BALTIC
TRIANGLE
CIC
As an organisation, the ‘Area CIC’ is a group of volunteers, drawn from businesses and residents in the area, who’re passionate about the Triangle. Our founding aim is to promote the development of the Baltic Triangle as a creative, industrious and pioneering district. We’re a voice for the area within the city, promoting a strong clear vision for the area to local, national and international audiences.
Our vision for the Baltic Triangle is of a vibrant culture-led neighbourhood, with an infrastructure to support its growing residential community, enabling its businesses to thrive. It’s of an active, buzzing neighbourhood which is safe, bright and sustainable; its unique flavour making it a good place to live, work and play.
Fiona Shaw
Fiona runs publishing and communications agency Wordscape, which publishes good business magazine Ethos. She has more than 25 years’ experience working with businesses to tell their stories, articulate their purpose, increase their impact and enhance their commercial clout – through books, magazines, campaigns and strategy.
Fiona holds an MA in responsible business management from Berlin’s Steinbeis University and sits on the board of Kitty’s Laundrette and Blackburne House Group, alongside the Baltic Triangle Area CIC; she also co-hosts the sustainability meet up People, Planet, Pint.
Bec Waterfield
Bec is MD of Ember Cowork and Ops Director at Blaze Media, both located on Stanhope Street.
With over a decade of experience in event management, working with the likes of the NHS and Sennehiser, she looks after a wide and varied programme of events across the Baltic Triangle.
Holly Carter
Holly is a freelance graphic designer and visiting lecturer, specialising in print, branding and identity and social and digital marketing. She works with a number of charities and independent businesses, and is part of the Wordscape and Ethos magazine teams in the Baltic Triangle.
She works across Liverpool City Region and globally, translating positive, impactful narratives into compelling visual statements.
Darren Muir
As the Planning and Transport Director for the CIC, Darren’s role involves helping to shape the area’s future by fostering engagement in the planning process from businesses and community members. This could be via city council consultations on planning strategies, responding to planning applications, such as the new Liverpool Baltic Merseyrail station, or helping members of our community navigate the planning process. In his day job, Darren is a Director at Pegasus Group, a development consultancy, where I lead the town planning team.
He is dedicated to creating a balanced and inclusive environment that benefits both residents and businesses. Darren’s goal is to ensure that the Baltic Triangle remains a thriving hub for creativity, culture, and economic growth, while preserving its unique character and heritage.
Mia Stoces-Brown
Mia is Asset Manager of Elevator Studios, a creative hub in the heart of the Baltic Triangle and a board member of Baltic Triangle Area CIC as Secretary.
Completing an MA in Sustainable Heritage Management, she has an interest in intangible heritage and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings. And as a sound artist she’s at home in the experimental music scene in Liverpool, passionate about creative communities documenting their intangible heritage and the built environment that facilitates it.
Pedro Hunter
Peter Hunter is a Liverpool hospitality professional with 25 years' experience, working everywhere from Mathew Street to Disney. He has a long-standing interest in events, pop-ups and creative venue spaces, and enjoys finding simple, practical ways to bring people together through well-run places and thoughtful design.
Please note in the spring summer season a lot of my working days are shifts on the bar when the venue is open so Thursday to Sunday - I aim to clear all my emails every Sunday for a clear start to week ahead - if its a emergency drop me a text to 07354 251162
Simon Rhodes
Simon is MD of Smiling Wolf, the brand and digital agency he co-founded in 2000. For over two decades he’s helped organisations, from ambitious start-ups to established scale-ups, define strategy, craft distinctive identities and build brands that stick.
Alongside leading Smiling Wolf, Simon co-founded Liverpool Baltic Triangle venues Camp and Furnace, Black Lodge brewery and Oktopus restaurant. This hands-on experience of building businesses from scratch gives him a rare perspective on customer experience and emerging cultural trends.
Tristan Brady-Jacobs
Tristan Brady-Jacobs is a Liverpool-based community artist, activist and creative producer. He runs WARPliverpool, a charity that uses ‘meanwhile’ spaces in the Baltic Triangle area and the Baltic Triangle’s bohemian pub HOBO Kiosk with his partner Delia. He is a custodian of bohemian culture in Liverpool, helping preserve creative spaces as the city develops.
Carl Brown
Carl Brown is the owner of Carl Brown Hair and It’s the Hair Studio in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. With over ten years in the hair industry, he specialises in wig styling, vintage and bridal hair, and education. His work has gained global recognition, collaborating with brands such as L’Oréal and Revlon, teaching internationally, and exporting worldwide. Carl also has a significant digital presence, reaching over a quarter of a million followers, and has spent much of his career developing social media audiences and producing engaging, educational content for the hair community.