RPS Music Awards Guest Speaker
Dame Liz Forgan
Liz Forgan was appointed a Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to broadcasting and heritage in 2006. She became the new chair of Arts Council England in February 2009 and is the first woman to be head of the organisation in its 62-year history.
Liz joined the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund as Chair in April 2001 and stood down at the end of her term in October 2008.
Following an early career in newspaper journalism, notably at The Guardian where she was editor of the women's pages between 1978 and 1982, she moved to television with the start of Channel 4 where she became Director of Programmes. She joined the BBC as Managing Director of BBC Radio from 1993 to 1996.
She is a Trustee of the British Museum, a patron of the St Giles Trust, a Vice-Patron and former Chair of the Churches Conservation Trust and also former Trustee of the Phoenix Trust. She is the Chair of the Scott Trust (the non-profit organisation which owns the Guardian Media Group).