Susan Mary Woodford-Hollick, Baroness Hollick OBE

Order of the British Empire

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 is a businesswoman and consultant with a wide-ranging involvement in broadcasting and the arts and the wife of Clive Hollick, Baron Hollick

Clive Hollick, Baron Hollick

Clive Richard Hollick, Baron Hollick is a British businessman with media interests, and a noted supporter of the Labour party.- Early life and career :...

. She worked for many years in television where her roles included producer/director of ‘World in Action’ for Granada TV and founding commissioning editor of Multicultural Programmes for Channel 4

Channel 4

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. She is founder and co-director of Bringing up Baby Ltd - a childcare company and is the Chair of Harmony, Devon - a drug and alcohol treatment centre.

She was chair of Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship

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 1993–2000.Sue Woodford Hollick currently chairs the London Regional Council of Arts Council England and is a member of the Arts Council's national Council. She is also the chair of the Tate Members Council and is a member of the Tate Modern

Tate Modern

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 Advisory Council. She is also a director of the Royal Commonwealth Society

Royal Commonwealth Society

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 and Chair of the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF). She was a board member of the English National Opera

English National Opera

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 until December 2001.

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours

2011 Birthday Honours

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for services to the arts.