Suzie Leighton is Co-Founder and Director of the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE) and The Culture Capital Exchange (TCCE) and joined TCCE’s predecessor The London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange as a member of the start up team. Between 2012 – 2016 she was also joint Head of Knowledge Exchange Programme for Creative Works London, an AHRC funded Knowledge Exchange Hub.
She developed and project directed The Exchange, co-funded by HEFCE and Arts Council England, and was also a Co-Investigator on the Arts Council England flagship Boosting Resilience project. Her previous professional work includes dance and theatre production and management, a 5 year stint at Arts Council England as a Senior Officer in the Dance Department and a secondment to the DCMS Select Committee.
As well as co-chairing the Jasmin Vardimon Company board, Suzie is an Independent Governor of Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and a trustee of Duckie.