Andrew Barnett

Andrew Charles Barnett (born 1968) is the Director of the UK Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.[1][2]

Barnett was born in New South Wales and has dual Australian and British citizenship. He attended the University of St Andrews, graduating in 1990 with an MA in Modern History.

In 2002, Barnett was the Director of Communications at the UK Sports Council, where the advocacy plan for bidding London as a host city for the 2012 Olympics was developed. From 2005-2007 he was Director of Communications at the Joseph Rowentree Foundation and Housing Trust. In 2007, he took on the directorship of the UK branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.[3][4] He is a director of the Forces in Mind Trust[5] and a committee member of Healthwatch England.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Barnett - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation — UK Branch". Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation — UK Branch. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. ↑ http://www.nesta.org.uk/users/andrew-barnett
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/nov/04/leading-questions-andrew-barnett-charities
  4. ↑ "Nottingham chosen for ground-breaking national study". Nottingham Post. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  5. ↑ "The board | Forces in Mind Trust". Forces in Mind Trust. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  6. ↑ "Our Committee :: Healthwatch". www.healthwatch.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
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