Our Team

Neil has worked in publishing for over twenty-five years, initially in Editorial for The Folio Society and then in Business Development for Third Millennium Publishing and Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers. After eight years producing books for museums, galleries and other heritage institutions in Europe, Asia and North America, in 2023 he realised a long-held ambition – to create a new publishing company devoted to the dissemination of the world’s cultures – and Kulturalis was born. Alongside managing the company, Neil is developing business in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Neil has a PhD in French and Latin literature. He is fluent in French and Spanish and has worked as a translator from these languages and from Latin, Italian and Romanian. He is currently studying Czech, Russian, Ukrainian and Uzbek.

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Jenny has worked in the art publishing sector for over thirty years, with experience in all aspects of publishing, including commissioning, sales, marketing and distribution. She was Managing Director at Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers for ten years, Sales Director at Philip Wilson Publishers, and has worked for Phaidon Press, Merrell Publishers and the British Library. Jenny excels in forming lasting and mutually beneficial business relationships with cultural institutions worldwide. Now based in the UK, she has lived in Australia and has a degree in French. Jenny is responsible for Kulturalis’s activities in the UK, Ireland, Portugal and Australasia.

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Sara is a Chartered Accountant based in London with a decade of experience in the art publishing sector. She brings a global perspective, having held financial roles that demanded extensive worldwide travel across a variety of industries including Media, IT, Management Consultancy and Financial Services.

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Tim brings to Kulturalis over thirty-five years of book publishing experience. He started as an estimator at William Collins in 1987 before becoming Senior Production Controller of their fiction and non-fiction lists. After working for three years at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Australia, Tim returned to London and spent seven years at Pavilion Books, rising to Production Director. At the beginning of 2004 Tim joined Scala as their Production Director before becoming Director of Production and Operations in 2012.

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Thom began working in arts publishing in 2017 as Sales and Marketing Manager for Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers. He commissioned new titles, managed marketing activities and worked closely with distribution partners to ensure maximum exposure in the trade for new titles. Thom has a huge breadth of experience across multiple different industries, including hospitality, finance, entertainment and programming. He brings enthusiasm and positivity to all his collaborations and is always looking to grow strong business relationships. For Kulturalis, Thom is developing activities in North and Western Europe, as well as the Far East, where he lived for two years.

Thom speaks English and Japanese, as well as some French, German, Swedish and Korean.

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Katerina studied History of Art and Media and Communication at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Working in art book publishing for the last twelve years, she has extensive experience in the field and a solid understanding of all stages of publishing production. During her career, she has worked for Arbor Vitae, K-A-V-K-A Art Books and Visual Culture, Kodl Gallery and Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers. As Business Development Executive and Project Manager for Kulturalis, she is responsible for projects in Central Europe and Italy.

Katerina is bilingual in Czech and English, speaks Slovak and some German, and is currently studying Italian.

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Matt has worked in layout and cover design for nearly twenty-five years, largely in the arts and heritage sector, with publishers including Lund Humphries, Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers, Unicorn and Head of Zeus, and clients ranging from the Royal Collection Trust and the Landmark Trust to UCLA and the National Museum of Oman. Matt started his professional career at design agency Pardoe Blacker, which became Third Millennium Publishing. In 2017 Matt established his own freelance business (mexington.co.uk). He now offers his services as Art Director to Kulturalis alongside his work with other clients.

Hal Robinson is an illustrated book publisher, digital entrepreneur and former cultural anthropologist. He is a business consultant with a special interest in human-centred AI and the role this can play in commercial ecosystems, particularly in connection with arts and culture. In publishing, he has worked as an author, editor, project manager, and illustrated book creator for international markets. He also ran an innovative software company specialising in content management for publishers.

He is currently writing about the differences between ‘human’ and ‘digital’ thinking in the dawning AI-age. Their divergence tends to increase cultural polarisation but his research suggests that creative synergies in commercial communities can reverse that trend.