New CEO for Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse

MARK DA VANZO will take on the role of Chief Executive at Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, where he has been Managing Director for the past three years.

Previously he was Deputy Chief Executive of Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland and has also worked for Creative New Zealand and the Walt Disney Company in London. 

Da Vanzo replaces interim CEO Fiona Gibson, who leaves to pursue a new role at Caputal Theatres in Edinburgh.

He said he looks forward to championing the arts in Liverpool and becoming "a beacon in the North for artistic innovation, talent development and progressive social change".

He starts the job on 1 April.