Movers: Alix Wooding joins the Southbank Centre

Plus: Mahmood Shafi signed up by Nuffield Health; Making Space promotes Rachel Peacock; and Mark Laville leaves Barbican Theatre (Plymouth)

Alix Wooding has been appointed as director of development at the charitable arts venue the Southbank Centre. She will join in November from the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan, where she is assistant director of engagement.

The charitable hospital and fitness centre provider Nuffield Health has appointed Mahmood Shafi as medical director. He was a consultant gynaecological surgeon and oncologist at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The adult health and social care charity Making Space has promoted Rachel Peacock from director of development to chief executive.

Mark Laville, artistic director of the Barbican Theatre (Plymouth), is to step down after 26 years in the role. He will become a senior lecturer at Falmouth University.

Michael MacLennan has joined the Air Ambulance Service as head of digital and innovation. He was digital editorial manager for the energy drink and sporting events company Red Bull.

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has appointed Bill Chandler as director of artistic planning and engagement and Angela Moreland as director of finance and administration. Chandler was associate leader of the orchestra; Moreland was director of finance at the disability charity Sense Scotland.

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Asda’s Jane Macaulay joins Community Integrated Care, plus other movers

A round-up of the latest appointments including Julia Brown at Kisharon and Kerry Geldart at the Oral Health Foundation

The health and social care charity Community Integrated Care has welcomed Jane Macaulay as director of human resources. She previously spent 20 years working for the retailer Asda, most recently in senior HR and operational positions.  

The Oral Health Foundation has welcomed Kerry Geldart as director of operations. She was deputy chief executive at the Society for the Environment and takes over from Sharon Broom, who has left the charity after 17 years to take up the same role at the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy. 

Dr Fiona Sim, senior clinical adviser for NHS England (Central Midlands), has been appointed chief medical adviser at the alcohol education charity Drinkaware. She will take up the role in November. 

The grant-maker Hanfod Cymru has appointed Siôn Brynach as chief executive. He joins from BBC Cymru Wales.

Julia Brown has been appointed director of operations and development at Kisharon, which supports people with learning disabilities. She has been working for the charity since March as a consultant.

Adele Duncan has been appointed chief executive of the Gordon Moody Association, which supports people with gambling issues. She will join in July from Phoenix Futures, which works with people with substance misuse problems, where she is director of operations.

Diana Owen has announced she is to step down as chief executive of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in early 2018, after more than 10 years in the role.

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Lady Gaga Joins Fans in Slamming Body-Shamers for Criticizing her Super Bowl Belly

By pretty much every definition, Lady Gaga looked in supreme shape as she delivered her epic performance at the Super Bowl 51 half-time show. She vaulted off the roof of the NRG Stadium in Houston, then danced her you-know-what off during her 13-minute run through patriotic American classics and her own hit songs, including a burning-down-the-house rendition of “Bad Romance.”

But all some could focus on is what she exposed when she changed into a second Versace outfit that featured sparkly hot pants and a stomach-baring crop top that showed a softly toned abdomen that critics thought wasn’t toned enough. These critics — mostly men apparently — saw a slight belly roll that to them meant she wasn’t a desirably skinny as she should be.

In response to critics, Gaga took to Instagram late Tuesday to say: “I’m proud of my body.” She told fans they should never “cater to anyone or anything to succeed,” and added, “Be relentlessly you. Finally she thanked them for their support.
Written by: Martha Ross

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