Global Head of Partnerships

• Jan 2022 - Present

Sustainable Procurement Ambassador

• Jan 2022 - Present

Local Councillor

• May 2022 - Present

Senior Manager - Strategic Partnerships

• Apr 2021 - Dec 2021

Maternity cover - led a team of 4 to deliver revenue for WaterAid via new corporate partnerships with leading brands across a range of sectors: Pharmaceutical & Health, FMCG, Retail, Finance & Professional services.

Business Development Manager

• Oct 2018 - Apr 2021

Responsible for securing new revenue-led partnerships with companies across Finance and Retail industries e.g. water, sanitation & hygiene projects in apparel supply chains / cause-related marketing initiatives on key product lines.

Senior Account Manager

• Oct 2017 - Oct 2018

Responsible for establishing and developing partnerships with third party sports-event organisers in the UK - managed a portfolio worth £1.5M

Account Manager

• Aug 2015 - Sep 2017

Managed key relationships with sports-event organisers & led CRUK's 'on the day' presence at running, cycling & swimming events across the UK.

Student Director

• Jul 2014 - Sep 2015

Joined the BUCS board of directors in July 2014, after winning the Student Officer/Director election at the national BUCS conference. Beat 5 other candidates after winning votes from the majority of Athletic Union Presidents and Heads of Sport across the UK. Held responsibility for the overall management and direction of the organisation. Attended and prepared for quarterly board meetings to review company performance, budgets and set new policies. As well as sitting on the organisation’s board of directors, the Student Director is responsible for leading the 3 elected Student Officers and driving forward strategic projects. Key achievements/skills gained: • Thought leadership - invited to speak about student sport on numerous event and conference panels, such as the BUCS Vice-chancellors breakfast, BUCS Big Wednesday and the annual BUCS conference. • Assigned the role of escorting Her Princess Royal at major BUCS events. • Initiated an Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) project to tackle discrimination and anti-social behaviour in HE sport: led a national steering group and implemented a project strategy leading to the creation of a tool kit for the 170 BUCS member institutions - Impact to be measured once rolled out in September 2015. • Presented on the ASB project at the UK Sport & Discrimination Conference. BUCS is the NGB for HE sport in the UK, a membership organisation, and a company limited by guarantee with charitable status with a 3m turnover - http://www.bucs.org.uk/. Whilst promoting the lifestyle and educational benefits of sport they deliver over 50 sports to 170 member institutions with over 4800 teams. Show less

Sports Officer / Athletic Union President

• Jul 2013 - Jul 2015

One of five Sabbatical Officers, managing the sports portfolio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g21vUPvNjzk. YUSU is a registered charity providing extra-curricular activity, welfare advice, academic representation and commercial outlets at the UoY with 50 staff, led by 5 elected officers. The Sports President is a full time, paid elected officer role which oversees the sporting arm of YUSU, ‘York Sport Union’ and has sole responsibility and management of 62 sports clubs with 3000 members and a £250,000 budget - http://www.yusu.org/sport. Key Achievements • Elected by over 75% of voters in 2 consecutive years with record voting turn out in the second year. • Generated over 650K funding for sport at York throughout my time in office. • Project managed Roses 2015 to become the biggest in its 51 year history with 8,000 spectators (170% increase on 2013). • Attracted and contracted 8 new partners for Roses 2015 generating 50K to enhance the event. • Secured 180K Sport England funding to drive sports participation through the ‘York Active’ programme resulting in a 200% increase in sports participation and engaging 70 new volunteers in the first 6 months. • Negotiated £30K per annum from the University for the Talented Athlete Scheme enabling the implementation of financial bursaries, Strength & Conditioning and a Rowing Coach for the next 5 years. • Partnered with Santander to provide two 5K bursaries for York’s two most talented athletes. • Introduced a Sports Union fee generating 50K of income per annum for the Sports Union to develop. • Secured £23.5K alumni funding to introduce on-campus Physiotherapy (used by over 150 students across 30 different clubs), Pre-season Training Camp and an Inclusive Sport Scheme which received a YUSU award in 2014 and was praised by the National Union of Students (NUS) - http://goo.gl/wAt2uq. • Saw an increase in York’s BUCS rankings from 43rd to 36th as a consequence of above funding injections. Show less

Sales Advisor

• Oct 2009 - Oct 2010

Investigative Reporter

• Oct 2009 - Oct 2009

Internship with the Doncaster Free Press. Internship with the Doncaster Free Press.