Dr Beatriz Garcia is a white woman. She has brown hair, is wearing blue earrings and a blue, patterned dress.
Changing Faces

Garcia to chair Walk the Plank

Ruth Hogarth
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Salford-based outdoor arts company Walk the Plank has appointed Dr BEATRIZ GARCIA chair of the board.

She will succeed SHONA MCCARTHY, the Chief Executive of Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.

Garcia is a Senior Research Fellow in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool. She is also a member of the European Capital of Culture Selection Committee and the Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission.

Creative Producer and Co-founder of Walk the Plank LIZ PUGH said: “As we develop relationships with global partners while maintaining our European links, we wanted a chair with a well-honed sense of the value of international practice.

“Dr Beatriz Garcia’s research has pushed forward the UK’s understanding of cultural capital and supported the European Commission and the International Olympic Committee to think about the impact of investment in culture and culture-led regeneration.”

Garcia commented: “I look forward to the next chapter, working across the UK and internationally, protecting our original vision and proving that in order to survive – and move on from – a permacrisis, we must continue engaging communities, celebrating our creativity and finding ways to have fun, while remaining responsible and self-aware.”