We are delighted that property expert, Jonathan Smith, has joined our Board.

Jonathan is an accomplished property investor and developer and has practised as a chartered surveyor since 1984. As a Trustee of the Donmar Warehouse Jonathan led the team remodelling the Earlham Street based theatre with a focus on access and sustainability and which successfully re-opened in 2021.

Jonathan’s career has included time at a major Insurance and Pension fund, other City of London institutions, and for the last 20 years he has been in partnership with private property company, UCG. Jonathan has recently completed office refurbishments, a new industrial development, a complex historic building refurbishment to create a new home for a school, and residential schemes.

We’re looking forward to working with Jonathan.

Commenting on the appointment RSC Chair, Shriti Vadera, said:

"We are delighted to welcome Jonathan to the RSC Board. His experience and wealth of knowledge as a property developer and chartered surveyor coupled with his love of theatre, will support our ambitions to maintain and develop the RSC’s multi-faceted estate for the long-term benefit of the Company."

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Property expert and Trustee of the Donmar Warehouse, we're delighted to welcome Jonathan Smith to the RSC Board.
Jonathan is excited to be joining the RSC Board, and added:

"The RSC’s portfolio of venues, buildings and infrastructure are many and varied and I am absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to join the board to support and advise on real estate.

"I am a long-time avid fan of Shakespeare and theatre since studying Macbeth as a schoolboy and then as a teenager enjoying many musicals in London, alongside the annual panto at Nottingham Playhouse."

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