Gary leads Placemaking London's internal business operations and also advises on external stakeholder engagement. 

Gary’s specialisms are in the arts, people management and business productivity. 

Gary has managed twelve of London’s largest historic theatres including the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Her Majesty’s Theatre and the Victoria Palace Theatre, managing teams of up to 75. A passionate fundraiser for arts projects, his professional fundraising work includes the Oxford Playhouse, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the rebuilding fund for the Manchester Royal Exchange. 

Brought in to address declining sales and customer connection at leading international design company Sanderson, Gary helped identify, create and implement initiatives to rebuild customer engagement. His work resulted in an independently-audited increase of 32% in sales. 

Gary is also a regularly-published writer whose work celebrates historic entertainment buildings and their architects. As well as an acclaimed wide-ranging theatre blog, unrestrictedtheatre.co.uk, he also writes regular Theatre Preview magazine features. 



Gary has spent over forty years advocating for the retention and creative reuse of historic cinemas and theatre buildings through his work with the Cinema Theatre Association, the UK’s leading authority on cinema buildings.