Experience

UK Home Office
• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Head of European Engagement

  • Mar 2020 - Present


Department for Exiting the European Union

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Parliamentary Team

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2020

  Led the DExEU team handling all Parliamentary Business, including Select Committee appearances. Managed team through a time of extreme volume and complexity of work. Led the DExEU team handling all Parliamentary Business, including Select Committee appearances. Managed team through a time of extreme volume and complexity of work.


UK Civil Service
• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Principal Analyst

  • Feb 2018 - Feb 2019


Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head Of Programme Management

  • Aug 2017 - Feb 2018

  Management of Remediation Programme for all buildings considered to constitute fire hazard following initial findings into Grenfell Tower Tragedy Management of Remediation Programme for all buildings considered to constitute fire hazard following initial findings into Grenfell Tower Tragedy

• Deputy Director - Customer Services

  • Oct 2015 - Aug 2017

  Oversight of approximately 400 staff (UK and International) Accountable for all HMPO interaction with Parliament, media, and customers. Oversight of approximately 400 staff (UK and International) Accountable for all HMPO interaction with Parliament, media, and customers.



UK Ministry of Defence

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head - Defence Personnel Parliamentary Team

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2015

  Management of high-performing team of eleven civil servants, responsible for all parliamentary and public correspondence concerning Armed Forces personnel.Speechwriter for three Defence ministers.

• Fast Steam Grade Manager

  • Nov 2011 - Aug 2012

  Grade management and provision of tailored career development advice to 70+ MOD Fast Streamers, and liaison with Cabinet Office on future Fast Stream scheme.

• Policy Advisor - Operation ELLAMY

  • Jun 2011 - Nov 2011

  Defence lead on stabilisation and post-conflict issues for Libya, focusing on Security Sector Reform and Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration.

• Commercial Negotiation Specialist

  • Nov 2010 - Jun 2011

  Provision of bespoke advice to lead negotiators on post-SDSR commercial strategy, including risk mitigation and programme integration.

• Policy Advisor - Arms Control and Counter Proliferation

  • Nov 2009 - Nov 2010

  MOD lead on UN sanctions aimed at disrupting Iranian and DPRK Weapons programmes. Led UK input to Proliferation Security Initiative & Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism.Directed major cross-Government exercise on maritime interdiction operations, including identifying capability shortfalls or gaps in the legal framework and decision making process.

• Project Manager - Navy Days 2009

  • Nov 2008 - Nov 2009

  Delivered Navy Days 2009, attracting 40,000 members of the public to an event encompassing a major air display, Royal Marines exhibition and industry convention.Managed project team of Royal Navy personnel,

• Policy Advisor - Strategic Airlift & Fast Jet Capability

  • Jan 2008 - Nov 2008

  Provision of affordability and requirement scrutiny for major equipment projects, initially fast-jet, then strategic airlift.

• Senior Intelligence Analyst - Defence Intelligence

  • Jun 2006 - Jan 2008

  Provision of strategic intelligence assessments for senior MOD readership customers, encompassing analysis of global events and intelligence drawn from domestic and international agencies.

• Intelligence Analyst - Defence Intelligence

  • Jun 2005 - Jun 2006

  Preparation of cyclical and ad-hoc analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa. Co-ordination of advice to Permanent Joint Headquarters on Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations planning.

• Policy Advisor

  • Nov 2003 - Jun 2005

  Management planning and risk assessment.


Cabinet Office
• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Assistant Head - Ebola Unit

  • Oct 2014 - Dec 2014