ABOUT

Lilian Simonsson is an organisational consultant and creative producer specialising in founder and leadership transition and complex project development. A former founding director of Enthum Foundation, a pioneering UK charity supporting displaced young people, she works with purpose‑driven organisations navigating growth, restructuring, endings and renewal.

An inspired and strategic partnership builder, she brings an extensive cross-sector network spanning cultural, statutory, community, faith, political, therapeutic, environmental, hospitality, funding and creative fields.

Her latest project, The Dialogue Room, connects people across divides around some of the big conversations of our time including systemic constellation work.

Alongside her consultancy practice, she is an exhibiting visual artist and filmmaker, having directed and co-produced more than 40 short and feature films for clients including the BBC, Tate Channel, Chiltern Firehouse and charity partners.

HOW I Work

Our world is changing rapidly. Yet many of the ways we lead, organise and make decisions are inherited from a different time. They can overlook the forces that profoundly shape organisational life: history and memory, power and belonging, relationships with the wider collective and the invisible dynamics between people.

I support values-led organisations through periods of transition, restructuring, growth, crisis, cultural change and renewal.

My approach is systemic, strategic, creative, solution-focused and deeply human. I look beyond the presenting problem to understand what is actually happening — where power sits, what has become stuck, what is not being said, what is being carried from the past, and what is trying to emerge.

What has the organisation outgrown?
What needs to be released, protected or reimagined?
What can enable safe transitions during times of uncertainty?

I help leaders see more clearly, ask better questions, make difficult decisions and turn insight into impactful action — without losing sight of the people, operations and mission at the heart of the work.

My background in filmmaking and creative production brings another dimension: deep listening, pattern recognition, narrative and visual thinking, bridging ambiguity, including unheard voices in the conversation and bringing people together around a shared vision and turning it into reality. I understand the power of story — how the stories we inherit shape how we see ourselves, our organisations and what we believe is possible.

I don't offer generic solutions. I work with the unique realities of each system, while responding strategically to what comes next.

My mission is to support leaders, organisations and their stakeholders to navigate uncertainty and complexity with clarity and integrity, creating the conditions for a flourishing future.

SERVICES

Please get in touch to discuss a bespoke consultancy package tailored to your organisation, leadership or project.

Leadership & Organisational Development

• Founder, CEO and senior leadership team support in the third sector

• Leadership transition, succession and change management

• Organisational mission, values and ethos definition

• Systemic organisational mapping, development and restructuring

• Culture change

• Governance, compliance and Trustee/Advisory Board development

• Policy, process and organisational frameworks

• Organisational learning, evaluation and impact

Relevant experience: Co-founder and Director of a UK-registered charity, grown from start-up to approaching £1m annual turnover (2017-2024)

Operations & Partnerships

• Strategic operational planning

• Complex service and delivery models

• Stakeholder and partnership relations

• Inclusive community programmes

• Sustainable policies, process and systems

• Safeguarding, risk and compliance

• Cross-sector collaborations

Particular expertise: Third sector organisations, children’s social care, therapeutic supported accommodations, trauma-informed and cross-sector integration programmes supporting displaced people seeking asylum in the UK.
Designated Safeguarding Lead (Level 4).

People, Teams & Culture

• Recruitment, team development and organisational restructuring

• Inclusive leadership and team culture

• Leading resilient, diverse and multi-disciplinary teams through organisational change

• Staff supervision, mentoring and reflective practice

• Volunteer programme development and management

• Training and workshop facilitation, including Systemic Constellations

• Group Dialogue facilitation and conflict mediation

Particular expertise: Built and lead an organisation and stakeholder community spanning more than 20 different nationalities. Accredited Systemic Family Constellation facilitator (CSC, London)

Fundraising

• Fundraising strategy and income generation

• Grants, trusts, foundations, philanthropy and community crowdfunding

• Funding applications and case-for-support

• Fundraising campaigns and event production

• Strategic partnerships and cross-sector collaborations
  

Creative Production & Event Management

• Creative concept development and production

• Cultural, community and fundraising events

• Inclusive and educational programme curation and facilitation

• Artist, stakeholder and partnership coordination

• Exhibitions, publications and regional art fairs

• Cross-cultural projects and community engagement
  
  Recent: Operations & Partnerships, ROSA Botanical Art Fair, West Dean College, UK (2026)
  

Communications & Storytelling

• Communications and brand strategy

• Organisational storytelling, mission statements and manifestos

• Speech writing and public speaking (including TEDx)

• Public speaking coaching

• Filmmaking and photography

• Books, film and art projects amplifying marginalised, underrepresented voices

Additional: Exhibiting visual artist, TEDx Dalt Vila Speaker (2023)

Languages: English | German (native) | Conversational French and Spanish