Past Projects
Securing funding for heritage and cultural projects and purchases, managed award winning museums & galleries, undertaken extensive collections reviews and rationalisation projects, award winning historical sites and restoration projects, National Heritage Lottery Fund/Arts Council England bids and project management, created award winning customer service training schemes, award winning destination management companies and web-site development, award winning tourist information services, conference and event management services, and award winning venues, I am also an award winning fine artist & curator.
Founded L.O.V.E. Art the annual Leicester Open Variant Exhibition
£150k National Heritage Memorial Fund, ACE's V&A Purchase Fund, the Art Fund for 3,500 yr old Egyptian Statue
Created & Managed Successful Fundraising Project of £565k for the Save The Hogarth Campaign
Project Managed £2m HLF restoration project at Farnham Castle, Surrey
Created PR Development Plan - which increased company profile & promotion by 400%
Wrote £25m - 5 year Project Management contract for the British Museum, London
Project Managed £15m Bernie Grant Arts Centre project in Tottenham, London
Managed/Developed the World's number one viral flash game 2009/2010
Managed/Created award winning viral marketing campaign 'Romeo Wherefore Art Thou?'
Negotiated £6.75m full asset transfer with £8m Dowry of Wrest Park in Bedfordshire from DEFRA to DCMS
Project Managed annual £17m National Heritage Conservation Budget for English Heritage
Project Owner £2.4m Kenilworth Castle - Conservation and Development Project
Operations Director ‘Festival of History’, the largest re-enactment event in the UK at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire, and the 'St George’s Day Festival' the largest single-site event at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire - 2005 & 2006 both for English Heritage
Project Managed retail developments and catering outlets across the Heritage Site Portfolio for English Heritage in the regions across the East Midlands, West Midlands and East of England
Managed the National Visitor Quality Assurance Scheme for all English Heritage properties across the country
Project Board Member £5.4m Tech Refresh Project, EH hardware and IT infrastructure
Project Owner £1.3m Witley Court - Perseus and Andromeda Fountain and South Parterre Restoration Project, officially opened/fired by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
Project Sponsor Ironbridge Toll House development for the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and English Heritage, officially opened by Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II
Operations Director ‘Festival of History’ the largest re-enactment event in the UK at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire - English Heritage 2003 & 2004
Developed the Quality Standards Manual for FOH staff at all English Heritage Sites
Project Managed numerous site preservation projects, DDA compliance, community galleries etc.
Project Director for Wollaton Hall and Park £6.9m HLF and ERDF restoration project
Developed the Marketing Plan for Wollaton Hall & Park, Nottinghamshire
Wrote a 25 year Management Plan for Wollaton Hall & Park
Developed a 25 year Conservation Plan for Wollaton Hall & Park
Developed Integrated Management Structure for Nottingham City Council Heritage Sites for
Wollaton Hall & Park, Nottingham Castle and Newstead Abbey
Created Nottingham City Council Customer Service Training using DTI, Unison and GMB grants
Managed Leicester City Museums 150th Anniversary exhibition and celebration event officially opened by
Lord Richard Attenborough & Sir David Attenborough