The Performance Theatre Advisory Board provides the Performance Theatre Foundation with strategic guidance on the direction and content of the Theatre’s annual programme. International advisory firm Xyntéo works with The Performance Theatre Advisory Board to create and manage the annual Performance Theatre.

Chaired by Lord Browne, the former CEO of BP, its membership is as follows:

• Ajay Banga, President and CEO, MasterCard
• Osvald M. Bjelland, Vice Chairman and Founder, The Performance Theatre Foundation and Chairman, Xyntéo
• Marco Alverà, EVP, Russia, North Europe and Americas Region, eni
• Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO, Telenor Group
• Jeremy B. Bentham, Vice President, Global Business Environment, Royal Dutch Shell
• Geoff Colvin, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine
• Henrik O. Madsen, CEO, Det Norske Veritas
• Alexander l. Medvedev, Deputy Chairman, Gazprom Management Committee and Director General, Gazprom Export
• Ken Costa, Former Chairman, Lazard International
• Subramanian Ramadorai, Vice Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services
• Swan Gin Beh, Managing Director, EDB Singapore
• Merit Janow, Chairman, Nasdaq Exchange LLC and Professor, Columbia University