Despina is Executive Producer (London) at the RSC.

Despina is a theatre producer and culture sector leader and before her role at ATC she was the Executive Director of the Young Vic theatre working alongside Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah. As ED she oversaw work including the critically acclaimed Death of a Salesman (West End & Broadway), Pulitzer Prize winner Fairview, Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma! and Best of Enemies(West End).

Previous roles include Executive Producer at Punchdrunk International and Frantic Assembly; producing, general management and fundraising experience at Mark Rubinstein Ltd (now Short Street); the Young Vic (previously as lead producer); the Almeida theatre; Ambassador Theatre Group and Act Productions.

Despina is a Clore Leadership Programme fellow and Stage One bursary winner. She is an External Member of the Barbican Centre Board, and a trustee of Shakespeare’s Globe and medical-educational charity the Laura Case Trust.