Virginia Haworth-Galt is to take over as Chief Executive of the British Universities Film & Video Council in 2014 following the departure of Luís Carrasqueiro.

Virginia joins the BUFVC after a career in cultural education spanning over twenty years. For the last 3 years she has been Chief Executive of The UK Association for Music Education – Music Mark (formerly FMS). Before that she worked for six years as the Chief Executive for Artswork (now a Bridge Delivery Organisation) – the project-based youth development organisation, providing a range of creative and cultural opportunities for young people at risk – and before that set up ENYAN, the English National Youth Arts Network. She has an MA in Film from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

Virginia will take up her new post on 7 February 2014. She will be joining BUFVC members and staff at our Broadcast & Copyright in Education event on Friday 29 November at The Geological Society in London – for further details, click here.