Our Team

Fiona Elliott (Director & Principal Consultant) has worked in the cultural and heritage sectors for over 20 years. Her specialist areas include business planning, project management, collections management, exhibition planning, conservation management and activity planning. Fiona has worked with a wide range of organisations, from community groups to national museums and has firsthand experience of working with listed buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Her expertise is based on the reality of operating independent charitable trusts and the challenges of ensuring financial stability. As the Chief Executive of the Thackray Museum she developed the museum's operational capability and its national and regional profile. Under her leadership the museum won a Visit Britain National Visitor Attraction of the Year Award. Fiona has a BA Honours in Archaeology from the University of Sheffield and an MA in Museum Studies from University College London.

 

David Boursnell (Director & Principal Consultant) has been actively involved in business development and planning for many years. His specialist areas include strategic development, feasibility studies and options appraisals, market assessments and planning, audience development, business planning and funding applications. As Business Development Manager for Sheffield Leisure Services, David worked on major heritage and cultural projects in the city. David has direct experience of the challenges faced by community and public sector organisations as a development worker and manager for umbrella groups of community organisations for many years. David has an MBA and a Diploma in Marketing.

 

Kate Elliott (Consultant) specialises in research and analysis, including designing, undertaking and commissioning original research, analysing organisational performance, developing audience profiles, undertaking evaluation projects and investigating market contexts. Kate has extensive experience of consultation, audience research work, audience development planning and activity planning. She has worked with many large and small organisations to develop research programmes that fit their requirements and create plans that organisations are able to commit to and put into practice. Kate has a Masters degree in Business Research.

 

Rebecca McIntyre (Associate Consultant) has been active in the voluntary and statutory sectors throughout her career in a diverse range of areas such as heritage, tourism, regeneration, volunteering and education. Her work experience has involved activity planning, consultation, market research, business planning and organisational development, often linked to funding applications. As Business Development & Funding Director at Groundwork Derby & Derbyshire Rebecca had strategic responsibility for securing funding to deliver the Trust's work programme of £1.2 million per year. She has worked extensively in partnership with voluntary and community groups, supporting them in developing funding applications for projects, as well as working with strategic stakeholders. Rebecca has an MBA from the University of Sheffield and is a member of the Institute of Fundraising.

 

May Redfern (Associate Consultant) has worked in the museum sector for over fifteen years. Her work revolves around making the case for museums and related organisations through business planning, evaluation, writing and research, interpretation and collections management, fundraising and staff development. Her depth and breadth of experience is grounded in her work as a curator and manager in over 20 museums and as Head of Collections, Learning and Access for Harewood House Trust in Leeds. May has an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester. She completed a two-year, part time Clore Fellowship from 2005 and became a Fellow of the Museums Association in 2009.