Jo Buckley
Member of the Fundraising and People and Culture Committees
Jo Buckley is Chief Executive of the Dunard Centre, Edinburgh’s first new concert hall for more than a century. From 2019 to 2023 she was Chief Executive of the Dunedin Consort, before which she worked for Britten Sinfonia, Northern Sinfonia, Live Music Now and Delphian Records. Jo graduated from Cambridge University with a First Class degree in 2004, and went on to gain a PhD in Musicology from Durham University, focusing on the role of the slow movement in Beethoven’s music. She is also a freelance writer, specialising in programme notes for concerts and recordings, with a range of clients that include the BBC Proms, London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jo is a Trustee of the Royal Philharmonic Society and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy of Scotland.