
Culture doesn't exist in a gallery alone. It happens in places, communities and experiences: and the interesting work is often where those things meet.
I'm interested in the moment when a project stops feeling like a development with some art in it - and starts feeling like somewhere.
Director of Arts & Culture, Red Sea GlobalCo-Founder, D+D

People see the finished artwork. They rarely see everything that had to happen to get it there.
Worked with luminaries such as Bjarke Ingels, Sumayya Vally, Dale Chihuly, Daniel Canogar and Wael Shawky.
Experience
2003 - Present- 2023 - Present
Director of Arts & Culture
Red Sea Global · RiyadhEstablished - and delivering - the strategic and operational framework for a cultural ecosystem integrating cultural heritage, institutions and collections, and public art in a $20B+portfolio of world-class tourism destinations.
- 2025 - Present
Co-Founder
D+D · RiyadhCo-founded a nomadic gallery promoting local and international artists to actively support the art movement at grassroots level, with a focus on female artists and building artist and collector communities.
- 2023
Senior Strategist
Barker Langham · LondonAppointed to shape the curatorial and implementation strategy for a public art program at a large scale urban development of national significance.
- 2022 - 2023
Associate Curator
Islamic Arts Biennale · JeddahResponsible for 27 original commissions for the inaugural edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale under the artistic direction of Sumayya Vally.
- 2020 - 2022
Director of Collections
Lymited · LondonLaunched and led the collections division of a limited edition digital trading platform.
- 2011 - 2020
Founder
Madder-Red Art Advisory · LondonFounded and led a curatorial and advisory agency.
- 2003 - 2010
Director, Middle East Department
Sotheby's Auction House · LondonPioneered Sotheby's Contemporary Middle Eastern Art auctions, establishing international recognition for these categories through scholarly expertise.
Education
- MA, History of Art and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh
Boards & Advisory
- Mimosa House, Trustee
- Commagene LAR, Advisor
- ILN Mentoring, Mentor
Languages
- English, Arabic