Baachu Talk Episode 20 - Dawn Austwick OBE, Chair, Kiln Theatre in London, and Vice Chair of the London Marathon Charitable Trust, Retired Chief Executive Officer, The National Lottery Community Fund

Baachu Talk

Dawn is Chair of the Kiln Theatre in London, and Vice Chair of the London Marathon Charitable Trust. She is a Director of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) and a member of the Advisory Boards of the Institute of Policy Research at the University of Bath and RAND Europe.

Dawn was the Chief Executive of The National Lottery Community Fund from 2013-2020 where she responsible for the effective distribution of c£600m of National Lottery funding each year and for delivering the Fund’s Strategic Framework, People in the Lead.

Prior to joining the Fund, Dawn was Chief Executive of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and was previously Deputy Director of the British Museum, Project Director for Tate Modern and a Principal Consultant at KPMG. She began her career in fringe theatre.

She was previously a Trustee of the Historic Royal Palaces and of the Woodland Trust. She has an MBA from the London Business School and an honorary doctorate from London Metropolitan University. She was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Queen Mary University in 2019 where she also chairs SKETCH, a student led initiative to develop local social enterprises.

In her spare time she gardens, practices yoga badly, and is a dedicated Gooner.

Support the show

Tune in to Baachu Talk Equity Matters and be inspired by our guest's tireless dedication to championing social justice and compassion: https://baachu.com/baachu-talk-equity-matters-podcast/