Trustees
Detailed below is a list of the Trustees of The Make A Difference Trust:
Julian Bird
Chief Operations Officer, Tate
Julian Bird is the Chief Operating Officer for Tate, leading the day-to-day operations of the Tate group. This includes all the front-of-house visitor services, estates, collection care, resources (Human Resources, Information Systems, Legal and Finance) and business planning. He also oversees Tate’s large commercial operations within Tate Enterprises Ltd, which include substantial publishing, retail and catering operations.
David Pendlebury
Actor & Chairman
David Pendlebury is the Chairman of TheatreMAD. Previous to this he had been Chairman of both Theatrecares and West End Cares for seven years, having been involved as a volunteer since 1994. David is an actor with extensive experience in the West End appearing in Kiss of the Spider Woman (Shaftesbury Theatre), City of Angels (Prince of Wales Theatre), The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Dominion Theatre,) and 11 years as Walking Cover to Zazu, Timon and Pumbaa in Disney’s The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre. After The Lion King, David appeared...
Melanie Tranter
General Manager, Dress Circle
Melanie has worked as the General Manager of Dress Circle, the musical theatre store, since 2003. She became involved with TheatreMAD in early 2008 after acting as a 'Fairy Godmother' on Theatrecares charity gala of Stephen Fry's Cinderella at the Old Vic in December 2007. Melanie previously worked as Corporate Event Manager for Teswaine Business Communications, arranging fundraising and corporate events.
