Speakers

Gary is Director of Skills and Training at Factory International with responsibility for leading the development of The Factory Academy.

Gary joined the organisation 2020 to lead the realisation of Factory Academy’s ambition of becoming an independent training provider, overseeing the development of a series of award-winning programmes with the common aim of making creative careers accessible.

Through his work, he has always aimed to champion those who, for whatever reason, didn’t get the recognised qualifications that employers have traditionally looked for, who don’t know what they want to do yet, or who don’t realise how brilliant they are

Gary began his career as a working musician signing a major recording and publishing deal in 2002 with Virgin and Universal respectively and has performed and recorded with artists such as Johnny Marr, Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield and Peter Hook.