Trustee of the Ikon Gallery; Member of Audit and Risk Committee

A member of Tate’s senior executive team, I am responsible for strategy, planning, policy and governance. I work closely with the Trustees, Director and Managing Director to coordinate and manage departments and delivery of key projects across the gallery. I am part of the leadership team which has successfully delivered major capital projects, including the new Tate Modern, and I work with colleagues across the organisation, from curatorial to enterprises and fundraising. In charge of the corporate plan, I set strategy, objectives and KPIs that ensure delivery from all areas. I am also responsible for key areas of compliance, including GDPR and Data Protection, Freedom of Information, and oversight of the Gallery's preparations for Brexit.I am a senior ambassador for the gallery externally, representing it to key stakeholders, public figures and donors. I am responsible for the relationship with Government and, recently, have overseen Tate’s role in the Museums Review and led key initiatives such as spending round bids and the negotiation of museum tax credits. I am also responsible for Tate's Ethics policy and its business and governance. Alongside these operational and political skills, I am an historian and art historian by training, and lead in specific aspects of work on the Collection, primarily due diligence research.Over seven years at Tate, I have worked with and learned from some of the most successful leaders of today, in galleries and the business world, and have successfully led and overseen the transition of Director and Chairman.

A year-long intensive leadership course, undertaken with future leaders across a wide variety of sectors, developing skills in organisational change and strategy development.

Trustee of the UK branch of the International Council of Musuems

Analysing data available across DCMS sectors, recommending a policy approach; resulting publication, Culture Shock (London, Demos 2011)

Head of Programme on cultural policy specialising in Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Management and Heritage; major publications include: • The Enduring Relevance of Octavia Hill (2012), a publication for the National Trust commemorating its founder• Resilient Places (2011), a publication for British Waterways analysing the strategic contemporary use of the UK's industrial heritage• All Together: a creative approach to organisational change in the cultural sector, for the Royal Shakespeare Company (2010)• Expressive Lives (200(); an edited collection of essays by leading international politicians, managers and practitioners on cultural policy• It’s A Material World (2008), the public communication of art conservation• Cultural Diplomacy (2007)• As You Like It (2007); a publication for Cambridge Assessment on the gloabl future of the English Language • Making Good Work (2007); young people’s creative education• Talk Us Into It: Putting Conversation at the Heart of the Public Realm (2005); a policy pamphlet arguing that new ways of social interaction should be better reflected in the infrastructure of politicsMedia work and international speaking, including CNN and keynote addresses internationally, including Australia and the US

Strategic research and marketing consultancy, including work for the BBC on How Art Made the World

Providing marketing, branding and strategic planning consultancy on brands including BBC, Orange, Vodafone, Unilever and O2.