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Sarah Weir - Non-Executive Member
Sarah Weir has recently taken up two part-time roles as the UK Cultural Olympiad Launch Executive for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), and Head of Art and Culture Strategy for the Olympic Delivery Authority. Prior to that, Sarah was Executive Director, Arts Council England, London, from April 2003. She was previously executive director of the Almeida Theatre and project champion for the Almeida's Capital campaign. She is a board member of Stonewall.
Sarah started her career in the Lloyd's insurance market. She worked for Aldgate Group Brokers, where she rose to become their non-marine managing director. Following a change of career from business into the arts and a year working at Purdy Hicks Gallery, Sarah moved to the Association of Business Sponsorship of the Arts as head of their pairing scheme, becoming deputy director general in 1996. In 1997 Sarah moved to the Royal Academy of Arts as head of corporate sponsorship, becoming fundraising director in 1999.
