Mark Pemberton

After graduating from Oxford University he started his career in arts management as Administrator of the professional touring theatre company Quicksilver Theatre for Children, before moving to leading drama conservatoires Drama Centre London as General Administrator and Mountview Theatre School as Head of Development & Marketing.

Before joining the ABO, which exists to champion, connect and develop orchestras across the UK, he was Chief Executive of the National Operatic and Dramatic Association, the UK’s representative body for amateur and community theatre, during which time he served as chair of Voluntary Arts England.

He is chair of the National Music Council of the United Kingdom, which exists to promote the interests of the music sector as a whole.