Meet the team

We were a small and dynamic team who (still) love arts and culture

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Jane Finnis, CEO. Jane is an entrepreneurial, collaborative leader who works regularly with a broad range of government, public sector, commercial, educational, charitable and voluntary organisations across the UK and internationally.


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Anra Kennedy, Content & Partnerships Director. Anra works nationally and internationally to help museums and galleries connect with audiences online, leading and advising upon a wide range of publishing, audience engagement, education and research initiatives.


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Alec Ward, Digital Skills Manager. Alec’s career has focused on building capacity and confidence for smaller cultural organisations by providing digital skills and literacy support. He has extensive experience of developing training around practical digital skills development, from video editing to creating 3D digital models, and focuses that training through a wider organisational strategic context.

Judith Burns, Office & Finance Administrator. Judith provides Culture24 with a range of financial, project and event planning support. She is an experienced bookkeeper and project manager with a background in the music industry.


Dr Sophie Frost, Associate. Sophie is a Research Fellow in the School of Museum Studies at University of Leicester and a Culture24 Associate. She has presented podcasts exploring the role of technology on cultural work, and written on digital courage, emotional labour, and creative agency in the use of technology in cultural organisations. She has also lectured on arts management, creative and media industries, digital culture and arts education for several leading UK universities.

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