Nicholas Robinson (Chairman of Trustees & Co-founder)
Nick is Headmaster of King’s College School in Cambridge, and helped Katharine Kent to launch Future Talent in November 2004. Music has always been a major part of Nick’s life. He enjoys singing and orchestral conducting and he has founded two orchestras for young musicians, one in Sussex and one in London. In his present job [...]
Katharine Kent (Co-founder)
Katharine Kent studied music for five years in Oxford after leaving school. She has a long term and ongoing involvement with the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and was one of the initial trustees of Youth Music when it was launched 10 years ago. Katharine also has a passionate interest in Aldeburgh Music [...]
Duke Dobing (Deputy Chairman, Chairman of Development Committee)
Duke was for more than three decades a highly successful professional flautist in London, before going into arts management in 2000. Over the past 12 years he has been Director of Development at City of London Sinfonia, Head of External Relations at Aldeburgh Music and Director of Development with the Orchestra of the Age of [...]
Khosro Ezaz-Nikpay
Khosro Ezaz-Nikpay is Managing Director of two start-up companies: Zendegii Ltd is focused on developing health insight and providing consumers with products around their personal nutrition and beauty needs. Enjoin Partners, is focused on innovative talent search and development, providing companies with access to expert networks, counselling, and top resources. Before embarking on his entrepreneurial [...]
Steve Pickett
Steve Pickett is the Education Director of the Hallé, a symphony orchestra founded in Manchester by Sir Charles Hallé in 1858. Steve presides over an education programme which many commentators have described as one of the most diverse and imaginative in the country. Steve’s specialism is composition and much of his time is spent composing [...]
Sue Laing
As someone who has been an amateur pianist all her life and had enormous enjoyment from music, Sue Laing is delighted to be able to support Future Talent to provide talented children with the help and opportunities they deserve to develop their musical careers and fulfill their ambitions. Sue is a partner in the Private Client & [...]
Jessica Brennan
Jessica is a freelance music project manager who most recently collaborated with Sir Colin Davis and Sir Nicholas Kenyon to set up the Barbican Young Orchestra, giving young children the opportunity to perform at the Barbican under the baton of Sir Colin Davis. Before undertaking this venture she worked for 11 years at the BBC [...]
Charles Beer (Chairman of Finance Committee)
Charles Beer was for twenty years a partner at KPMG, specialising in taxation. He is now a consultant to KPMG and a number of other organisations. Music has always been an important part of Charles’s life. He is a keen amateur pianist and singer, with a passion for early and baroque music. Music is also [...]
