I have worked as an archaeologist in London since 1988, and as a site supervisor since 1993. Over the years, I have directed a wide range of projects, most notably at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, the National Portrait Gallery, the site of the first Temple Church in London, a Saxon shield burial at Covent Garden, finding extensive Roman painted wall plaster at Lime Street and evidence for the Great Fire of London at New Street Square.
Outside of London, my experience of waterfront excavations enabled me to lead the excavation trench which uncovered part of the Temple of Fortuna, dating to the 6th century BCE, in the Area Sacra di Sant’ Omobono in Rome. I also ran a training trench at the 2nd-century Sanctuary of Liber Pater at Apulum in Romania and, more recently, supervised the excavation of the foundation trenches required for the new viewing tower at Sutton Hoo.
For the last 20 years I have also worked as a Project Officer, managing larger complex projects on site in London (Crossrail, Blossom Street and Frederick’s Place). I also have extensive experience in public speaking. Since 2013, I have been on the London Archaeologist committee and co-ordinate the book prize every two years.
