Professional experience is as a producer and artistic director of venues, festival and events. This experience includes arts in residence, producing the first Greenwich Anti Racist Festival and as programme director at the Croydon Clock Tower. Whilst in Croydon I helped develop the annual Croydon Festival. I have been artistic director for the Portobello Festival in my role at North Kensington Arts. I was artistic director at the Brewhouse Arts Centre and Blue Sky Arts and Media. I also produced the Newham Mela, Europe largest Mela at the time, which included four live stages of music and dance. I majored in music during my degree in creative and performing arts. I have studied Jazz with guitar as my main instrument and have also worked as a producer with a number of releases. Projects have included an independent dance label in West London and I was chair of Beat Dis, a Jazz and community music organisation for a number of years. My current role includes an interest in Circus, Street Arts, Out Door arts, Live Arts, Theatre and Carnival. Roles at the arts council have included Combined Arts Officer, Head of Combined Arts (South East) and Relationship Manager combined Arts. I have recently completed an MA in Cultural Leadership at City University.