My consultancy roles draw primarily on a 16-year involvement with The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, first as Deputy Chair (1996-2002) and then as Chief Executive (2002-2012). During my time as Chief Executive, the Orchestra undertook four international tours including, in 2010, a triumphant 11-concert tour of Europe (that produced standing ovations in Vienna’s fabled Musikverein and in Lucerne).

My involvement in Higher Education has also been extensive. I chaired the Creative and Performing Arts Panel of the Tertiary Education Commission’s PBRF exercise from its inception in 2003 until the 2012 round and I am the only New Zealander to have served as a panel member in the Higher Education Funding Council of England’s Research Assessment Exercise (2006-8). During my period as Professor of Music and Head of the Music School at Victoria University, the Music School gained an outstanding reputation for its prowess in musicology, composition and performance.

I am a Retired Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors (having formerly been a Chartered Member).

CURRENT GOVERNANCE/EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Director, Chor 2024 (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the New Zealand Choral Federation formed to deliver the World Choir Games in Auckland in 2024) 2021 –

Chair, Chamber Music New Zealand Foundation 2021 –

Chair, Lilburn Residence Trust. 2020-

Chair, Music Advisory Committee of The Lilburn Trust

Trustee, Kiwi Music Trust

Member of the Advisory Committee, Judith Clark Memorial Fund (held by the Nikau Foundation)

ROLES 2002-2014

Member of the International Artistic Committee for the World Symposium on Choral Music (to have been held in Auckland in 2020, but cancelled because of the Covid crisis). 2018-2020

Pro-Chancellor Victoria University of Wellington 2015 (Council Member, elected by the Court of Convocation, from 2013-2015.)

Chief Executive, Chamber Music New Zealand 2015-2019

Deputy Chair, Chamber Music New Zealand 2013-2014

Advisory Board of Victoria University Press | Rattle Records 2013-2015

Remarkables Park Ltd: Principal consultant, Performing Arts Programme. 2012-2013

Chair, Creative and Performing Arts Panel for the Tertiary Education Commission‘s Performance-Based Research Funding Exercise 2003-2012.

Member of Main Panel O [creative and performing arts] in the Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE) Research Assessment Exercise 2008 (2006-2008)

Assisting The Age of Discovery in advancing their position as leaders in historically-inspired performance in New Zealand 2012

Board member Health Sponsorship Council (until 30 June 2012, when HSC was absorbed into the new Health Promotion Authority.)

Orchestral development in Samoa (Government of Samoa; NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) 2012-

Chief Executive, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 2002-2011

Deputy Chair, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 1996-2002