Emma specialises in research, strategy, audiences, evaluation, brand and advocacy. Her expertise is the combined power of profile, people, partnerships, evidence and relevance in creating exciting, differentiated and sustainable organisations.Previously the Chief Executive of the UK’s leading cultural consultancy at the time, ABL Consulting, Emma established Courtney Consulting in 2007. She also spent a significant part of her career working in the world’s largest Public Relations agency, Weber Shandwick and was the Head of Marketing at Northern Ireland’s only professional producing theatre, The Lyric. Emma is the UK Associate Director of US based consultancy www.quonundrums.com which specialises in market research and strategic solutions from high tech start up digital platforms to global brands such as Facebook, Skype and Google. In the UK her diverse client base spans the full cultural and creative industries sectors across both heritage and arts. The inter play between the tech sector/entrepreneurialism and the cultural and creative industries sectors is a key area of insight and added value that Emma brings to all projects. In addition to working nationally and internationally Emma is the Chair of Hanslope Preschool and Vice Chair of the Arts & Heritage Alliance Milton Keynes. She has been a Chartered Marketer and full member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing for over fifteen years and is a full member of the Market Research Society, Social Value UK and the Museums Association. Emma is also an accredited Cultural Leadership Coach. Emma's work over the last two decades has directly contributed to tens of millions of funding and investment leveraged into the cultural and third sectors.