Ross Harvie is an Arts & events specialist. A self-confessed theatre addict, practitioner, director, producer and proud place shaper. Responsible for delivering a 5-year strategy and ten-year vision for culture in Basingstoke and management of the Arts and Events team delivering an internal events programme and supporting a strategic grant-funded portfolio of cultural organisations. 

Ross has achieved many things including the development of cultural strategy and taking it through the decision-making political process, ‘Enriching Lives: Arts and culture at the heart of our community’.  Reshaping the council’s internal events programme and further developing Basingstoke Festival (www.basingstokefestival.co.uk) and B LOVE live music weekend (www.blovemusic.com). Creating place-shaping and tourism projects including commissioning #lovebasingstoke videos and a series of Jane Austen 200th Anniversary events. Dreaming up schemes for areas of priority regeneration and local targeted wards and supporting the delivery of section 106 public art in local wards. Implementation of a new arts development and events team from scratch, supporting local artist and events development.

Ross holds has served on two Member of Board Trustee's with Blue Apple Theater and Basingstoke Gateway Award Project.