Gill Lloyd

Gill is the co-director of Artsadmin and has worked with the organisation since 1986, before which she managed production and touring for The People Show.  Gill initially worked at Artsadmin as project manager on a range of projects – particularly projects from South Africa in negotiation with the African National Congress during the period leading to the end of the cultural boycott. She also organised a large cultural festival (Zabalaza) with the ANC in London.

She has subsequently taken overall financial responsibility for artsadmin and undertook the management of Artsadmin’s six-million pound building purchase and the renovation of Toynbee Studios.

Gill has specialist knowledge and extensive interest in Southern African culture and has undertaken a lot of South African human rights campaigning activity on behalf of artists working alongside veteran politician Helen Suzman both pre and post apartheid.

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