Artistic

Good heavens - another consultant at the BBC. This time it's Ruth Mackenzie, formerly Director of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad (Chair, Lord Hall).

This from her recent biog:  Since London 2012, she has being doing consultancy for the Arts Council, BBC, BFI, British Council amongst others. 

• Earlier biogs show she's written papers for the BBC before. But she has myriad connections. From 1999 to 2002 she was special adviser to Culture Secretaries Chris Smith and Tessa Jowell, working alongside both Andy Burnham and, yes, James Purnell. And then from 2007 to 2010 she was billed as Expert Adviser to Purnell, Burnham and Ben Bradshaw as they moved through the Secretary's seat at the DCMS.