
Eileen Branagh
Chief Executive Officer

Eileen Branagh
Chief Executive Officer
Eileen has been working in the arts sector for 20 years. She took up her position as CEO in April 2013. Prior to this she was Manager with The Beat Carnival for 10 years. Previous to working with Beat Carnival, she was Production Manager with Open Arts on the large-scale spectacle for the Opening of the Special Olympics in Dublin, 2003 and also worked with numerous other festivals.
In 2018 she completed CO3s ‘Excelling in Leadership’ programme and in 2019, she has completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Executive Leadership with Ulster University through the Creating Futures programme, funded by Belfast City Council.
She is Vice Chairperson of Crescent Arts Centre and Chairperson of Paradosso Theatre Company.
- Phone:+44 (28) 9024 0765
- Email:eileen@openartsni.org

Beverley McGeown
Musical Director

Beverley McGeown
Musical Director
Beverley has worked with Open Arts since 1995. She is the primary tutor for Javanese Gamelan in Northern Ireland, having trained in Indonesia in 1995 and 2002. She is Director of the Open Arts Community Choir, which she has led over the past 19 years to great success and accolades. She also leads monthly Jamdin music sessions for adults with disabilities, including those living with dementia, and is the lead musician for Open Arts’ In Tune project, funded by Children in Need.
- Phone:+44 (28) 9024 0765
- Email:bev@openartsni.org

Jemma Robinson
Finance & Administration Assistant

Jemma Robinson
Finance & Administration Assistant
Jemma has been with Open Arts since March 2015. Prior to this she worked as an accounts clerk for 9 years with a family owned company before moving to the arts sector in 2013. She studied music at South Eastern Regional College, Bangor and at Queens University, Belfast, where she completed a BSc in Music Technology specialising in electronic music composition for film. In 2014 she collaborated with Irish writer Caroline Healey in her
mixed
media
exhibition “Fully
Booked.” The exhibition was showcased at the 2014 Belfast Book festival and was the first public showcase of her work. Jemma is a member in the Open Arts Community Choir.
- Phone:+44 (28) 9024 0765
- Email:jemma@openartsni.org