Working as a freelance consultant, hunting out the wood for the trees in search of the perfect work/life balance, previously Director of TMPL Consultants/Training, and prior to that spent the nineties as City Arts Officer for Coventry. I am a board member and trustee of Exeter Phoenix. I was Chair of ArtsMatrix, the enterprise developent agency for the creative sector in the South West region, a founding Director and Chair of Arts + Media Training, Advisory Board Member for Talking Birds and on the West Midlands Regional Committee of the National Trust. Just to keep things really interesting, I also run a farm in Devon and a range of smallholder courses.
- 2009-ongoing Freelance consultant, trainer and facilitator
- 2007-2011 regular columnist for The Landsman magazine
- 2006-2011 Board member Exeter Phoenix, Vice Chair 2010-2011
- 2006-2010 Chair of ArtsMatrix, the South West enterprise and development agency for the arts and cultural sector
- 2006-2007 Independent Arts Reporter for Arts Council England SW
- 2003-2005 Regional Committee Member, National Trust
- 2001-2007 Advisory Board member, Talking Birds Theatre Company
- 2000-2009 Director, TMPL Consultants/Training
- 1997-2000 Metier, Entry into the Workforce Advisory Group
- 1994-1995 Common Purpose
- 1992-2004 Board Member Arts and Media Training Ltd, Chair 2000-2004
- 1992-2000 Vice Chair, Coventry Arts Education Group
- 1992-1998 West Midlands Arts adviser
- 1990-2000 Visiting lecturer on arts management, Coventry University
- 1990-2000 City Arts Officer, Coventry City Council
- 1988-1990 Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton on Trent; on founding steering group
- 1988-1990 Arts Development Officer, East Staffordshire District Council
- 1987-1988 MSc in Management Studies (Arts Management), Durham University Business School - ESRC Scholarship. Distinction
- 1987-1988 Institute of Marketing Diploma, Durham University Business School
- 1985-1987 Trainee chef, Royal Shakespeare Theatre Restaurants.
- 1982-1985 BA Hons English Literature