Max Beer – Snr Consultant

Max graduated in Business Studies, trained in circus skills & performing arts at Bristol’s Fool Time, and consolidated his skills in arts and business with a PgDip with distinction in Arts Management. He moved to Northern Ireland in 1997 to coordinate an EU Peace funded project for Strabane Lifford Development Commission.

Joining Derry’s Playhouse in 2000, Max raised some £15m for capital redevelopment, core, and programming costs. He became Interim CEO in 2018, working with the Board to repair the organisation’s financial and operational resilience. He joined Belfast’s contemporary opera production company Dumbworld in 2021 and is a Senior Consultant for The Arts Fundraisers.