Rachel Tackley has been appointed by the Board of Chichester Festival Theatre to succeed Alan Finch as Executive Director from September 2016, joining new Artistic Director Daniel Evans
Rachel has been Director and CEO of English Touring Theatre since 2008, and in June she will end a six-year tenure as President of UK Theatre.
Sir William Castell, Chichester Festival Theatre Chairman, said of Tackley, "she brings outstanding leadership experience, both at English Touring Theatre where she has produced excellent new and classic work in the UK and internationally and as President of UK Theatre, where her commitment, vision and advocacy for regional theatre has been remarkable."
Tackley, expressing her delight for her new post, said, "I look forward to working with Daniel Evans and the extraordinary team in Chichester to lead the company through its next exciting phase. I relish this opportunity to build on the company's success and to develop the significant contribution that it makes to theatre regionally, nationally and internationally."