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