Liz set up EYSM in 1993 when working as Chief Executive for The British & International Federation of Festivals; a job she held for 22 years. Prior to that, she worked in education.
Liz has sat on trustee boards, strategic and working groups across the arts and in the hospice movement. In consultancy work, she has worked with over 500 organisations on risk and safeguarding.
Across the performing arts, she has organised and produced concerts, fundraisers and major celebrations with up to 4,000 performers including four Royal events. In theatre she has been Executive Director of both The Company Music Theatre and The National Youth Music Theatre.