Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh
Genista Mary "Jenny" McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall ( born September 23, 1946 in London) is a British theatrical agent, theater director and politician of the Labour Party.
Life
Genista McIntosh was born as Genista Mary Tandy, the daughter of Geoffrey Tandy and his wife Maire. She grew up in Hertfordshire. She attended Hemel Hempstead Grammar School in Hemel Hempstead. She studied at the University of York; where she graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and sociology from.
McIntosh was after her studies and her marriage since 1972 in various positions at the Royal Shakespeare Company operates. From 1972 to 1977 she worked as a casting director (Casting Agent ), from 1977 to 1984 Planning Controller, 1986 to 1990 as director of administration (Senior Administrator) and 1990 as a producer (associate producer). Since 1977, McIntosh worked as an agent in the theater and arts agency Marmont Management Ltd. in London; there she was from 1984 to 1986 also director. Her responsibilities there was one particular the search for writers, directors, costume and set designers for theater productions.
From 1990 to 1996 she was Executive Director (Executive Director ) of the Royal National Theatre. In 1997 she became the Executive Director (Chief Executive ) of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, appointed. This position they were in May 1997 after just five months in office " for health reasons " but on again. From 1997 to 2003 she was then re- director of the Royal National Theatre. 2002/2003 she was Director ( Principal ) of the Guildhall School of Music.
In July 2008, the so-called McIntosh McIntosh published report, a critical study of the work, the eligibility criteria and granting practice of the Arts Council England (ACE). McIntosh was particularly critical of the lack of cooperation between regional arts councils and the national organization, the lack of cooperation of the ACE with artists and partner organizations, the partial subsidy restrictive practice and the lack of transparency of decisions.
Membership in the House of Lords
On August 3, 1999, she was appointed Life Peer. It bears the title Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. On November 22 1999 she held her inaugural speech.
In the House of Lords, it is since 2007 Deputy Chairman of Committee ( Deputy Chairman of Committees ) and since 2008 Vice- President of the Parliaments ( Deputy Speaker).
Among the political areas of interest include art McIntosh, education policy, health and eco-friendly transport policy. In her word contribution to the debate in the House of Lords on 17 May 2011 on the education policy, McIntosh turned against one -sided focus of the curriculum in the subjects of the British Baccalaureat, pointing out that " employers are not only sought outstanding graduates, but also holistically and comprehensively educated young people. "
Offices and honors
McIntosh is a trustee ( Trustee ) of the Theatres Trust and the Southbank Sinfonia. She is a member of the Board of the Roundhouse Trust and the National Opera Studio. She is a member of the Board of Directors ( Council) of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
McIntosh is the recipient of several honorary doctorates. She is an honorary doctorate from the University of York ( Hon DUniv 1998), Middlesex University ( Hon DUniv 2002) and the City University London ( Hon DUniv 2002). She is an Honorary Fellow of Goldsmiths College, University of London (2003) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts ( FRSA ).
Private
McIntosh married in 1971 Neil Scott Wishart McIntosh. From the marriage were two children, a son and a daughter. The marriage ended in divorce in 1988. McIntosh lived after the divorce with their children in North London. Her hobbies McIntosh is one music and gardening.