Suzie Leighton has been the Chair of the Board of Directors of Jasmin Vardimon Company since 2010; her professional background encompasses dance and theatre management, five years at Arts Council England as a Senior Officer and a secondment as a researcher to the DCMS Select Committee. Suzie is also the founding Director of The Culture Capital Exchange, an organisation that brokers collaborative research and exchange between the higher education sector and the creative and cultural industries. Between 2012 and 2016 she was also Head of Knowledge Exchange Programme for Creativeworks London.