Thea joined Flint with an international background in the arts and communications. In London she worked as a key member of the Asia House cultural team, mounting exhibitions and promoting arts, culture and performers from all over Asia. She has worked with partners including the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Festival Hall, the British Library and the Wellcome Collection amongst others. She also worked for Dreamworks films on international marketing, as well as the pioneering Bridges Community Ventures on their communications strategies.

Thea has lived in Delhi since 2007, with a three year posting in Beijing where she worked as a freelance arts consultant promoting incoming arts projects including the remarkable John Thomson exhibition from the Wellcome Collection.  She is a graduate of Edinburgh University.