Five new board members for Turner Contemporary

Turner Contemporary has appointed five new trustees to its board. STEPHEN DEUCHAR, former Director of Art Fund; LUCY EDEMATIE, former Editor of the Margate Mercury; PETER HAWKES, Senior Partner at Furley Page LLP; YASMIN KHAN, Senior BBC Journalist; and KEITH VALENTINE, Director of the Royal National Institute of Blind People.

The new appointments form part of the organisation’s commitment to championing creativity and strengthening communities in Margate and Kent. All the new trustees have a connection with Kent and bring expertise in the fields of education, law, media, the arts and creative industries, and issues of equity, diversity and inclusion.