Yannick Roman is the business development manager of The Festival Academy. Prior to that, he was a policy adviser on arts, culture and media and the general director of an international theatre and dance company. His main interests are the role festivals, art and culture can play in creating more inclusive, open, tolerant and equal societies. He specifically focuses on (in)equality, human rights, diversity and inclusivity and exclusion. Yannick studied law at the University of Ghent, Belgium.