Georgia

PROFILE

I am UK qualified primary school teacher and an Appointed Governor, who has led educational and cultural teams; creating inclusive and impactful environments for children and young people to thrive and developing outstanding events for schools and teachers.

FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters of Business Administration (MBA) - OU BUSINESS SCHOOL, UK (2001-2004)
• Research student on museum education - LEICESTER UNIVERSITY, UK (1992-1993)
• Masters of Arts in Museum Studies (MA) - LONDON UNIVERSITY, UCL, UK (1991-1992)
• Bachelor of Education (B.Ed. Hons.) - LEICESTER UNIVERSITY, UK (1987-1991)

CURRENT BOARD & ADVISORY POSITIONS
• London Jewish Museum Trustee (2021 – present)
• Brunel Museum Advisory Panel Capital Project & Programmes Advisor (2020-present)
• The Gateway Academy Governor responsible for Professional Development, Equality Diversity & Inclusion, and Safeguarding (2016-present)
• Museums Association AMA scheme Mentor (2007-present)
• Orthodox Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom, London UK Sunday School Curriculum Leader and Teacher (2006-present)

LANGUAGES
• English & Greek (bilingual)
• French (basic)

Willing to travel: 1 miles

Experience:
WORK EXPERIENCE

V&A Museum of Childhood (www.vam.ac.uk) May 2019-July 2021 Director (Creativity & Skills)
Led the transformation of the V&A Museum of Childhood from a social history museum to a leading museum of design and creativity for the young. Led all aspects of the final year of opening, the rebranding of the Museum, the interim years learning strategy, the five-year business plan post-opening.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (www.kew) 2017-2019 Head of Visitor Programmes, Commercial Events and Exhibitions
Led the creative vision and delivery of public programmes that repositioned Kew as a centre of excellence on Plant Science and Horticulture. This included five family school holiday programmes of activities and events and three annual three-to six weeks long festivals for the day-visitors (e.g. Temperate House Festival; Orchids Festival).

Imperial War Museums (www.iwm.uk) 2010-2016 Head of National and International Learning and Engagement
Oversaw learning and engagement across the IWM branches. Responsible for around 50 staff and over 100 freelancers and volunteers and an annual budget of approx. £1.5 million. Steered and implemented change programme for the departments.

Tate Britain (www.tate.uk) 2008-2010 Head of Interpretation
In charge of ‘Visual Dialogues’, a national programme for young people and museums across the UK. Developed and oversaw the ways we engage visitors (interpretation strategy) across all Tate branches, and directed the development and the production of contextual materials - from text and new media to all in-gallery interactive spaces.

Natural History Museum (www.nhm.ac.uk) 2004-2008 Head of Gallery Learning (2008) / Audience Advocate (2004-2007):
Implemented and trained colleagues around ‘learning outcomes’ and led on evaluation and impact assessment, raising the profile of NHM’s work in audience and learning research internationally.

Greenhill International School, Athens, Greece 2000 - 2004
Primary school teacher for year five (2000-2002) and year four (2002-2004) – lessons taught in English.
Greek language teacher for years one and two.

CHRISTIE`S Hellas (www.christies ) 1999-2000 Director of Public Programmes:
Developed the curriculum and taught evening classes on engaging with the arts. Monitored the quality of teaching for all courses.

Hellenic Children’s Museum (www.hcm.gr) 1997-1999 Director of Exhibitions:
Oversaw, developed or delivered all exhibitions, displays and public programmes for children, educators and carers.
Lectured on the museum learning course for emerging professionals.

Science Museum (www.sciencemuseum.uk) 1992-1997
Deputy Education Manager (1997): Developed and delivered CPD for educators and museum professionals.
Team Leader (1995): Recruited, trained, managed and monitored 90 Explainers.
Education (1994 -2): Developed and delivered science learning programmes for schools and families