Rhona Matheson is Chief Executive of Starcatchers and has been involved with the organisation since the pilot project at North Edinburgh Arts in 2006. Since then, she has supported the development of the company and has become an expert in the field of arts and early years. Rhona is on the board of Small Size, the international network for the dissemination of the performing arts of 0-6s, of Branar Theatre in Galway and is the co-chair of the Federation of Scottish Theatre.

Ali Fitzgibbon is Senior Lecturer and head of Arts Management and Cultural Policy at Queen’s University Belfast. She researches and publishes on decision-making, ethics, leadership and labour in contemporary cultural production. She has over 25 years’ experience as a multi-arts producer, programmer and consultant. She continues to pursue collaborative, useful and practice-informed research activities and is regularly called upon as an advisor, particularly supporting arts and cultural policy bodies, festivals and working with cultural companies to develop strategies and change management.

Picture Credit: Little Top by Starcatchers, courtesy of the Belfast Children’s Festival