Suzie Leighton is a founding Director of The Culture Capital Exchange, and joined TCCE’s predecessor, The London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange as member of the start up team in 2005. Between 2012 – 2016 she was also joint Head of Knowledge Exchange Programme for Creativeworks London. Her professional background encompasses Dance and Theatre management, a 5 year stint at Arts Council England as a Senior Officer and a secondment as a researcher to the DCMS Select Committee.

Suzie is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of Jasmin Vardimon Company, an international dance theatre touring company, a mentor on the Time to Stare Artists Fellowship Programme and a Visiting Scholar at Cass Business School, City University of London.