Individual Trustees and external consultants provide a back up to the on site expertise.
During your time at the Florence trust advice, through group or one-to-one tutorials, may be provided on request in a number of areas;





Andy Rothery (Chair)


Andy Rothery is a senior partner in the business advisory firm, Deloitte, and has responsibility for managing the Financial Services and Real Estate practices. Andy has been with Deloitte and its predecessor firms for 20 years and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Over the years of his professional career, Andy has been responsible for building a number of successful businesses within Deloitte and is pleased to be able to bring those skills to grow the profile and reputation of the Florence Trust for the benefit of its current, former and future resident artists.

Andy’s interest in contemporary art was first prompted by his wife, a former artist.

Prior to working at Deloitte Andy studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.

Andy has been Chairman since 2006





Richard Bridge (Secretary)


Richard works for Community Matters, the National Federation of Community Organisations. Prior to that Richard worked as a theatre director and producer for fifteen years and he was Artistic Director of the Grace Theatre at the Latchmere. He also worked with The Prince’s Trust and Merton College, working with 16 to 25 year old socially disadvantaged young people, on a variety of personal development, and access to education programmes.

Richard studied Theology and Religious Studies at Cambridge.

Richard Bridge has been a trustee of the Florence Trust for fifteen years and Secretary for the past ten years.








Alistair Howick


Alistair Howick is co founder of HS PROJECTS, a London based art consultancy with over 15 years experience in commissions, project and collection management, artistic advice, strategic planning and acquisition. HS PROJECTS work collaboratively with the private sector, government, charity, arts organisations and individuals, to identify high quality opportunities and deliver innovative and viable art solutions that meet their clients’ individual needs.

Alistair has been a trustee since 1997
















Victoria Jones


Victoria Jones established and leads, the GO Create! Arts and humanities programme for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. She was previously the Community & Access Curator at Whitechapel Gallery as well as establishing the Creative Communities programme within London Underground’s Platform for Art.

After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1998, she was commissioned by the BBC and selected as one of Sotheby’s International Young Artist, with exhibitions in Tel Aviv and Chicago. Since then she has exhibited in various shows in the UK and also in Germany; she was awarded the Brenda Clouston award for sculpture by the Royal Scottish Academy in 2000.

Victoria was in residence at the Florence Trust from 2001-02 and has been a trustee since 2005. Victoria is also the chairperson for Into Art, an arts organisation specialising in arts projects for artists with a range of disabilities.














Dan Newbury


Dan Newbury is a Director of Canter Holland Financial Services, which he founded with four partners in 2001. Dan specialises in consulting on all aspects of individual and companies' financial requirements and is responsible for individual and corporate lending to the medical professions. Prior to this Dan worked for a large financial services company and has also worked as a theatre set-builder for travelling theatre groups from 1990 to 1993.

Dan studied history at Jesus College Cambridge in 1990

Dan has been a trustee since 1995.














Kristin Cross


Kristin was an artist at the Florence Trust in 2007-08.
In the role of Artist Trustee she acts as a voice for the current artists to the present board.
 
She is currently represented by Tag Fine Arts, has shown her work in both the US and UK and has work in private collections in both countries. Her work remains strongly influenced by the discipline of architecture which she remains committed to through her role as Associate Director at Satellite Architects.

Kristin has been a trustee since 2009.




St. Saviour's Church
Andy Rothery
Richard Bridge
Alistair Howick
Victoria Jones
Dan Newberry
Kristin Cross