Simon Evans

Simon Evans is an entrepreneur, consultant and advocate for creative business. His career includes events production, performance, venue development, cultural tourism and business mentoring. Simon's expertise is initiating, guiding and delivering projects that seek commercial, cultural and political outcomes. He has been a lead player in developing the Cultural Industries Quarter in Sheffield, UK, since its inception in the mid-80s. After twenty years producing arts and entertainment events, Simon works all over the world as a policy consultant and public speaker. He is currently Director of Creative Clusters, the international conference and network on creative industry development and regeneration.