Governance Board
Mike has spent 30 years working in leadership positions across the public, private and voluntary sectors, helping organisations to change and achieve their goals more effectively. A chartered accountant by profession, he’s now a non-executive director, board chair and business advisor.
Mike co-founded Corporate Citizenship, the international management consultancy on business responsibility and sustainability, now part of SLR consulting, where he continues to advise corporate clients. In public service he’s been elected as a council leader and later as a London Assembly member, where he was appointed by Mayor Livingstone and reappointed by Mayor Johnson to the London Sustainable Development Commission.
A former treasurer of the New Economics Foundation, today he is a trustee of the Institute of Business Ethics, a founding director of the RADIX Centre for Business, Politics and Society, and chairs the Restart Project – a campaigning charity tackling electronic waste and helping people to use their gadgets for longer.
Andy Salmon - Independent member
https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/andy-salmon
Professor Andy Salmon is Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Bath Spa University, where he focuses on co-creating the College of Liberal Arts as a leading example of innovation in applied arts, humanities, and social sciences. He has specialised in the establishment of productive centres for research and innovation, working across academic, industry, and public spaces, including at Cinema City (Norwich Arts Cinema) and the VIVID network for visual design in Northern Europe.
Prior to joining Bath Spa, Andy was Deputy Dean for Partnerships and Enterprise in the Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University, where he developed a network of 60+ international partners, including SONY, Jagex, and ARM. In a previous role he led a large School of Creative Arts, partnering with the BBC, National Skills Academy, Archant Newspapers, Arts Council East, the National Theatre, and independent television companies.
Currently Andy also serves on the Kommedia board and the Bath Festival Advisory board, and is a tutor on the NCEE Entrepreneurial Leaders programme.
Norma Wisnevitz - Independent member
https://www.linkedin.com/in/norma-wisnevitz-5824b93
Norma’s experience in strategy, operations and finance and her passion for the creative industries has been gained over the last 25 years across the independent television and broadcast sectors.
Norma is currently CEO (previously COO) at True North Productions, a Leeds based unscripted TV production company owned by Sky, producing for the key UK broadcasters.
Her broadcast experience was gained at Channel 4 working across their Indie Growth Fund, managing their investment portfolio of start-ups and medium-sized independent TV production businesses.
Prior to joining Channel Four, Norma held numerous finance roles at UK and US factual television production group Optomen Television and at Talkback Productions (part of Fremantlemedia group).
Norma is a CIMA qualified accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town. She is originally from South Africa.
Katy Whelan - Independent member
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katy-whelan-8592927
Katy Whelan is Investment Director and Chief Financial Officer at Human Nature, the innovative urban sustainability developer based in Lewes, East Sussex. A chartered accountant by profession, her previous roles have included Director at Deutsche Bank Corporate Finance Division and London Chief Operating Officer for Aon, the insurance broker.
Katy’s charitable and non-executive positions have included independent director at DV8 Sussex, a creative college in Brighton, chair of trustees at Book Clubs in Schools, which promotes reading and discussing books at primary and secondary schools, and a trustee of Artspace Brighton, providing studio space for adults with mental health issues. She is also deputy chair of governors at Portslade Academy in Brighton.
Katy is standing down from the board of the LFA at the end of the year.