Chief Executive since 2005, Dawn was formerly Deputy Director of the British Museum and Project Director of Tate Modern from 1995 to 2000.

Before that, Dawn was a Principal Consultant at KPMG, Theatre Manager of the Half Moon Theatre, London, and Projects Co-ordinator at Arts & Business.

She has an MBA from the London Business School and an honorary doctorate from London Metropolitan University. Dawn is also a Trustee at the Historic Royal Palaces, chairs the Foundations Forum, is a Director of Big Society Capital and sits on the Public Interest General Council at the Office for Public Management. Dawn is a companion of the Chartered Institute of Management.