Building the system the
industry has always needed.
Senior tour manager with 30 years on the road — from backline tech to arena and stadium scale. SIA-licensed Close Protection Officer. Architect of a bespoke ISO 9001 Quality Management System purpose-built for touring. Now consulting, building, and raising the standard.
I started touring when I left school at 17. Not long after, I was signed to a major label — which gave me a unique perspective on what artists actually need from the people around them on the road.
From backline tech to Performer Tour Manager of Dua Lipa's Radical Optimism World Tour, covering arenas and stadiums across 11 territories — the foundation has always been the same: calm under pressure, precise execution, and a genuine understanding of what makes a tour work.
Over the last several years I've taken everything that knowledge represents and built it into something transferable: a formal Quality Management System aligned to ISO 9001, backed by bespoke digital tools, and structured for delivery as accredited curriculum modules at colleges and universities.
The end game is raising the professional standard of the touring industry — working with management companies, educational institutions, and government bodies to establish frameworks that protect artists, crews, and productions.
From club shows to stadium tours across every major territory. Every scale, every genre, every challenge.
A certified QMS built specifically for touring — not adapted from another industry. Documented, repeatable, auditable.
Licensed CPO with deep experience moving high-profile artists and VIP talent in complex, high-stakes environments.
US O-2 visa holder. Managed global immigration workflows in-house for large-scale international touring operations.
Purpose-built tour management software integrating budgets, crew, invoicing, day sheets and QMS compliance.
QMS framework structured as accredited modules for music business and live events courses at FE and HE level.
Tour Manager for 14 dancers, 7 band members and full entourage across arenas and stadiums worldwide. Responsible for the daily movement, timing, and readiness of approximately 25 core personnel each day.
Managed all global visas and immigration entirely in-house for 150 touring personnel across 11 territories — producing a smooth, unified travel workflow while saving the production more than £500,000 in external agency fees.
Worked closely with visiting artists, VIP talent, managers and security teams — integrating them into the production with discretion and efficiency. Coordinated directly with CP teams, venue security and production to ensure safe, seamless movement from arrival to stage.
Each guest artist requires their own advance, technical rider, security coordination and VIP movement plan — integrated seamlessly into an already running stadium production.
Senior tour management for artists, managers and labels — from intimate club tours to arena and stadium scale worldwide. Every tour managed to a documented standard, with full financial control from budget to final accounting. On budget, on time, no surprises. SIA-licensed for high-profile artist movement.
Help your management company implement an ISO 9001-aligned Quality Management System for touring operations. Assessment, gap analysis, framework delivery and ongoing support — designed specifically for the live music industry.
Independent operational review of tour budgets, processes and structure. Identify where money is being lost, where risk is unmanaged, and where quality standards can be improved. Particularly useful for management companies scaling up.
Curriculum-ready modules for colleges and universities, built on a real-world ISO 9001 QMS framework. Designed for music business, live events and production courses — bringing genuine industry rigour into academic settings and government-backed skills programmes.
Most tour management runs on institutional knowledge — information that lives in people's heads, gets passed down informally, and walks out the door when they do. That's not a professional standard. It's a liability.
I've built a Quality Management System specifically for the live touring industry, structured around ISO 9001 — the international gold standard used by governments, manufacturers and professional service organisations worldwide.
It's not a template adapted from another sector. It's a living framework covering every phase of a tour — from the initial advance through to post-show settlement — with defined processes, measurable outcomes, and continuous improvement built in.
This system is ready for licensing to management companies, and structured for delivery as accredited curriculum modules at FE and HE institutions. I'm also open to conversations with government bodies interested in establishing quality standards for the live music sector.
Interested in licensing this system for your management company, or delivering it as an educational programme? Get in touch.
Whether you're a manager looking to bring real structure to your touring operation, an artist or label needing experienced senior tour management, or an institution interested in curriculum development — I'd like to hear from you.
I'm also open to conversations with government bodies and industry organisations interested in establishing quality and professional standards for the live music sector.