Jo is a freelance arts consultant working with arts organisations to develop strategic, financial and fundraising resilience.
Jo was previously Executive Director at Candoco Dance Company, an internationally renowned company of disabled and non-disabled dancers (2018 – 2021) and at the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill (2016 – 2018) where she worked with Artistic Directors Christopher Haydon and Ellen McDougall. Between 2018 and 2021, she sat on the Board for Brighton People’s Theatre, including a one-year term as Chair.
As a fundraiser and stakeholder relationship manager, Jo spent four years in the corporate development team the National Theatre and prior to this she worked for live music producers, Serious, working on London Jazz Festival and BT River of Music, a 2-day festival as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
