After graduating from Cambridge University, Phyllida worked as an actress and singer for 12 years in theatre and on television, including two years with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Since 1998 Phyllida has been designing and delivering workshops on leadership, innovation and creativity, scenario planning and change management to clients including Oxford Said Business School, London Business School, the King’s Fund and individual HEIs, including the Universities of Brighton, Aberdeen, Glasgow Caledonian, Teesside, Essex, Middlesex, York and Greenwich. She is one of the facilitators on the Aurora programme run by Advance HE for women working in Higher Education.