Luke Rittner, Esq

Career: asst admin Bath Festival 1968, admin dir Bath Festival 1974-76, dir and fndr Assoc for Business Sponsorship of the Arts (now Arts and Business) 1976-83, sec-gen Arts Cncl of GB 1983-90, British cultural dir Expo '92 Seville 1990-92, dir of communications and public affrs Sotheby's 1992-99; currently chief exec Royal Acad of Dance; non-exec dir Carlton Television 1990-93; judge Theatre Panel Olivier Awards 1992-94, jury memb Shakespeare Prize 2000-06, judge Dance Panel Olivier Awards 2003-04, judge Theatre Panel Olivier Awards 2007-09; chm: English Shakespeare Co 1990-94, Exec Bd LAMDA 1994-, London Chorus (formerly London Choral Soc) 1994-2005; memb: Cncl Almeida Theatre 2000-02, Bd The Actors Centre 2000-02, Cultural Affrs Ctee English-Speaking Union 2010-, Advsy Devpt Bd Cambridge Summer Music Festival 2010-; patron: New London Orch 1998-2003, Dartington Coll of Arts Appeal 2002-; tstee: Victoria and Albert Museum 1980-83, The Hanover Band 1998-2002; Hon Doctor of Arts Univ of Bath 2004, Hon DCL Univ of Durham 2006