Magnus specializes in strategic, business and financial planning, with a special emphasis on museums and the visual arts. His clients have included the Courtauld Institute, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Milwaukee Art Museum, The National Gallery (London), the National Museum Directors’ Conference, the National Trust, and the Royal Albert Hall.

Prior to joining AEA in 1997, Magnus worked in investment banking for five years with S.G. Warburg as an international economist and in corporate finance. He holds a masters degree in economics from Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitat in Munich. Magnus was a board member of EU-Consult, the European Association of Consultants to the Not-for-Profit Sector, from 2000 until 2006. He is a Trustee of Yorkshire Sculpture Park and currently serves as the Vice Principal at City & Guilds of London Art School.