Experience

Xperiome

• United Kingdom
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Executive Director

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  We have built an outstanding team at Xperiome to create a crowd-sourced, educational platform in rare disease, using machine learning, behavioral science and the contributions of thousands of people affected by rare, medical conditions. Our patient network is called Raremark.



Findacure: The Fundamental Diseases Partnership

• Trustee

  • Jun 2013 - May 2018

  I served as vice-chair on the board of the UK advocacy group Findacure, helping patient groups in rare disease build strong foundations.



Entrepreneurs' Organization

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• European board member

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  I helped to grow the European membership of the not-for-profit Entrepreneurs Organization, particularly in Russia, Turkey, Israel and Greece. I also served as President of the London chapter, helping entrepreneurs to learn and grow.



Tudor Reilly Health

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Oct 2007 - Jan 2015

  I founded Tudor Reilly Health to help communicate the benefits of science and new medicines. We helped people find out about clinical trials and new medicines in development.



Media Speak

• Founder

  • Mar 2000 - Sep 2007

  I co-founded Media Speak to help business leaders communicate complex subjects clearly and accurately. This was my first taste of running a business: a lot to learn!



GMTV

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Producer

  • Sep 1992 - Sep 1997

  I led the production team putting together the daily breakfast show for ITV. Long shifts through the night ended with three hours of live television from 6 to 9am: definitely a-sink-or-swim experience.



TV-am

• Television reporter and news editor

  • Jul 1990 - Sep 1992

  I worked as a reporter and producer at the UK breakfast television programme TV-am. During the 1991 Gulf War, I spent two months in Saudi Arabia covering the US & UK armed forces build up in Desert Storm and then into Kuwait for the first week of liberation from Iraq.



South London Press

• News reporter

  • Feb 1989 - Nov 1989

  A bit of a cultural change, having arrived in London from Australia. I quickly learned about the NHS and how to get across London on the tube. No car pool here.



The West Australian newspaper

• Reporter

  • Jan 1986 - May 1988

  I started as a cadet reporter at The West Australian, one of 20 trainees taken on that year. Some of us are still there!