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Posted 29.10.2021 | By Jonathan Mayes

Governance beyond the ‘great and the good’

Our sector is supported by trustees and directors who, through their passion and skills, have stepped up to support organisations when the need has been greatest. But, as Jonathan Mayes argues in Arts Professional, our boards could do better.

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