Anu Giri
Executive Director, English National Ballet
Anu Giri is Executive Director, English National Ballet, Deputy Chair of Battersea Arts Centre, and serving on the Mayor's Cultural Leadership Board and ITV Cultural Advisory Council. Previously she was Director of Business and Operations, venues and festivals at the BFI, headed up the business strategy for BFI London Film Festival which saw record audiences of over 400,000 in 2024.
Anu was Executive Director, Dance Umbrella, London's international dance festival from 2014-2019, Co-Director of English National Ballet School 2010-2015 where she developed the ‘My First’ series of children’s ballets in partnership with English National Ballet and set up ENBS Juniors – high quality children’s ballet classes across 3 London boroughs. Between 2003 - 2010 she was at Arts Council England and Head of Dance from 2003.