Rosy Greenlees

Rosy Greenlees, OBE, is the former Executive Director of, national charity, the Crafts Council.

Rosy spent her early career as a visual arts curator before moving into wider cultural policy roles including Cultural Strategy Manager responsible for the Mayor of London’s first culture strategy; and founder Director of the higher education knowledge exchange partnership, London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise.

Rosy has been a strong advocate of the value of craft and the arts to society serving on various selection panels and advisory boards including President of the World Crafts Council International and the government’s Creative Industries Council and Creative Industries Trade Investment Board. She is a Trustee of Creative & Cultural Skills and a member of the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange advisory board. Rosy is also a Fellow of the RSA and Honorary Fellow of Arts University Bournemouth. The British Institute of Interior Design and the City and Guilds of London College of Art.