Caroline began her career working for Haymarket Press as a junior journalist on several of their leisure magazines. When she found herself writing for a scooter and moped magazine, she felt encouraged to seek other outlets for her creativity and energy!
She soon discovered a love of film and theatre and left Haymarket Press to become Assistant Producer on a feature film “The Optimists of Nine Elms” starring Peter Sellers.
During the 1970s she moved into concert promotion working with International Entertainment, a leading entertainments company promoting major international artists such as Bing Crosby, Marlene Dietrich, Juliette Greco, Andy Williams and Neil Diamond.
In 1978, she created her own Personal Management company, Alma Management and took on the French composer and pianist, Jacques Loussier (of “Play Bach” fame) on a worldwide management contract which included advising, guiding and managing stage performances and record production over a period of ten years. Her company, Alma, promoted all his London concerts at venues such as The Royal Festival Hall and The Barbican.
In 1978 together with the late Robert Paterson she organised the first London exhibition of paintings by the late Madame Vera Stravinsky. The exhibition subsequently transferred to Paris. In both London and Paris, Caroline worked closely with television documentary producers to capture Vera Stravinsky’s memories of the Russian Revolution, her life in Paris, her association with the Ballet Russes and her marriage to Igor Stravinsky.
In the 1987 Caroline produced a one woman show of Vera Brittain’s acclaimed memoir “Testament of Youth” with the actress Rohan McCullough. After touring the show in a number of regional Arts Festivals, she took “Testament of Youth” to the Edinburgh Festival where she presented it on the Fringe. When Rohan McCullough received outstanding reviews and won the prestigious Scotsman Drama Award, Caroline transferred the show to The Fortune Theatre in London for a three week run.
Throughout her working life, Caroline has always made time for fund raising for a number of charities including The British Heart Foundation, the RNLI, The Red Cross and The Blue Cross. She has also become involved in fund raising events for some leading London schools, notably Sussex House and Eaton House.
From 1999 until 2006, Caroline worked in the book publishing business as a literary agent representing authors in the Self-Help and Popular Psychology categories. She has worked closely with HarperCollins, Random House and BBC Active. In the case of HarperCollins, she played a major role in the branding and marketing of a series of Popular Psychology books that resulted in a very successful eight year campaign.
Her experience as a mother has given her first hand understanding and knowledge of the need to discover the potential in each individual child. As a mother, she has also come to recognise that it is the method of learning that is the fundamental key to all learning and that learning skills will play a vital role in the future success of any child’s education.
In 2007, with her co-founders, Sir Brian and Lady Mary Tovey, Caroline formed The Learning Skills Foundation.