Fergus Linehan was Artistic Director of the Dublin Theatre Festival, Sydney Festival, Vivid Live at the Sydney Opera House and until recently the Edinburgh International Festival. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and co-Chair of IMPACT Scotland, the organisation charged with building Edinburgh’s new concert hall. In 2020 he received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from Queen Margaret University and was recently named the 2022 recipient of The Edinburgh Award and The Irish President’s Distinguished Service Award. He lives in Sydney.