Watts Gallery appoints four trustees

Watts Gallery has welcomed four new trustees to its board.

The new appointments include SARAH KING as Chair of Trustees. King, who replaces outgoing chair MARYANNE STEVENS, has worked for a variety of clients in the commercial, public, and non-profit sectors and is a former Chair of Polka Theatre.

“Today, Watts Gallery Trust upholds this founding vision of ‘Art for All by All’ and is working hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to see art and create art,” King said. 

CEDRIC NTUMBA is the gallery’s new Treasurer and Chair of the Finance and Buildings Committee, replacing outgoing Treasurer ROBERT NAPIER. 

Ntumba is currently Chief Executive of Little Ashford school group, Chair of Southwark’s London Bubble Theatre Company and on the board of SOAS, University of London. 

“I am proud to stand as one of the many guardians of our institution’s cultural heritage and, just as importantly, as architects of a future rich with creativity, cultural enrichment in our broader community, and financial robustness,” Ntumba commented. 

Also joining the board is manager of the Clinical Academic Training Office at King’s College London GURSIMRAN OBEROI as Art Historian Trustee and Treasurer of Worthing Black History Group ULRIC NEBLETT-LEIGH as Learning and Engagement Trustee.

Watts Gallery Trust Chief Executive ALISTAIR BURTENSHAW welcomed the new appointments while giving thanks to outgoing board members.

“I convey sincere thanks to MaryAnne Stevens, Robert Napier and [outgoing Art Historian Trustee] Malcolm Rogers for their dedication and extraordinary service to our charity. Under their governance leadership, Watts Gallery Trust has gone from strength to strength,” Burtenshaw said.