staff, board & patrons
Artistic Director - Ali Zaidi
Ali Zaidi co-founded motiroti with Keith Khan in 1996, and is now the company's main creative drive. Indian by birth, Pakistani by migration and British by chance. These cultural paradoxes contribute to Zaidi's creative speculation around issues of identity and representation. His background in graphic design, advertising and photography, as well as education, evolved into sumptuous expression of concepts rather than commercial products. Working across diverse art forms, including film, live art, installation and digital technologies, Zaidi creates fresh participatory experiences for new audiences. Zaidi's work is reflected in all motiroti's production. However, he feels particularly close to recent video-triptych cutout ; award winning Alladeen ; Mix & Match , a live performance presented at Romaeuropa Festival; and Fresh Masaala , an installation that toured world-wide.
Current Staff
- click on a staff name below for a biography.
- Ali Zaidi
- Artistic Director
- Rachel Feuchtwang
- Executive Producer
- Karla Barnacle-Best
- Company Producer
- Janice Galloway
- Learning Director
- Claudia Sponton
- Communications Manager
- Mel Hewes
- Administrator
- Margaret Trotter
- Finance Specialist
Current Board of Directors
- Julia Rowntree
- (Chair), 1998 - present
- Rose Fenton
- 1996 - present
- Katy Khan
- 2003 - present
- Jenny Edwards
- 2008 - present
- Guy Briggs
- 2009 - present
- Kate Mayne
- 2009 - present
Former Board Members
- Catherine Ugwu 1996-1998
- Mohammed Khan 1996-2003
- Rosalind Price 1996-2004
- Behroze Gandhy 1996-2008
- Ravinder Gill 2003-2008
- John Simms 2002-2008
Patrons
- Shekhar Kapur
- Oona King
- Surina Narula
- Nina Wadia
