Steve Dixon is a world-renowned academic, researcher and interdisciplinary artist with a distinguished career in both higher education leadership and the professional creative industries. He became President of LASALLE College of the Arts in 2012, and has an accomplished record as a strategic and visionary leader. Prior to LASALLE he held positions as Pro-Vice Chancellor at Brunel University, London (and was formerly Head of the School of Arts), and as Head of Performance at the University of Salford. 

Since becoming an academic in 1991, Prof Dixon has continued to direct and perform, particularly with his own company The Chameleons Group (established 1994) which tours internationally with spectacular multimedia theatre performances. He has also directed interactive Internet performances. His recent practice includes collaborations with actor Rik Mayall, with media artist Paul Sermon, and a one-man multimedia theatre interpretation of T.S.Eliot’s The Waste Land, which he has performed in Asia, USA and Brazil. 

Dixon has been an Arts and Humanities Research Council panel member, responsible for the distribution of UK research funding for Music and Performing Arts (2006-10), and has worked in advisory capacities for the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Arts Council of England, and the UK Parliament. He holds a higher Doctorate (Doctor of Letters) and is a Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures & Commerce).