Laura is an experienced, senior consultant and facilitator, based in Cardiff and working across the UK’s arts and culture sectors.
She has 25 years’ experience delivering a wide variety of projects at a national and strategic level. Laura’s role supports our consultancy services, as well as focusing on work with social purpose at its heart.
Laura's work for the last two decades has been rooted in Laura H Drane Associates Ltd, including with organisations like Creative Lives, Arts Council England, Manchester International Festival, National Skills Academy, plus many universities and local authorities. She has also been a Portfolio Manager for Arts Council of Wales, sitting as part of the management board.
Laura gained an MA(Hons) in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. In her spare time, she co-runs Cardiff's longest-running, open access book group, and enjoys doing cross stitch and jigsaws.
Areas of expertise
- Audience Development & Participation
- Creative Places
- Evaluation & Impact
- Senior and executive leadership
- Partnership building
- Stakeholder management
