New Board members at Manchester International Festival

Three new Board members have joined Manchester International Festival: writer JEANETTE WINTERSON (left), journalist NGOZI UGOCHUKWU (centre), and Chief Executive, Food, at The Co-op, JO WHITFIELD (right). As well as planning next year’s Festival, the organisation is developing plans for The Factory, and earlier this year appointed Executive Director RANDEL BRYAN, whose background includes Endemol Shine and Discovery Education; Director of Music JANE BEESE, formerly at the Roundhouse; and HELEN FAULKNER, Director of Audiences, who joins from the Southbank Centre.