Moira is an experienced arts and charity administrator, whose professional and personal life has been guided by the belief that everyone has the right to access and participate in our rich cultural and natural life. Her current portfolio spans strategic consultancy, mentoring and coaching and non-executive roles, all with the intention of building organisational capacity and supporting leaders to achieve their full potential.

Moira is Chair of Clore Leadership and Chair of Factory International in Manchester. She is also a Chair of the Investment Committee for the Arts & Culture Impact Fund and a Visiting Leadership Fellow at Exeter University Centre for Leadership.

In 2025, she stepped down after 10 years as Chief Executive of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, one of the UK’s most influential grant makers. Before that she was at Arts Council England for nearly ten years, building partnerships between the cultural sector and wider communities, and was Director of Vital Arts, an arts and health charity. She has also worked in local government, and in theatre and production management.

In her spare time, she is often to be found walking in the Chilterns National Landscape, an area of the country she is lucky enough to call home.