Vanessa Branson
Co-founder of El Fenn Hotel & Owner of Eilean Shona
Vanessa Branson is a champion of global cultural and ecological initiatives. As the founding president of the Marrakech Biennale, she created North Africa’s only trilingual arts festival—comprising visual art, literature, and film programs featuring acclaimed international and Moroccan artists. As an active entrepreneur, other projects include the establishment of the Portobello Arts Festivals from 1987 through 1989, the founding of the Vanessa Devereux Gallery in London, and the development of a beautiful boutique hotel in the center of Marrakesh, El Fenn. She also owns and runs Eilean Shona, a tidal island on the west coast of Scotland at the entrance to Loch Moidart where J M Barrie wrote the screenplay for Peter Pan.