Formerly Curator of Chinese Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Luisa is currently on a three year secondment in Shenzhen as Head of the V&A Gallery at Shekou, where she supervises the V&A’s collaboration with China Merchants Group (CMG) for the establishment of the Shekou Design Museum. Back in London she contributed to major V&A gallery projects and in 2012 co‐curated an exhibition on ceramics at the National Museum of China. Holding a PhD in Chinese archaeology (UCL) she undertook extensive archaeological fieldwork in Sichuan and Yunnan and worked in Guizhou and Chongqing as a cultural heritage consultant for the World Bank. She taught Chinese art and archaeology at post-graduate level and supervised students at UCL and SOAS. She is currently interested in the new developments of Chinese design and crafts, from education to design practices and innovative solutions, and in the emergence of new museum models - private and public ‐ in China.