Fascinated by British archaeology from very young age as parents visited historic sites on holiday. Worked on local archaeological sites during 1980s and early 90s in Coventry such as Charterhouse, Manor House Drive, Bayley Lane and The Lunt Roman Fort, followed by a HND at Bournemouth University and Degree at Southampton. Worked then for Northamptonshire Archaeology for several years, returning to work at The Herbert, Coventry’s museum as their Archaeology Officer for over 20 years, including managing The Lunt. Worked for MOLA for the past six years as Project Manager working on sites from Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Buckinghamshire, West Midlands and Warwickshire.