Projects & Roles
HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES - Head of Interpretation
I have the responsibility for formulating and implementing the Interpretation Strategy across all five palaces, creating a programme that reaches 3m+ visitors each year. I manage the Interpretation Team, a range of contractors, and a £2-3M+ budget.
ARTS CULTURE HARROW - Chief Executive Officer
Leading a £1m turnover company that manages the Harrow Arts Centre and Harrow Museum through challenging financial times, whilst creating and implementing a strategy for significant cultural change. Managing a senior management team of theatre, education, museum and marketing specialists I oversaw the development of 350+ lifelong learning courses, a local history museum based in a medieval moated site, dynamic theatre programming in 2 performance spaces, and subsidiary trading services.
THINKTANK SCIENCE CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM - Director of Content and Programmes
Managing a department of 45 people, I was responsible for directing and delivering the education and content strategy. I directed both the formal and informal education service, technical maintenance, and collections/content development of the centre’s 10 galleries and temporary space.
FRASER RANDALL PRODUCTIONS, LONDON – Project Manager
As an employee of one of the UK’s leading specialist project management companies, I worked on several new build projects including Ecos Millennium Centre, N. Ireland and the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst Place. Also I was the Content and Curatorial Director, for Thinktank, Birmingham. Here I was responsible for delivering 7,500msq of exhibitions in Thinktank, ready for its launch in September 2001.I managed the Content Development team, and had executive responsibilities for the £19m capital exhibition budget.
Amongst other projects that are not listed here, I have worked on several projects as a volunteer. I am particularly proud of one at the Boston Children’s Museum, Massachusetts, USA. Funded by the MGC I took a three month sabbatical and joined the small exhibitions team. I developed and delivered Arthur’s World in May 1998.
I understand from a friend that recently visited Boston, that it is still a much enjoyed display!
Historic Royal Palaces: A touchscreen game explaining the Battle of Spurs painting, In Hampton Court’s Young Henry presentation
Historic Royal Palaces: A low budget temporary exhibition that satirises our mass media approach to crisis, marking the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot.
Jet Age to Genome, celebrating 50 years of innovation in science and medicine, was achieved on a shoe-string, yet inspired articles in most national newspapers and was previewed by HM the Queen.
Fraser Randall Productions: I managed the resource strategy and creative development for all 10 of Thinktank’s original galleries. This is The Street gallery showing how a CD works.