Born 16th July 1962 in Derby (UK), I am a chubby, ginger haired woman with a partner called Martin, an untidy house in Twickenham in south west London and five cats.

Some people did not find this description sufficient so I finally bowed to demand to supply a picture of myself. This is a black and white photo of me aged five - click on it to see what forty-ish years have done.

I studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Bath but I've never actually worked as an engineer. On graduation I joined the Science Museum in London where I had a wonderful time doing a wide range of jobs in the twenty years I worked there. Starting as a Trainee Library Assistant, I progressed through Assistant Curator (on the Computer Collection), Assistant Stores Manager, Project Coordinator (which included craning aircraft in and out of a third floor window), Head of Collections Storage and Access (managing storage and transport of exhibits), Project Developer and Executive Assistant to the Head of Museum.

I never expected to leave, but a terrific job was advertised at the Victoria and Albert Museum just across the road, where I am now Head of Technical Services, managing the teams who move, install, pack, transport, store, clean and make mounts for the exhibits.

During the few odd hours when I'm not at work, collecting architectural construction sets or sleeping, I like to visit art galleries and other museums, watch films, flirt, potter around the house doing very little of importance, eat wonderful cheese (purchased from this shop), shout encouragement to the plants in my garden and cackle embarassingly.

Since 2001 I have also been going to Burning Man every summer, which is an event impossible to describe but an experience I would recommend to almost anyone.

If you want to know even more about me, here is a carefully crafted list of some favourite links designed to highlight my taste and wit, or something.