Today the RSC announces that Anna Sedgley will join the RSC’s Board, subject to approval at the Company’s next AGM. Anna’s most recent executive roles were as Chief Financial Officer at Bauer Media Group where she led portfolio and technology transformations across fifteen markets, and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Dow Jones. Her career spans finance, operations and corporate strategy in the media and business intelligence industries. Anna will join the RSC Risk, Audit and Finance Committee as part of the succession planning for the Committee.
Anna Sedgley said: ‘I’m thrilled to be joining the RSC Board of Trustees and its Risk Audit and Finance Committee. I look forward to collaborating with fellow trustees and the entire RSC community to inspire future generations through the transformative power of Shakespeare’s work and the arts.’
RSC Chair, Shriti Vadera added: ‘I am very much looking forward to working with Anna and welcoming her to the RSC’s Board. Her financial and change management experience will provide great support to the Company as it navigates future changes which are key to the RSC’s ongoing ambition and success’.
During her executive career overseeing financial activities and governance, Anna has focused on leveraging technological advances to create value for customers and transform business processes. Anna is currently a non-executive board member and chair of the audit committee at FiscalNote Inc. She also serves on the board of the global vaccine alliance, GAVI, which helps vaccinate more than half the world’s children against deadly and debilitating infectious diseases, and the board of trustees for the Army Benevolent Fund. Anna also supports Happy Doggo, a social media led charity dedicated to alleviating the suffering of street dogs in Thailand.
Anna graduated from the University of Adelaide, qualified as a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
