- 2007 – onwards: Studio at The Stour Valley Business Centre, Sudbury.
- 1996-2007: Studio at the South Suffolk Business Centre, Sudbury.
- 1992–1996: Based in London, mainly contract work, on site and consultancy.
- 1992- onwards: Freelance textile conservator and consultant.
- 1989-1992: Textile Conservator, Textile Conservation Studio, London.
- 1988 & 89: Consultant for the Regional Project for Cultural Heritage and Development UNDP/UNESCO, Lima Peru.
- 1987: Two-month internship, Textile Conservation Department of the Victoria & Albert Museum.
- 1984-1988: Assistant Textile Conservator, in the Levy Textile Workroom of the National Trust, High Wycombe.
- Internships in the Netherlands at: Stichting Antiek Textiel, Keizersgracht 1, Amsterdam; Museum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Centraal Laboratorium, Amsterdam; Historisch Museum, Rotterdam and the Menkemaborg, Groningen.
- 1980-1984: Opleiding Restauratoren (State School for Conservation), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 1999: Professional Accreditation with PACR ICON (formerly, UKIC).
- 2000 onwards: Assessor for the Accreditation Scheme within PACR ICON.
- Professional memberships: ICON, Institute of Conservation; International Council of Museums.