Dan specialises in strategic, commercial and placemaking advice to destinations of all types and sizes, both domestically and overseas. His work helped to deliver successful places like Cardiff Bay and MediaCityUK, as well as major attractions like The O2 Arena, the National Football Centre at St George’s Park, and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

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An economist by background, Dan advises clients across a broad range of arts, cultural and leisure destinations, including the National Trust and English Heritage, as well as provides placemaking advice to private developers, such as U+I, Berkeley Homes, Argent and Delancey.

Jim has amassed a wealth of experience – spanning four decades – advising on a broad range of arts and cultural destination developments throughout the UK and across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He brings financial rigor to early-stage creative processes, ensuring development strategies are anchored in sound commercial principles.

In 2009 he authored the business case and design brief that unpinned the award-winning Giant’s Causeway visitor centre. He co-founded Fourth Street in 2012 and has since helped to unlock numerous culture-led regeneration projects including Farsons’ Old Brewhouse in Malta and Brighton’s iconic Madeira Terrace. He is currently leading the team tasked with delivering a £6.5m restoration of Swindon’s Victorian baths.

Chris has wide-ranging experience from over 15 years advising on strategies for culture, entertainment and tourism development across the UK, the Middle East and Asia. Chris works closely with clients from early concept development through to business planning and operations.

Prior to joining Fourth Street, Chris was based in Hong Kong as consulting director for a leading global property advisor. He has supported government, not-for-profits, developers and funders in more than 20 countries, and delivered a variety of projects including museums, heritage sites, sports stadiums, leisure attractions, resorts, and mixed-use destinations.

With a background in music but working across performing arts and the wider creative sector, Mary Helen has 20 years’ experience of building collaborative cultural projects in the UK, US and internationally. Her work with small- and mid-size destinations in the UK has helped align cultural projects to audience needs, balancing profit with social benefit and positioning culture at the heart of communities.

Mary Helen is an accomplished cultural strategist, having worked with LB Southwark, Slough Borough Council, the EU Culture Programme, and Ebbsfleet Garden City.

Tom has ten years of private, public, and third sector experience across regeneration, heritage, arts and culture, and tourism. A mathematics graduate from Bristol University, his approach balances analytical rigour and strategic clarity, helping clients solve their thorniest issues and develop engaging plans for the future.

His recent work has led to successful funding applications to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Welsh Government, and the Cultural Recovery Fund, including producing the Business Plan for the Newport Transporter Bridge project that was awarded £8.75m by NLHF, their third largest grant in Wales. He has also produced placemaking and commercial strategies underpinning successful planning applications for significant residential and commercial developments, such as at Quayside Quarter in Southall, London, that will create almost 2,000 new homes and 28,000 sqm of commercial floorspace.

Ruth has over five years’ consultancy experience in the property, heritage, tourism and fundraising sectors. At Fourth Street, Ruth has specialised in feasibility and options appraisals with clients including Wandsworth Borough Council and Sheffield City Council. She also has significant experience in major grant funding applications for a range of think tanks and charities both nationally and internationally.

Most recently, she helped lead a submission to the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund for a £20m grant. Ruth is a graduate of University College London (UCL), where she obtained a BA (Hons) in Modern Languages (French and Russian).

Serena has over five years’ experience in Strategy Consulting, advising clients across the public and private sectors, with a focus on real estate. Her robust problem solving and analytical rigour enable her to provide valuable data driven insights and strategies. Her presentation of tangible recommendations has resulted in sustainable business models, new commercial opportunities and enhanced engagement.

She is especially interested in impactful regeneration, and has been involved in developing compelling visions and placemaking strategies to help create vibrant schemes for mixed use property developments for The Crown Estate, Galliard and Sheffield City Council. Serena is also Fourth Street’s in-house Levelling Up Fund expert and helped to secure £57 million for pivotal regeneration projects for local authorities in Round 1 of the UK Government fund. Prior to joining Fourth Street, Serena held positions at Deloitte and Mitie - she also holds a Biochemistry degree from the University of Leeds.

Juliette has 2 years' experience in market research and consulting. Since joining Fourth Street recently, she has undertaken primary and secondary market research and data analysis in support of policy reviews and business planning. In her previous role in the water sector, she worked with clients ranging from private sector water companies, global think tanks, and funding bodies.

Juliette developed a keen interest in urban development and placemaking during her Geography degree at Oxford University, where she specialised in urban geography, and wrote a dissertation on park policy and governance in London.

Timothy Ambrose is an international expert in cultural heritage and the development and management of cultural destinations. For over 30 years, Tim has been advising public and private sector clients in the UK and overseas on policy and strategy development, concept development, governance and management structures, and operational systems. He has published and lectured widely on cultural heritage management.