceptional people. Our strength is in extending arts executive search across commercial as well as the public and charitable sectors, to find inspirational candidates from different backgrounds.

We understand the need for diversity and our arts & heritage search process is designed to identify a firm personal fit with the ideals of each organisation, as well as meeting the skills and capability brief.

Recent arts & heritage executive search assignments have included chairs, chief executives, artistic directors, chief operating offices and financial controllers. As arts headhunters, our remit covers almost every cultural organisation, from opera, theatre, orchestras and performing arts, to heritage sites, cities of culture and Olympic culture appointments.

Our function experts can advise on specific roles and our Interim Management and Select teams can help to fulfil temporary and middle management roles. Our assessment team also offers a wide range of assessment solutions.

To find out how Odgers Berndtson’s experienced arts executive search and heritage executive search professionals could help your organisation to find the crucial leadership talent it needs, contact Nicky Oppenheimer or call +44 207 529 1052.

Representative Assignments

  • Arts Council England - Chief Executive, Director of Strategy
  • Barbican Arts Centre - Managing Director
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport - BBC - Chair, Director of Culture
  • English Heritage - Director of Resourcing & Head of Finance
  • English National Opera - Chair
  • Fondation De L'Orchestre de Verbier - Managing Director
  • Heritage Lottery Fund - Chief Executive
  • Historic Royal Palaces - Finance Director
  • Icelandic National Concert and Conference Centre Rekjavik - Chief Executive
  • London 2012 - Director of Cultire and Ceremonies
  • Museums Libraries and Archives Council - Chief Executive
  • National Maritime Museum - Director
  • Royal Academy of Arts - The Secretary
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society - Chief Executive
  • Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust - Chief Executive
  • Southbank Centre - Chair and Finance & Commercial Director
  • The City of London - Managing Director, Barbican Centre
  • The Design Council - Chair & Members
  • The National Gallery - Director
  • The Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Director
  • The Rayne Foundation - Director
  • The Royal Opera House - Chair and Finance Director
  • The Scottish Arts Council - Director
  • The Scottish Ballet - Chair
  • The Scottish Opera - Chair
  • The Tate - Chair, Acquisitions Endowment Campaign
  • Turner Contemporary - Chair
  • Yorkshire Museums, Libraries & Archives Council - Chief Executive
  • Youth Music - Chair

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