ABOUT

Lilian Simonsson is a systemic consultant and creative producer. A former founding director of Enthum Foundation, a pioneering UK charity supporting displaced young people, she works with forward-thinking leaders and organisations navigating development, growth, restructuring, endings and renewal.

A passionate partnership builder, she brings an extensive international network spanning cultural, statutory, environmental, community, faith, political, therapeutic, luxury hospitality, philanthropic and creative sectors. Her strength lies in connecting diverse stakeholders and the creating the conditions for strategic and meaningful collaborations.

Her latest project, The Dialogue Room, brings people together across divides around some of the big conversations of our time, including through 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.

She also founded the bespoke boutique tea brand Arteasan, grows medicinal gardens and is devoted to lifelong learning about botanicals and the natural world.

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.

My approach is systemic, strategic, creative, solution-focused and deeply human. I look beyond the operational task lists and presenting issues to include what is also happening — where power sits, what has become stuck, what is not being said, what is being carried from the past, what needs to be protected, reimagined or is trying to emerge.

I help leaders see more clearly, ask better questions, sometimes make difficult decisions and turn insight into impactful action — without losing sight of the mission at the heart of the organisation during times of change.

My background in filmmaking and creative production adds another dimension to my work - narrative and visual thinking, and a capacity to bring people together around a shared vision and turn it into reality. I understand the power of story - and how the stories we inherit shape how we see ourselves, our organisations and what we believe is possible.

I don't offer generic solutions or approaches. I work with the unique realities of each organisational system and its wider field, while providing practical, strategic support.

My mission is to help 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

• Senior leadership team support and mentoring

• Founding director/leadership transition, succession and change management

• Organisational mission, values and ethos definition

• Systemic organisational mapping, development and restructuring

• Trustee and Advisory Board development

• Culture change

• Governance and compliance

• Policy, process and organisational frameworks

• Organisational learning, evaluation and impact

Relevant experience: Co-founder and Director of UK-registered charity Enthum Foundation, grown from start-up to approaching £1m annual turnover (2017-2024).
Long-term consultant for Forests Without Frontiers (CIC).

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 in environmental, cultural and 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 in the not-for-profit sector

• Grants, trusts, foundations, philanthropy and community crowdfunding

• Funding applications and case-for-support

• Fundraising campaigns and event production

• Strategic partnerships and cross-sector collaborations

  
  Relevant experience: Co-founded Enthum Foundation from its initial vision and seed funding, growing it towards approaching £1m in annual turnover.

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

• Filmmaking (short format to feature documentary production)

• Photography (editorial, fine art and branding)

• Communication strategies

• Organisational storytelling, mission statements and manifestos

• Speech writing and public speaking (including TEDx)

• Public speaking coaching

• 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