Tate Board Appointments
The Prime Minister has reappointed Kwame Kwei-Armah and extended the terms for Anya Hindmarch, Danny Rimer and Lord Ed Vaizey
Kwame Kwei-Armah has been reappointed for a second term of four years from 7 January 2026 to 6 January 2030.
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE is a celebrated playwright and director. He formerly served as the Artistic Director/CEO of the Young Vic and Baltimore Center Stage. His career is distinguished by an OBE, the Charles Wintour Best Playwright Award, and a period as an Associate Artist at the Royal National Theatre. He is a former Chancellor of the University of the Arts London
Anya Hindmarch, Danny Rimer, and Lord Ed Vaizey have all had their first terms extended for nine months, from 7 January 2026 to 6 October 2026. Their first terms began on 7 January 2022.
Anya Hindmarch
Anya Hindmarch is a Trustee of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and an Emeritus Trustee of both the Royal Academy of Arts and the Design Museum. In 2024, Anya was awarded a Damehood in the King’s Birthday honours for her services to fashion and business. She and her brand have received several notable industry awards including a British Fashion Award. In 2021, Anya published her first book, the Sunday Times bestseller ‘If In Doubt Wash Your Hair’.
Danny Rimer
Danny Rimer OBE is an investor and partner at Index Ventures, a global venture capital firm. He opened the firm’s London and San Francisco offices and has been ranked by the Midas List as one of the world’s top investors for more than a decade. Danny was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2017. He has sat on the board of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the cancer charity MAGGIE’S Centres.
Lord Ed Vaizey
Ed Vaizey is a member of the House of Lords. Ed was the Member of Parliament for Wantage between 2005 and 2019. During that time Ed was the UK’s longest-serving Minister for Culture, in the government of UK Prime Minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2016. Ed currently serves as a governor of St Paul’s School and works as an adviser to a number of tech companies.
Remuneration and Governance Code
Trustees of the Tate are not remunerated.
These appointments have been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments. The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election.
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Anya Hindmarch and Danny Rimer have declared no such political activity. Lord Ed Vaizey has declared that he was a Conservative Member of Parliament between 2005 and 2019 and now sits as a Conservative Peer in the House of Lords.
Notes to Editors
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