Kerry McCall Magan is the Country Director for British Council Ireland.
As Director, Kerry leads British Council Ireland in strategic cultural relations activity between Ireland and the UK. Excited by the possibilities and untapped potential in Arts and Education in the bilateral relationship, Kerry works constructively to convene and broker relationships between people and organisations fostering mutual understanding, trust, knowledge and respect.
Prior to this role, Kerry’s career spanned senior roles in higher education and the cultural sectors in Ireland. She has been a Steering Group member of the National Campaign for the Arts; the Expert Panel of Creative Ireland; the Expert Committee of Culture2025: a national cultural policy for Ireland; co-founder of the Arts Management Research Studies Stream in the European Sociological Association; co-founder of Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland: an all-island research network (2014) and the Irish Journal for Arts Management and Cultural Policy (2013).
In 2023, she published Cultural Participation: the perpetuation of middle-class privilege in Dublin, Ireland (Palgrave MacMillan) and, with academics in Queen’s University Belfast and University College Dublin, she is co-editing Cultural Policy: Perspectives on the Island of Ireland (Routledge, forthcoming 2025). Kerry is a Board member of Dublin City Council Culture Company.
You can contact Kerry at Kerry.McCallMagan@BritishCouncil.Org