Shaun Romain Cultural Business Developer

Shaun is an expert in assessing the cultural marketplace. For the first half of his career he worked as a curator, festival director, and exhibition designer.

He has spent the last ten years as a consultant concentrating on measuring and understanding how culture is consumed.

He analyses the appeal of particular online and offline products and the effectiveness of different routes to market.

Much of his recent focus has been upon cultural and creative business growth and sustainability.

Over recent years Shaun has worked with some of the UK's most important cultural organisations and forward thinking Local Authorities including:

Arts Council England - Bluecoat - Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival - British Science Association - Brunel University - Cornerhouse - Department for Culture, Media and Sport - English Heritage - FACT- Grizedale Forest - Jerwood Foundation - Liverpool Biennial - Lowry Centre - Manchester Art Gallery - Manchester Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) - Mary Rose Museum - National Trust - Norwich Writers Centre - Oxford University Museums - Royal Pavilion and Museums (Brighton) - Science Museum (London) - Tate - Turner Contemporary - University of Brighton - University of London - Whitworth Art Gallery