BAPAM - Key Persons
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- Founder of the International Symposium
- Professor of Performance Science at the Royal College of Music
Aaron Williamon is Professor of Performance Science at the Royal College of Music, where he directs the Centre for Performance Science. His research focuses on skilled performance and applied scientific initiatives that inform music learning and teaching, as well as the impact of music and the arts on society.
Aaron is founder of the International Symposium on Performance Science, founding chief editor of Performance Science (a Frontiers journal), founding chair of the Healthy Conservatoires Network, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and the UK's higher education academy, AdvanceHE (FHEA). In 2008, he was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music.
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- Member of the Board
- Assistant General Secretary at Equity
Adam Adnyana is Assistant General Secretary at Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union. He holds an MA in Employee Relations from Newcastle University and has previously worked for trade unions in the public services and finance sectors in the UK and Australia.
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Mental Health Ambassador
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Directory Support Officer
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Helpline Administrator
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- Member of the Board
- Organiser
- Professor Aaron Williamon ( Royal College of Music )
Chris Walters is National Organiser for Education and Health & Wellbeing at the Musicians' Union.
Chris began his career as a professional clarinettist and teacher. After several years performing and teaching in London and around the UK, he took up a role as a volunteer music teacher in a secondary school in Nairobi, Kenya, where he stayed for two years.
On his return to the UK Chris resumed his work in teaching and performing alongside a role as Editor of Music Teacher magazine, which saw him launch the inaugural Music Education Expo in 2013. He later served as Head of Music Qualifications at Trinity College London before becoming a Musicians' Union official in 2017. His current role combines advocacy for music education with overseeing the MU's services for members who teach, as well as wellbeing services for all MU members.
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Administrative Team
Professor Damien Longson is an experienced Consultant with a history of working in Liaison Psychiatry, Emergency and General Psychiatry. He has substantial experience in Medical Education, Regulatory Issues, Selection Processes, and Human Factors. Damien has chaired multiple NICE guidelines and and Quality Standards.
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Senior Manager, Special Projects
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- Chartered Physiotherapist
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- Member of the Medical Committee
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- Member of the Medical Committee
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- General Practitioner
- Member of the Medical Committee
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- Member of the Medical Committee
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- Executive
- Medical Director
- Member of the Administrative Team
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Medical Committee
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- Chairman of the Medical Committee
- Member of the Board
Penny has been associated with BAPAM since its inception and over time has filled many roles including BAPAM GP and Hon. Medical Advisor to the English National Opera (ENO) orchestra. She has been a Trustee since 2005 and acted as the Hon. Medical Director from 2007.
Penny's background is in General Practice in the East End of London, but she now lives in rural Gloucestershire and runs a small private performing arts venue. She is a very indifferent amateur cellist.
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- Member of the Medical Committee
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- Member of the Medical Committee
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Helpline Administrator
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Helpline Administrator
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- Chartered Accountant
- Former Managing Director
- Treasurer of the Board
John Turner is a Chartered Accountant and former Managing Director at an international investment bank. Since retiring from full time employment four years ago, he has redeployed his skills in the not-for-profit sector. John joined the Board of BAPAM in 2018.
He is a Non-Executive Director of Certitude London (a London based provider of care and support for adults with learning disabilities, autism or mental health issues), a Trustee and Treasurer of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Trustee and Treasurer of The Just a Drop Appeal (and international development NGO) and consults for two further not for profit organisations.
Jonathan was appointed a Trustee of BAPAM in 2019.
A veteran in the music industry, Jonathan consults for a number of companies on PR issues including, amongst others, PPL and PRS for Music, the licensing companies that respectively, on behalf of musicians (and labels) and writers/composers (and music publishers), license music for broadcast, online and public performance use. He was previously Director of PR and Corporate Communications at PPL for eight years.
Prior to joining PPL in 2006, Jonathan spent three years at the PR agency, The Outside Organisation, as Head of Corporate PR working with a wide range of clients including companies, executives and entertainers. Previously he had a long career at Sony Music Entertainment, formerly known as CBS Records, in a variety of PR roles and worked closely with many of the company's leading UK and international artists as well as overseeing many corporate issues across Sony's diverse interests.
He started in the music industry as a freelance music journalist in the seventies contributing to a number of different publications. Besides being a Trustee of BAPAM, and working with other charities within the music sector, he is also a trustee of the BRIT School in Croydon and has chaired the School's PR Committee for twenty years.
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- Chartered Physiotherapist / Birmingham
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- Finance Officer
- Member of the Administrative Team
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- Member of the Medical Committee
- Chartered Physiotherapist / Cardiff
Matt Hood brings many year's experience in the performing arts industry to the BAPAM Board as an independent Trustee. In 2021, he joined Spotlight as Managing Director, after 17 years at Equity where, as Deputy General Secretary, he oversaw membership, operations and administration.
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- Member of the Medical Committee
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- Consultant
- Member of the Board
- Consultant Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon
- Upper Limb Surgeon
Consultant Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon, Mr Mark Phillips began his medical training in Cambridge University. He then trained as a surgeon in south London. Before becoming a consultant, Mark did fellowships in hand and wrist surgery (Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead) and trauma in the University of Pisa, Italy.
His specialist interests were trauma and upper limb surgery. His first consultant appointment was in 2001 in Woolwich as a general orthopaedic surgeon. He then moved to Kings College hospital in 2003 where he progressively specialised in trauma and then hand and wrist surgery. He left the NHS in 2015 and now only works in the private sector. He continues to specialise in hand and wrist surgery and has an interest in trauma.
Whilst the majority of his work is general hand and wrist surgery, much of which is related to sport and exercise, he has developed a particular interest in treating hand and wrist problems in musicians. He was very fortunate to inherit much of the hard work previously done by Mr John White and Mr Ian Winspur. Both of these surgeons had spent many years setting up specialist practices for looking after musicians.
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- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
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- Chartered Physiotherapist
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- Member of the Medical Committee
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- Chairman of the Board
- PPL As Head of Legal and Business Affairs
Peter Leathem joined PPL as Head of Legal and Business Affairs in 2002. Following several senior positions within the company since that time, including Managing Director, he was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer in January 2012. Prior to joining the company, he was a partner for eight years with City law firm GSC Solicitors, where he specialised in intellectual property and was Head of the Intellectual Property Department.
Peter has been a director of PPL since 2006. He is also a director of VPL (the music video licensing company), PPL PRS Ltd (the public performance licensing joint venture company with PRS for Music), UK Music (which represents the recorded, published and live sectors of the music industry), and the British Copyright Council (which represents the broader copyright community). He is also Chairman of the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (a healthcare charity for those in the performing arts), a member of the board of SCAPR (the organisation for collective management organisations around the world representing performers),a Trustee of the Ivors Academy Trust (a charity which seeks to educate the public and to empower and support music creators) and a Director of Starlight Events Ltd.
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Training Manager
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Mental Health Administrator
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Clinics Manager
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Business Systems and Data
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- Member of the Medical Committee
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- Member of the Administrative Team
- Clinic Actions Manager
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- Chartered Physiotherapist / Leeds
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- Chartered Physiotherapist / Liverpool