Marina Pesenti
Marina Pesenti is a UK-based cultural practitioner and analyst, with focus on cultural diplomacy and soft power. She is a former Director of Ukrainian Institute London and a former member of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Institute. Marina is a former BBC World Service journalist where she produced radio programmes for the Ukrainian-speaking audience.
Samuel Fanous
Samuel Fanous is Head of Publishing at the Bodleian Library, which publishes a range of trade books, bringing the riches of Oxford’s libraries to readers worldwide. The list is distributed and reviewed globally and has been recognized for its contribution to cultural publishing. He has lectured widely on cultural publishing and advised cultural organizations on […]
Suzanne Zack
Fine art consultant Suzanne Zack has over 30 years’ experience in the international fine art market. Formerly Head of British and European Watercolours at Phillips, she has uncovered and sold remarkable works, including unpublished John Constable sketches. She has brought prestigious collections to auction, such as those of dealer Cyril Fry. A regular expert on […]
Emily Kasriel
Emily Kasriel’s book, Deep Listening: Transform your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes, will be published by HarperCollins in the UK and USA May/June 2025. Her distinguished career at the BBC for over two decades included roles as an award-winning journalist, editor and media executive. She developed the Deep Listening approach as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow […]
Jeremy Eichler
An award-winning writer and cultural historian, Jeremy Eichler is the author of Time’s Echo: Music, Memory, and the Second World War, which was named ‘History Book of the Year’ by the Sunday Times and hailed as ‘the outstanding music book of this and several years’ by the Times Literary Supplement. Chosen as a notable book of 2023 by the New […]
David Bolchover
David Bolchover is an author and journalist. He has had four books published, the latest being The Greatest Comeback, a biography of the legendary Jewish football coach Bela Guttmann, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. He is currently writing a book on great Jewish footballers from all over Europe who […]
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. She has also written for GQ, ESPN the Magazine, and many other publications. Fleishman Is in Trouble, her first novel, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. The TV adaptation from FX, written and executive produced by Taffy, was nominated for […]
Alex Bruner
Alex Bruner is a former international management consultant and fundraiser. A child of Holocaust survivors from the former Yugoslavia who remained in Europe after World War II, he has lived in and worked on three continents. His special interest is the history of the Jewish people. He was instrumental in publishing the English translation of Cold Crematorium, his […]
Nigel Savage
Nigel Savage, originally from Manchester, had a first career in the City and was a lay leader in the British Jewish community. In 2000 he founded Hazon (today known as Adamah), which under his leadership became the largest environmental organization in the American Jewish community. In recognition of his work he was awarded an honorary […]
Manya Wilkinson
Manya Wilkinson is a Jewish New Yorker who has lived in the North of England for over twenty years. Formerly a senior MA lecturer on prose and scriptwriting at Newcastle University, she is currently teaching prose workshops for Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts and Mslexia magazine. Her first novel, Ocean Avenue, was published by Serpent’s Tail, and […]
Alice Sherwood
Alice Sherwood is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at The Policy Institute at King’s College London and author of the award-wining Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture (Harper Collins, 2022). She has served as a judge of the Wingate Literary Prize, and as a trustee of the London Library and the Hay Festival Foundation. […]
William Galinsky
William is Director of Programming & Impact at JW3, where he has been responsible for several significant initiatives including the London Jewish Mural, JW3’s annual Panto, and the JW3 Social Action Incubator. William studied Slavonic languages at Oxford before embarking on a career as a theatre and arts festival director.