Shona McCarthy is the Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - the charity that underpins the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world.

Originally from County Down, Shona has dedicated her career to championing and developing arts and culture. From 2011 to 2014 she was Chief Executive of the Culture Company, leading on Derry-Londonderry’s transformational year as UK City of Culture, creating and delivering a world-class, citywide cultural program for 2013.