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The CVN Archive

October 11th, 2008

CVN: UK Consultation Network

The following are some of the people briefed, consulted or otherwise involved in the early preparations for the launch of CVN. Roles, some of which have now changed, are mainly those operative at the time (2002/3).

 Bergit Arends The Wellcome Trust.
 Sci-Art Programme

 Dr Kenneth  Arnold The Wellcome Trust.
 Exhibitions Director

 Gillian  Barker  Managing Partner ‘Direction’.
 Developing Creativity Skills.
 Associate, Work Foundation

Alan Barker Lecturer/trainer Innovation skills.
Author ‘Alchemy of Innovation’.
Former Actor, Writer and Theatre Director

Sir Michael Bichard   Chief Executive, The London Institute.
London Colleges of Art, Design, Fashion and Printing

Danby  Bloch  Publisher. Chair of Governors, Oxford Brookes University.
Governor, Oxford Museum of Modern Art

Henry  Boettinger  Former Vice-President, Corporate Policy, AT and T.
US Engineer, Physicist and Economist. Adviser, Eden Project

Dr Robert Bud Deputy Director and Head Curator, Science Museum, London.
Science Historian  

Sir Anthony Cleaver  Chairman, UK e Universities Worldwide Limited.
                                      Former Chairman, IBM

David  Collins Founder/Director ‘The Voice Service’.
 Actor, West End Theatre, Bristol Old Vic etc

Brenda Cooper Proprietor, ‘Artfield Music’.
Music assignments for film, TV, radio and theatre

Peter Cowdrey Music Director, ‘Orbestra’ World Music Group.
Composer/performer.
Explorations of architecture and acoustic properties of Neolithic sites

 Anna Craft  Director, Open Creativity Centre,
 Open University.
 Visiting Professor, Harvard University

Professor Robert Crawford Professor of Scottish Literature,
St Andrews.
Head of Literature Faculty.
Creative Writing Programmes.
Prize-winning Poet

Professor Geoffrey  Crossick Chief Executive.
Arts and Humanities Research Board (Council)

 George Deacon  Director, Strategic Services Development Ltd.
 Folk Song Collector and Performer.
 Period music consultant, BBC and Film

Christine Elliott (Large )  Director, Bletchley Park. Enigma Project

Grant Eustace  Writer, Scriptwriter, Lecturer.
Member, Board of Advisers, US and International Film/Video Festival.
World Media Festival, Hamburg

 Hilary Farmer  Trainer in Special Learning techniques.
 Dyslexia consultant.
 Pioneer of Three Dimensional Learning

Bronac Ferran  The Arts Council.
Head of Collaborative Arts, London

Sir Christopher Frayling  Royal College of Art.
Chairman, Arts Council

John Ginsberg  Marketing Director.
Envent Digital Innovation.
Advanced Software and Web Communication Projects

Martin Hall  Management Training and Distribution Specialist.
Consultant to Government and Universities

Chris Hallam  General Manager, HSBC, Canada Wharf

 Charles Handy  Writer and Broadcaster.
 Former Professor, London and Harvard Business Schools.
 Author : ‘The Empty Raincoat’, ‘The Age of Unreason’ etc

 Susie  Harries Royal Society for the Arts.
 Project Manager : Forum on Technology, Citizens and the Market

 John Hartley  The Arts Council.
 Interdisciplinary Projects

 Gay Haskins  London Business School.
 Director of Senior Executive Programme.
 Former Director, European Foundation for Management Development, Brussels

Professor Christopher Hawes Director, Research School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University

Dr Robert Hawley, CBE.   Chairman,Hawley Committee Enquiry into British Engineering Profession. Non-Exececutive Director, HSBC Investment Bank.

Tony Henderson  Head of PR and Media. Institution of Engineering and Technology

Dr Christopher Henshall  Office of Science and Technology, DTI

Andrew  Hilton  Founder/Director ‘Shakespeare at The Tobacco Factory’, Bristol.
Former Actor, National Theatre

David Hughes  Director General, Innovation.
Department of Trade and Industry, London

Professor Linda King  Dean, School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University

E J Kirby  Deloittes, Cambridge.
Company Formation and Investment Specialist

Dr Nancy  Lane OBE  Department of Zoology, Cambridge University.
Project Director, Women in SET Initiative

Professor David Macdonald  Professor, Department of Zoology, Oxford University.
Director, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit

Sir Duncan Michael  Consultant. Arup Group Ltd.
Advanced Engineering and Architectural Services

Annabel  Molyneaux  Singer and Multi-Sensory Learning Specialist.
Studied Agriculture and Forest Sciences (Oxford) and Opera (Detmold Opera School, Germany).
Founder Member the One Hour Opera Crowd

Professor Denise Morrey  Dean, School of Technology, Oxford Brookes University.
Automotive Engineer

Dr John Morton  Chief Executive, Engineering and Technology Board

Roger  Mumby-Croft  Director, Enterprise Centre, Oxford Brookes University.
Former Economic Historian and Businessman

Jo Parker Head of Network Asset Management, North Surrey Water.
Water Engineer, Travel Writer

Professor John  Perkins Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, Oxford Brookes University.
Art Historian

Dennis Perrin  Associate, Cognitive Research Trust, Cambridge.
Innovative Learning Programmes (with Peter de Bono)

Robert Pierson Former Chief Executive (Europe) of Paragon Research USA – worldwide radio research agency.
Former Radio and TV presenter (English, French and German)

Karen Prince Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Director, Faraday Lecture Series, Channel Four Liaison and Education 5-19 Project 

Lord David Puttnam  Chairman, National Endowment For Science, Technology and the Arts.

Alec Reid  Alec Reid Recordings. Ex-BBC producer, audio specialist and writer for theatre and musical stage.
Has directed at Bristol Old Vic, The Arts Theatre and for radio (including The Archers)

Dr Alf Roberts  Chief Executive, Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Includes Electronic, Computer and other High Tech sectors of Engineering

Rupert Rowbotham  Director, Community and Education, Oxford Playhouse Theatre

Robert Sculthorpe  Director, Village Accounting Services.
Specialists in agribusiness and technology innovations.
Company Secretary, CVN

Dr Lindsay Sharpe  Director, Museum of Science and Industry.
London and Manchester

Dr Lindsay St Claire   Lecturer in Psychology, Bristol University.
Communication Skills and Stress Management.
Ph.D Psychology. Honours Degree, English Literature

Michael Stead  Programme Development.
PERA Innovation Park
Melton Mowbray

Carole Stone  Former BBC Producer, Any Questions.
Public and Media Relations.
Events and Networks

Roger Summers  Principal, Oxford Business Consultants.
Formerly Ford of Europe, Unitech etc.
MBA Tutor, Innovation and Creative Management, Open University

John Telfer  Actor/Composer. Music for Theatre, TV and Cinema.
Musical ‘Muscles’ (with Alec Reid)

Lisa Thomas  Founder, Horsepower Management Ltd.
Sloan Fellow and MBA, London Business School.
US degrees in Biology and Medical Technology

Colin Tweedy  Chief Executive, Arts in Business, London

Professor Graham Upton  Vice Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University.
Chair,  OXFORD Playhouse

Neil Watson   Special Assistant to Lord Puttnam.
Former Adviser, Film Council.
Writer and Film Researcher

Professor W L Weinstein  Professor of International Business, Henley Management Institute.
Former Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford.
Political and Economic Sciences

Peter Welton  Distinguished Watercolourist and Arts Presenter.
Former Professor of Fine Arts, Leicester University

David Wethey  Founder/Chairman, Agency Assessments International.
Media Advertising and Creativity

Mandy Wheeler  Director, Mandy Wheeler Sound Productions (MWSP).
Creative Communications and Events Planning Networks

Dr Tom Wilkie  Director, Cambridge Publishing.
Science and Technology Publications.
Former Science Journalist

Sir Peter Williams  Chairman, Engineering and Technology Board.
President, British Association for the Advancement of Science

Edward Willmott  Former Head, Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).
Architect.
NHS Trust Chairman