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London, GB

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Leading Wellcome's work with the cultural and entertainment sectors to bring research to life, shift public narratives and win hearts & minds to encourage action on urgent issues like climate and mental health, through 4 key strands:- Working with the cultural & entertainment sectors to create content to bring research to life- Further engaging the public.

London, England, United Kingdom

Integrating Wellcome’s campaigns, entertainment and cultural partnerships in order to bring about action by decision makers on global health challenges such as climate change, infectious disease and mental health.

London, England, United Kingdom

Finding new routes for Wellcome to realise its vision of supporting science to solve urgent health challenges through collaborative working between cultural engagement, cross-disciplinary research and strategic influence:- Shaping Wellcome's cultural diplomacy and partnerships ambitions and promoting these internationally- Overseeing the delivery of.

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

Leading the Partnerships & Strategic Projects team within the City of London Corporation, to establish Culture Mile as a destination for creativity, innovation & learning through:- Leading collaborative initiatives to maximise the social & economic value of creativity in the area- Establishing the Culture & Commerce Taskforce, chaired by the Lord Mayor.

Barbican & Guildhall School Of Music & Drama

Managing the Strategic Partnerships team to launch and establish Culture Mile as a new creative hub in the City of London by:- Establishing the Culture Mile Network (a group of 50+ partners committed to contributing to the Culture Mile ambitions, including corporates, liveries, higher education, health, hospitality, technology and cultural organisations).

Strategic consultant specialising in partnership facilitation, collaborative change programmes, organisational development, evaluation and coaching.Clients include Arts Council England, Arts Council Wales, RSA, People Make It Work, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Barbican Centre, Conservatoire of Dance & Drama, BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

- Founding and chairing the East London Cultural Education Partnership- Overseeing the development of Creative Schools, the flagship schools programme for ELCEP- Developing an East London Cultural Education Alliance

London, United Kingdom

Working in partnership with key strategic partners to strengthen cultural provision across London by:- Acting as London's strategic lead for Public Engagement - overseeing development initiatives including the UK/Brazil Points of Contact programme for socially-engaged arts practice (partnership between ACE, DCMS, British Council and PPP), the National NI11.

Advising Ministers on policy development and managing national, regional and local stakeholders in the areas of:- Local and regional arts policy (particularly culture-led regeneration and increasing arts engagement as priority within local government)- Heritage & Social Inclusion policy (particularly the Disability Discrimination Act and client management.

Sydney, Australia

Managed Young Artist Development and Young Conductor Development courses for the Australian national network of symphony orchestras.

Managed the youth orchestra at The Warehouse, Waterloo. Secured sponsorship from international Computer Games company and oversaw brand development with marketing agency.

Ma Arts Criticism & Management, Dissertation On Branding & The London Orchestras

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Literature And Music