RCA Council welcomes two new members

RCA’s governing body has welcomed two new members to the Council. Louis Watt will serve as an independent Council member for a three-year term, while Ify Jibunoh joins the RCA Council as an EPOC (Empowering People of Colour) Board Fellow for a term of 18 months.

Ify Jibunoh is an international business leader with over 20 years of experience in commercial growth, brand strategy and transformation across consumer goods, financial services and technology. She has held senior leadership positions at Heineken and Mastercard, most recently serving as Group Chief Marketing Officer at Cassava Technologies. Her career has spanned Europe and Africa, leading multinational teams across diverse markets. Ify also chairs the board of Be United, serves on the advisory board of Be the Business and is a board member of Didi Museum in Lagos, founded by her father. She holds an LLB from the University of Bristol and an LLM in International Finance.

Louis Watt is a Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he co-leads the firm’s UK Public Sector practice, advising government and public institutions on strategy and large-scale transformation. He also leads BCG’s social impact-focused arts & culture programme, and co-founded Aurora Orchestra in 2005, serving as its Chair from 2010 to 2019. He holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge.