Beatrice Pembroke

Beatrice Pembroke, the Executive Director, Culture works with colleagues across King’s and the cultural sector, leveraging the potential of arts and culture to support delivery of Vision 2029 and develop the broadest possible cultural community. Beatrice provides overall strategic leadership for the university’s Culture directorate, which includes the specialist Culture team and Science Gallery London.

Beatrice joined King's in 2020 from the Global Cultural Districts Network where she was director of a federation of major cultural organisations committed to improving urban life. Prior to that she was Director of Creative Economy at the British Council, developing partnerships across the cultural sector and beyond in over 30 countries.

She holds an MA in Literature and Modern Culture from UCL, is co-founder of the Long Time Project and Tech for Good Global, a trustee of Auto Italia, and is on the Ashoka Ventures Board.