Directed, with boards, public institutions of up to two hundred employees; consulted internationally and taught on the university level.

Selected Museum Related Work


Director and CEO, 2019—2021
Canadian Museum Association, Ottawa, Canada


Director and CEO, 2007—2010
Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand


Vice President, Public Programs and Director, Content Development, 2002—2007
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA


Museology advisor to the President and CEO, 1999—2002
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada


Policy advisor to the President on heritage preservation and presentation, 1994—1997
Institute of the Arab World, Paris, France

Selected Consultancy
Senior Advisor on Innovation – Center of Innovation and Transfer of Technology, Jiaxing, People’s Republic of China. 2016 – 2019
Senior Consultant, Dornsife International Museum Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2011 — 2019
Senior Advisor, IPT Inc. Los Angeles, California, USA. 2010 – present
Founding Director and Project Leader, Culture and Development/International Initiatives, Toronto, Canada, and Paris, France, 1996—present

Selected Teaching
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2003–2005
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France 1997–1998
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1983–1992