Sian Westerman

Sian Westerman is an experienced non-executive director. She is currently Chair of Strathberry Limited - a fast-growing Scottish-based, private equity-backed and founder-led handbag business. She is also Chair of Fenwick, the family-owned private regional department store business. In 2024, she was appointed as a Non-Executive Director at Shaftesbury Capital plc. She has had a range of non-executive roles in retail, fashion and beauty including the holding company of Augustinus Bader Skin Care, Lyma Life Limited, Lane Crawford Joyce Group in Hong Kong, Anya Hindmarch, Nicholas Kirkwood, Roksanda, and FaceGym. In addition, she is a Senior Adviser at Rothschild & Co in the Global Advisory Division based in London having worked there for much of her full-time career following qualifying as a solicitor at Slaughter and May. She also sits on the European Advisory Board of Brown Advisory, the Baltimore-based wealth management business.

Sian is a Non-Executive Director of the British Fashion Council, a Trustee of The Barbican Centre Trust and a member of the Corporate Advisory Group of the Royal Academy of Arts. She has had a number of other roles in the arts, including being a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts Trust for 9 years, on the Advocates Board of the Royal Court Theatre, serving two full terms on the Board of English National Ballet and Chairing their Development Committee.