A graduate of the University of the Arts London (2004), Anette brings over two decades of senior production and technical leadership experience across opera, drama, ballet, contemporary dance, and musical theatre, delivering work for many of the world’s most celebrated creative practitioners. She has led technical departments and supervised productions in collaboration with directors including Robert Wilson, Trevor Nunn, David McVicar, Deborah Warner, Jamie Hewlett, Karin Henkel, Pierre Audi, Jonathan Miller, Katie Mitchell, Simon McBurney, Terry Gilliam, and Iqbal Khan.
Alongside her production career, Anette has held senior leadership roles in Higher Education, managing technical teaching and learning teams supporting design, fine art, and performance curricula. In these roles she has overseen specialist facilities and workshop provisions spanning wood, metal, printmaking, etching, letterpress, ceramics, digital, AV, photography, costume, broadcasting, animation, conservation, sound, and theatre.
Driven by a career-long focus on enabling artistic excellence and a strength for leading collaboratively at scale, Anette progressed strategically into operations and estates management, building an executive track record across the cultural and education sectors.
She currently holds the position of Head of Operations (Estates) at the Royal Academy of Music, where she leads Security, Health & Safety, Projects, Facilities & Maintenance, and Events Technology functions across a complex, multi-site estate supporting world-class conservatoire education.
Since 2021, Anette has also served on the Board of Trustees of Theatre Deli, a charity dedicated to providing affordable spaces for emerging artists and communities. She holds the position of Deputy Chair and sits on both the Properties and Governance Committees.