The Prime Minister has appointed 5 Trustees to the Tate

The Prime Minister has appointed Nick Clarry, Sir Isaac Julien CBE, Jack Kirkland and June Sarpong OBE as trustees of the Tate; their four year terms will start on 24 March 2025. The Prime Minister has also appointed Tim Richards CBE as a Trustee of the Tate, his four year term will begin on 23 June 2025.

Nick Clarry

Nick is a Managing Partner at CVC Capital Partners, a global private equity firm, which is listed on EuroNext. Nick joined CVC in 2003 and is based in London, where he is responsible for Sports, Media & Entertainment investment. Nick serves on the CVC Foundation Philanthropy Committee and has also sought to provide philanthropic support to a number of organisations in London over the last 20 years, including The Old Vic, the British Film Institute and the Courtauld Institute among others.

Nick has served as the Chair at The Old Vic Theatre since 2014, which is one of the leading not-for-profit theatres in the UK, working in the arts, education and the community. Nick holds an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Sir Isaac Julien CBE RA

Sir Isaac is a critically acclaimed British artist and filmmaker. In 2018, Julien joined the faculty at the University of California Santa Cruz where he is a Distinguished Professor of the Arts and leads the Moving Image Lab together with Arts Professor Mark Nash.

He has been making films and producing film installations for over forty years, including: Once Again… (Statues Never Die) (2022), Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement (2019), Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass (2019), Playtime (2014), Ten Thousand Waves (2010), Western Union: small boats (2007), True North (2004), Baltimore (2003), Paradise Omeros (2002), and Vagabondia (2000).

Current and recent international solo exhibitions include: Lessons of the Hour, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2024; What Freedom is to Me, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, 2024; K21, Dusseldorf, 2023; Tate Britain, London, 2023; Lina Bo Bardi, A Marvellous Entanglement, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2023; Once Again… (Statues Never Die), Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, 2022.

Julien is the recipient of The Royal Academy of Arts Charles Wollaston Award 2017 and a Kaiserring Goslar Award in 2022. In 2022 he was awarded a Knighthood for services to diversity and inclusion in art. 

Jack Kirkland

Jack is a businessman and philanthropist. He is executive Chair of Bowmer and Kirkland, one of the UK's largest and most successful construction and real estate companies. Bowmer and Kirkland builds for clients throughout Great Britain and also engages in property development through its Peveril Securities arm and joint venture partners. The group also has a large number of subsidiary companies that provide construction specialisms both to the rest of the group and other clients. 

In philanthropy, Jack founded and chairs The Ampersand Foundation, a grant-giving charity focused on the visual arts. He is also a trustee of the Bridget Riley Art Foundation and from 2015 to 2020, he was Chair of Nottingham Contemporary.

Tim Richards CBE

Tim is the Founder and CEO of Vue Entertainment, the largest privately held cinema operator in Europe. He is an industry commentator in print, radio and television and has supported British and Independent film for the past three and a half decades.

Prior to entering the entertainment industry, Tim was a Wall Street lawyer engaged in international finance and cross-border mergers and acquisitions while based in London and New York. In February of 2021, after 7 years as a Governor of the British Film Institute (BFI), Tim was appointed as Chair of the BFI.

In 2015, Tim was awarded the Variety International Children's Fund Humanitarian Award for his charitable work. In 2024 he was awarded a CBE for his services to British film and Cinema. 

June Sarpong OBE 

June is a television presenter and executive. She is the Co-Founder of the Women: Inspiration & Enterprise (WIE) Network; WIE first launched in NYC in 2010 and then in the UK in 2012 and has featured leading speakers from a gamut of industries. 

In November 2019 she was appointed as the BBC's first Director of Creative Diversity and was in this role for 3 years. She was also the first Black woman to sit on the corporation's Executive Committee and spearheaded the organisation's $124 million investment in diverse content. June is the author of “Diversify”, “Power of Women”, “Power of Privilege” and “Calling Una Marson.” In 2020 she was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting. 

Remuneration and Governance Code

Trustees of the Tate are not remunerated. These appointments have been made in accordance with the 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. Jack Kirland has declared he has made a recordable donation to the labour party. June Sarpong OBE has declared she has spoken on behalf of the Labour Party, their candidates and canvassed on behalf of the Labour Party and helped at elections. Nick Clarry, Sir Isaac Julien CBE and Tim Richards CBE have not declared any significant political activity. 

DCMS has around 400 regulated Public Appointment roles across 42 Public Bodies including Arts Council England, Theatres Trust, the National Gallery, UK Sport and the Gambling Commission. We encourage applications from talented individuals from all backgrounds and across the whole of the United Kingdom.  To find out more about Public Appointments or to apply to be a Trustee of a National Museum or Gallery visit the HM Government Public Appointments Website.