Before walking with Amal, Sarah Loader was a General Manager and Theatre Producer for many West End and touring theatre productions. She was the General Manager for the Young Vic, General Manager for Mark Rubinstein (MRL), Associate Producer for ATG Productions and a Production Assistant for Bill Kenwright. She was also for many years a freelance independent producer specialising in new plays and musicals. Between 2009 and 2016, she was creative associate to Simon McBurney.