Mary-Alice Stack is Chief Executive of Creative United, an entrepreneurial community interest company committed to supporting the growth and development of the arts and creative industries through pioneering programmes such as the Own Art and Take it away interest free loan schemes. Over the past 15 years she has specialised in the use of business support and alternative forms of finance and investment as a mechanism for achieving social and economic impact across the arts and cultural sector. In March 2018, she initiated the establishment of the Take it away Consortium, a partnership between Creative United and five leading music and disability organisations with a shared commitment to making access to music making inclusive and accessible to all.