Royal Opera House brings in Palace FD

Sally O'Neill

Sally O’Neill, the current finance director of the Historic Royal Palaces, is to take over the role in February 2009.

O’Neill, a judge in this year’s Accountancy Age Awards, will take on an organisation with a budget of more than £90m. The Historic Royal Palaces – comprising the Tower of London, Hampton Court, Banqueting House, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace – turns over approximately £50m.

The move marks a return to O’Neill’s theatrical roots after a previous role at the National Theatre. She has also worked for Channel 4, Granada, and the shopping channel QVC.

‘I never had a [career] gameplan. It has all been serendipity,’ she told Accountancy Age in an interview published last year.

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