Experience

Thought Machine

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Legal Counsel / Head of Legal Design

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Thought Machine is a fast growth fintech with international reach that builds cloud native technology to revolutionise core banking. Thought Machine is a fast growth fintech with international reach that builds cloud native technology to revolutionise core banking.



Taylor Wessing

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Associate - New Zealand Qualified (Commercial Technology and Data)

  • May 2021 - Sep 2022

• Associate - New Zealand Qualified (Commercial Technology and Data)

  • Sep 2018 - May 2021



Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal secondee (part time)

  • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021



FreeWheel

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal secondee

  • Oct 2020 - Feb 2021



Thought Machine

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Legal secondee

  • Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

  Established in 2014 in the UK, Thought Machine is a growth stage technology company that builds cloud-native technology for banks and aims to enable banks to deploy modern systems and move away from the legacy platforms that plague the banking industry Established in 2014 in the UK, Thought Machine is a growth stage technology company that builds cloud-native technology for banks and aims to enable banks to deploy modern systems and move away from the legacy platforms that plague the banking industry



Bell Gully

• New Zealand
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Solicitor

  • Feb 2015 - May 2018

  New Zealand's leading full service firm with a wide range of clients that delivers legal services through corporate and commercial, banking and finance, litigation, property and tax departments. Experience: advising both public and private sector clients on primarily technology and public law matters with a focus on commercial contracting. Law clerk until August 2015. Admitted as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand (August 2015). New Zealand's leading full service firm with a wide range of clients that delivers legal services through corporate and commercial, banking and finance, litigation, property and tax departments. Experience: advising both public and private sector clients on primarily technology and public law matters with a focus on commercial contracting. Law clerk until August 2015. Admitted as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand (August 2015).



Bell Gully

• New Zealand
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Summer Clerk

  • Nov 2013 - Feb 2014

  New Zealand's leading full service firm with a wide range of clients that delivers legal services through corporate and commercial, banking and finance, litigation, property and tax departments. Work Experience: intern work for two corporate / commercial teams at Bell Gully and the resource management team, assisting in various roles in the firm. New Zealand's leading full service firm with a wide range of clients that delivers legal services through corporate and commercial, banking and finance, litigation, property and tax departments. Work Experience: intern work for two corporate / commercial teams at Bell Gully and the resource management team, assisting in various roles in the firm.



University of Otago

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Academic Tutor, Public Law

  • Feb 2013 - Nov 2013

  Public law at the University of Otago is a 200 level paper that teaches students about the constitution, the institutions of government, the exercise of public power, relations between persons and the state, controls on the exercise of public power, and an introduction to judicial review. This appointment was through the University's Maori Centre. Public law at the University of Otago is a 200 level paper that teaches students about the constitution, the institutions of government, the exercise of public power, relations between persons and the state, controls on the exercise of public power, and an introduction to judicial review. This appointment was through the University's Maori Centre.



Contact Energy Ltd

• New Zealand
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Analyst

  • Nov 2011 - Feb 2012

  Assisted with implementing and populating a contract management system, hiring an additional project analyst and organised trainings in relation to this software. Assisted with implementing and populating a contract management system, hiring an additional project analyst and organised trainings in relation to this software.