She leads and contributes to a range of BOP projects, including, most recently, Youth Music Initiative Evaluation for Creative Scotland; as well as, for the BFI, a multi year review of BFI’s Film Academy  and recently BFI's NETWORK; a review of cultural cinema provision in Northern Ireland and business planning for a new Cultural Hub in Belfast, and reviews of the film sectors in both Scotland and Greater Birmingham. Further recent clients include Screen Scotland, NI Screen, Tyneside Cinema and Glasgow University.

Following early work in training and festival management, Barbara became an independent film producer before being appointed BBC Head of Drama in Scotland, running a multi-million slate of network programming.

Alongside her work for BOP, she lectures and devises the television strand of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production degree. Barbara is a member of the Stirling University Court and chairs their Student Union Trustee Board. She is based in Edinburgh.