The Shakespeare Globe Trust has announced the appointment of Neil Constable as its new chief executive.

His appointment is effective from 11 October 2010, and there will be a brief hand-over period with the current chief executive, Peter Kyle.

Constable has been executive director of the Almeida Theatre since March 2003, joining just before the successful re-opening after a major £5.5million capital redevelopment.

Before joining the Almeida, he worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company for 16-years, including holding the senior management positions of London Manager at the Barbican Centre and General Administrator.

He is also a governor of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, member of the Society of London Theatre, a director of Propeller Theatre Company and honorary advisor to the Yorke Trust.

Peter Kyle, chief executive said: "I am delighted that Neil has accepted this post and I wish him every success in leading this remarkable enterprise into the next phase of its development.

"He inherits an organisation in great form with a wonderfully committed and passionate staff, a strong Board of Trustees and a highly dedicated small army of volunteers who, together, have made the Globe one of the UK's great cultural success stories."

Roger Parry, chairman, The Shakespeare Globe Trust, added: "The Board is delighted to appoint someone of Neil's calibre and we look forward to working with him in fulfilling the many opportunities that lie ahead."

Neil Constable commented: "The Globe is a remarkable theatre and a cultural icon with broad, appealing and quality-driven artistic and education programmes. It embodies a fully collaborative and imaginative approach and speaks to a wide-ranging audience without a single penny of subsidy."

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