Christopher Deacon appointed President and CEO of the National Arts Centre
On June 12, the Board of Trustees of the National Arts Centre (NAC) announced Christopher Deacon as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the arts organization. He succeeds Peter Herrndorf who stepped down from his position on June 2, 2018. Christopher Deacon is best known as the former Managing Director of the NAC Orchestra who lead some of the orchestra’s boldest initiatives such as the China Tour in 2013, the project “Life Projected” , a work commissioned by four Canadian composers to createworks about four remarkable Canadian Women , performed during the Canada 150 Tour, at theLiminato Festival in Toronto and it will be performed across Europe in 2019. …