I work independently in the areas of grant making, education, heritage and the arts. By profession I am a teacher: I taught humanities subjects in North London comprehensive schools for 8 years and for 2 years in an American community college. In America I also worked in the heritage world. After that I moved to the National Trust tasked to establish and run its education department across the UK. Thereafter I became Director of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation for 7 years- a major grant making trust with an emphasis on working to combat disadvantage through arts and education projects and partnerships. I have been a trustee of various charitable organisations, been a member of government and arts advisory groups, and was a trustee of the Heritage Lottery Fund for six years. I am a member of the Tate Liverpool Council.