Professional Background

Current
Deputy Director Performing Arts, South Bank Centre. 10 years senior management experience in Europe’s flagship cultural centre.

Financial management; contract negotiation; strategic planning and project management; public/private sector funding; festival and show promotion/production; problem solving and conflict management; inter-departmental liaison and internal communications; staff management; promoter liaison; general trouble shooter

Previous
Extensive and varied experience in arts management and administration in both commercial and subsidised sectors including

Brighton International Festival: Administrative Director, 1989-92; Theatre/Dance Programmer & Special Projects Manager, 1985-89.

Programming; financial management; venue liaison and negotiation of hire terms; contracting artists; private/public sector funding liaison; local/regional authority liaison; staff management Programming research and conference attendance throughout the UK and in Holland, France, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Belgium, Poland and Russia.

5 years running own Arts Administration Business 1985-89.

Promotion, production, management, administration and touring in UK/World of various music/theatre companies 1982-89.

Agent and tour manager for music and theatre groups (inc. Stomp) in UK and Europe; producer/promoter of theatres seasons at Edinburgh Festival (Assembly Rooms) and London (Donmar/Lyric Theatre); partner in and administrator of Cliff Hanger Theatre Company (as above plus negotiation of TV/radio engagements)

General administrative, press and publicity work for a diverse range of organisations 1979-82 including Apollo Theatre Coventry; Royal Choral Society; rock groups Motorhead, Hawkwind and The Damned; Royal Opera House

Dispute Resolution Experience
Accredited by CEDR in 2002. Accredited by Hackney Community Mediation Scheme 2003. Plus much informal experience during time at South Bank Centre resolving problems in variety of areas including inter-personal relations; promoter disputes; organisational restructuring; systems & communications; (issues relating to) cultural diversity

Qualified:	Mediator
Specialist Areas:	Arts and Entertainment
Education:	B.Mus 2:1 Royal Holloway College, London University
General Information:	Professional Background Current Deputy Director Performing Arts, South Bank Centre. 10 years senior management experience in Europe’s flagship cultural centre. Financial management; contract negotiation; strategic planning and project management; public/private sector funding; festival and show promotion/production; problem solving and conflict management; inter-departmental liaison and internal communications; staff management; promoter liaison; general trouble shooter Previous Extensive and varied experience in arts management and administration in both commercial and subsidised sectors including Brighton International Festival: Administrative Director, 1989-92; Theatre/Dance Programmer & Special Projects Manager, 1985-89. Programming; financial management; venue liaison and negotiation of hire terms; contracting artists; private/public sector funding liaison; local/regional authority liaison; staff management Programming research and conference attendance throughout the UK and in Holland, France, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Belgium, Poland and Russia. 5 years running own Arts Administration Business 1985-89. Promotion, production, management, administration and touring in UK/World of various music/theatre companies 1982-89. Agent and tour manager for music and theatre groups (inc. Stomp) in UK and Europe; producer/promoter of theatres seasons at Edinburgh Festival (Assembly Rooms) and London (Donmar/Lyric Theatre); partner in and administrator of Cliff Hanger Theatre Company (as above plus negotiation of TV/radio engagements) General administrative, press and publicity work for a diverse range of organisations 1979-82 including Apollo Theatre Coventry; Royal Choral Society; rock groups Motorhead, Hawkwind and The Damned; Royal Opera House Dispute Resolution Experience Accredited by CEDR in 2002. Accredited by Hackney Community Mediation Scheme 2003. Plus much informal experience during time at South Bank Centre resolving problems in variety of areas including inter-personal relations; promoter disputes; organisational restructuring; systems & communications; (issues relating to) cultural diversity