Arthur LE GALL is director at KEA and co-founder of the b.creative network. He is responsible for coordinating KEA’s research team and supervising studies, reports and projects. He also advises creative businesses on access to finance strategies. He is specialised in policies for the sport, audiovisual, cultural and creative sectors. He designs methodologies to assess the contribution of the cultural and audiovisual sectors to the wider society and economy, and engineers support programmes and policies for the cultural and creative sectors to nurture arts, culture and creativity across territories. Arthur also delivers strategic advice to local authorities on the role of sport, culture and creative industries for local and regional development. He is the author or co-author of several research pieces on culture and creativity in Europe, including ‘Mapping the creative value chains: A study on the economy of culture in the digital age’ or ‘towards a European Music Export Strategy’ for the European Commission.