CREATIVE WICK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Director
Aidan Bailey is an experienced chartered accountant and joined the board of Creative Wick as a Non-Exec Director in 2018. His experience ranges from FTSE 100 to start-up companies and charities and he brings industry sector knowledge in online retail, property and investment management.
Aidan also brings audit, financial and management accounting and reporting experience as well as significant project experience.
Josephine Chime is Creative Producer for Creative Wick and a Hackney Wick resident and artist. Chime is a past contributor to the Hackney Wicked Art Festival via open studios, group shows and a collaborative events.
Aidan Bailey is an experienced chartered accountant and joined the board of Creative Wick as a Non-Exec Director in 2018. His experience ranges from FTSE 100 to start-up companies and charities and he brings industry sector knowledge in online retail, property and investment management.
Aidan also brings audit, financial and management accounting and reporting experience as well as significant project experience.
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Founding Director
- Solicitor and Partner at Counterculture LLP
William Chamberlain is founding director of Creative Wick and the founder and chairman of the Cultural Interest Group, a local business to business innovation network established in 2010.
He is co-founder of the Hackney Wick & Fish Island Community Development Trust set up to engage local stakeholders to secure ownership of buildings and spaces in the community interest.
William is also a solicitor and partner at Counterculture LLP where he advises creative and cultural organisations on social enterprise and urban regeneration.
He is currently working towards a part-time practice-based PhD on the role of the creative economy and social enterprise in urban regeneration after being awarded a scholarship by the Institute of Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University London. William is a founding member of Collective Community Action, a campaign group advocating for greater community engagement in all London development and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Abbie is our Project Assistant and works across all of Creative Wick's initiatives.
Abbie has a desire to widen access to the arts, which she carried through to the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she studied Art History and researched social injustice in relation to the creative industry.
Alongside her work at Creative Wick, Abbie also works with our supporters, Footwork Trust, an independent charity that identifies and supports social innovators to create positive change for people and places.