Experience

Department for Business and Trade
• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Investment Project Manager

  • Sep 2023 - Present


EY

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager

  • Oct 2022 - Aug 2023

• Senior Consultant

  • Nov 2019 - Oct 2022

  Currently working part of the Consulting team at EY. Within Consulting, I am working in the Investment Services Team, which is an outsourced function of the Department for International Trade. I manage foreign direct investment into the UK coming from space, automotive, aerospace and defence companies. The projects I have managed have resulted in over £800 million invested in the UK and over 800 jobs created to date.



Department for International Trade (DIT)

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Secondment to the Office for Investment

  • May 2021 - Oct 2021

  Selected for a high-profile client secondment to the newly created British ‘Office for Investment’ Department. Successfully built a key strategic relationship for EY and managed a confidential cross-Whitehall £2billion inward investment project. Through the secondment experienced first-hand the evolution of DIT into an investment promotion agency focussed on high-value and redesigning its processes to do so, at a time of high political pressure for the UK trade agenda. Selected for a high-profile client secondment to the newly created British ‘Office for Investment’ Department. Successfully built a key strategic relationship for EY and managed a confidential cross-Whitehall £2billion inward investment project. Through the secondment experienced first-hand the evolution of DIT into an investment promotion agency focussed on high-value and redesigning its processes to do so, at a time of high political pressure for the UK trade agenda.



Hill+Knowlton Strategies

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Energy, Industries and Internationals JAE

  • Aug 2016 - Sep 2017

  Project management of the Baker Hughes, a GE company team, responsible for all regular reporting, assisting with content development, media and event coordination. Management of the activities of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas, a cross-party group of British lawmakers which debates the merits of shale. Day-to-day researcher on both public affairs and public relations accounts for several leading energy and industrial firms including… Show more Project management of the Baker Hughes, a GE company team, responsible for all regular reporting, assisting with content development, media and event coordination. Management of the activities of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas, a cross-party group of British lawmakers which debates the merits of shale. Day-to-day researcher on both public affairs and public relations accounts for several leading energy and industrial firms including Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil, DONG Energy, Hitachi, DNV GL, ICMM - International Council on Mining and Metals and Shell.

• Energy, Industries and Internationals Intern

  • Apr 2016 - Aug 2016



Monitor Deloitte (ex Monitor Group)

• Strategy Consulting Intern

  • Nov 2015 - Feb 2016

  International mobile app benchmarking on a project for the Dubai Prime Minister's office Customer journey mapping for a Bank of Beirut project. Healthcare and Transport & Infrastructure proposal assistance. Organisation of an internal tax strategy workshop using Choice Cascade. International mobile app benchmarking on a project for the Dubai Prime Minister's office Customer journey mapping for a Bank of Beirut project. Healthcare and Transport & Infrastructure proposal assistance. Organisation of an internal tax strategy workshop using Choice Cascade.



The Hoffman Agency

• United States
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Relations Intern

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2013

  Assisted on multiple accounts including: The Inaugural World Engineers Summit 2013, OANDA, Red Hat SG and Twitter. Co-wrote a white paper on TechCrunch and obtained national and international media mentions. Media monitoring, structuring press releases, research, presentation development, pitching ideas, writing blogs. Assisted on multiple accounts including: The Inaugural World Engineers Summit 2013, OANDA, Red Hat SG and Twitter. Co-wrote a white paper on TechCrunch and obtained national and international media mentions. Media monitoring, structuring press releases, research, presentation development, pitching ideas, writing blogs.