Ruth Lee, Executive Director

Ruth has over 30 years’ experience in development and leadership roles across a diverse range of settings, including educational, not-for-profit, and commercial. Ruth’s experience in developing and delivering both strategic and tactical business plans for financial management, income generation, and fundraising with creative organisations is widely valued. From 2013-2020 Ruth was the Director of Development for People Dancing and until November 2022 she was the Executive Director for Aakash Odedra Company (Leicester Dance Theatre). Since December 2022 Ruth has been working as a freelance consultant with arts & cultural organisations supporting their income generation planning, fundraising and dynamic thinking, and as a mentor and coach to individual artists. She is a trustee of The Spark Arts for Children and a member of the advisory board for Sidekick Dance Company a learning-disabled dance company based in Leicester.

As Executive Director for Bamboozle, Ruth has joint responsibility with the Artistic Director for driving the company forward, delivering the programme and maximising growth opportunities.

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