Tinderbox is a registered Scottish Charity SC042825. We have an experienced board of trustees, with representation from schools, higher education, community education and youth work, the professional music and arts scene, the City of Edinburgh council, social enterprise and finance.
You can view our Annual Reports and Financial Statements here.
To contact our board please email chair@tinderboxcollective.org.
Our current board members include:
Marianna Hay MBE (Chair) – Founding Director, Orchestras for All and Co-Founder and Director, Take Note.
Mark Casson (Treasurer) – Experienced accountant and IT project manager; previously treasurer for Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust and Edinburgh Youth Orchestra.
Adrian Harris (Secretary) – Former Chief Executive of the Queen’s Hall (Edinburgh) Ltd.
Kate Wimpress – Director of North Edinburgh Arts, Convener of Citizens Assembly of Scotland.
James Coltham – Head of Digital at Scottish Government.
Elaine Cheng
Previous Board Members include:
Judy Crabb – Consultant for Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), Previously the Funding Manager for HALOW (Birmingham).
Janine Matheson – Head of Stirling CodeBase, Trustee of Creative & Cultural Skills, Founder of Creative Edinburgh.
Su-a Lee – Principal Cellist of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
David Leslie – Quality Improvement Officer: Aesthetic Subjects for Children & Families Department, City of Edinburgh Council.
Duncan Bremner – Executive Director of Citizen Curator, Freelance Consultant.
Pete Lang – Data analyst for Scotland Excel.
Prof. Peter Nelson – Head of Music and Professor of Music and Technology at the University of Edinburgh, Founder of Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust, Editor of international journal Contemporary Music Review.
Matthew Buchanan – Investment analyst for Hymans and Robertson, an investment, management and actuarial consultancy firm.
Victoria Petra MacDonald – Owner of Edinburgh Markets Ltd and LocalMotive Markets Ltd.
Cerin Richardson – Head of Creativity and Diversity at Festival & Kings Theatres.
Nicola Turner – Director of NT Creative Arts Ltd, Unfinished Business and Janis Claxton Dance.
David Martin – Head of Foundation Course at Leith School of Art, Founder of Hidden Door Arts Festival.