Beatrice Goddard has an undergraduate degree in History of Art from the University of East Anglia, MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art and Diploma in Arts Management from Digby Stuart College, Roehampton. After working for Bonhams Auctioneers she was Exhibitions Manager at both the Crafts Council and the National Portrait Gallery then latterly a Curatorial Assistant at the American Museum in Bath and freelance exhibition organiser. Since 2018 she has been Events Secretary for the Furniture History Society.