Tabi is proud to be the Creative Director of DG Unlimited. She started working with the Board and team in 2018 as the charity’s Creative Producer and was appointed by the Board as Creative Director in 2023. Tabi’s focus is on developing, supporting and showcasing the creative sector in this region. Dumfries and Galloway has been her home for over forty years and she has worked in and served the third and public sectors for thirty-five years beginning in the D&G Council Museums and Libraries service. Her impressive career to date includes senior executive and leadership roles in Community and Economic Development for Dumfries and Galloway Council, Campaign, Brand and Marketing for VisitScotland across the south of Scotland, and Tourism and Economic Development leading a cross-border strategic partnership with The Southern Upland Partnership and Scottish Borders Council on behalf of Dumfries and Galloway Council. She has also led for various third and private sector organisations in the UK, Australia, and Europe. Tabi is an engaging and popular radio broadcast journalist and public speaker, often asked to host cultural events and interview authors and special guests. She has broadcast for BBC Scotland and BBC Radio Scotland, South of Scotland and her weekly show, TotallyTabi on Alive 107.3 fm in Dumfries is popular around town and beyond! Tabi is a published Writer and a credited Producer of art, feature and documentary film. She is proud to be a Trustee and Secretary for Alchemy Film & Arts in Hawick in the Scottish Borders, and is an active participant in the creative cultural community right across the South of Scotland, and in Scotland. Tabi has an extensive network of contacts and colleagues in culture, literature, film, and media. She is passionate about widening access to the arts for all, especially for underrepresented people, not only members of ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities, but those who are economically, geographically, and socially excluded. In everything she does, Tabi demonstrates how important it is that her work, and the work of DG Unlimited, actively leads and helps break down the barriers preventing people from experiencing and participating in arts and culture in our region and in Scotland. Tabi is a warm, approachable and dynamic leader who is leading DG Unlimited in a vibrant, exciting, innovative and positive direction and into the next phase of its work strategically supporting and advocating for the creative sector in our region, in Scotland and beyond.
Contact Tabi – comms.dgu@gmail.com