Denise Fahmy is co-founder of Freedom in the Arts, a new organisation promoting freedom of speech and expression in the UK cultural sector. Together with choreographer Rosie Kay, she started the organisation having seen the growth of censorship and the impact on artists of being ‘cancelled’. Denise has worked in the cultural sector for 30 years and specialises in visual arts. She worked for Arts Council England for 15 years, managing a portfolio of diverse arts organisations, from galleries to commissioning agencies. She is a board member of the Women’s Budget Group.