Director of Careers Consulting & Professional Development

• Aug 2019 - Present

Career Coach - MBA Careers & Professional Development

• 2016 - Present

Lead for Executive MBA and Weekend MBAPreviously co-lead for Global MBADeveloping and delivering leadership development programmes; facilitating professional development workshops and webinars for groups of 80+ studentsProviding 121 executive and career coaching in person and onlineCo-lead - careers in social impact and sustainability

Executive Coach, Leadership Development Specialist, Trainer & Facilitator

• Apr 2012 - 2016

Providing leadership development and coaching support to a range of people from young graduates embarking on their careers to senior professionals managing career transitions: • Career Consultant - London School of Economics • Lead expert - Mentoring & Training - Social Entrepreneurs Training and coaching of senior managers as part of an FCO/EU-funded Programme to support the development of the Palestinian Ministry of Justice • Coaching for Leaders: Associate (http://coachingforleaders.co.uk/) • Heresy Consulting: Associate (http://www.heresyconsulting.com/) • Executive Coach – New Enterpreneurs Foundation - young entrepreneurs • Executive Coach – OnPurpose - professionals transitioning from private sector to third sector. Show less

Managing Partner - Life CIC

• Apr 2011 - Apr 2012

• Setting up and managing a new social enterprise to scale Life (www.alifewewant.com), a capabilities based approach to working with families and catalyzing broader system change• Coaching and training to support change provided to board members, senior managers and frontline workers• Developed and delivered scaling strategy, business plan, web presence, recruited team; grew and managed relationships with central and local government.

Project Lead - Families

• Jan 2010 - May 2011

• Leading the development of a programme that supports families in chronic crisis to develop their capabilities and grow social networks that help them to lead a life they want to lead; leading a cultural change programme• Coaching and training provided to board, senior managers and frontline workers.

Consultant

• Jul 2009 - Jan 2010

Developing business plan for social enterprise tackling loneliness and social isolation in older people.

Managing Director

• Nov 2007 - May 2009

• Fairtrade nut business supporting producers in Africa, Asia and South America www.chooseliberation.com (sister business to Cafe Direct and Divine Chocolate) • Established vision and mission, management structures, new business plan, marketing & communications strategy and developed and managed team for this pioneering early stage Fairtrade business • Grew business by 60% 2007-2008 in spite of recession • Helped to establish Liberation as one of the UK ’s leading Fairtrade brands with lines in Tesco, J Sainsbury and Waitrose. Show less

National Programme Director

• 2006 - 2007

• Strategic leadership of major national innovation programmes for business and public sector http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/designingdemand• Managed partnerships with RDAs nationally and central government (DTI & Treasury)• Budget managed: £1.5 million annual budget; entire leveraged programme budget across regions 2007-10 £26 million.

Head of Partners & Programmes

• Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

• Developing a small-scale regional programme to change business behaviour and attitudes into a transformative national initiative endorsed by then Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown• Leading and growing a team from 2 to 14 in 18 months, including incorporation of pre-existing teams and team leaders• Instrumental in leveraging £26 million public funds• Building strategic partnerships with DBRR, and Treasury and UK Regional Development Agencies.

Senior Consultant

• Jan 2002 - Aug 2004

• Developing and managing innovative health and education programmes to change the behaviour of public sector managers; facilitating workshops with public service users to co-define future services; policy recommendations adopted by the Department of Education and Skills• Editing health report on 'Design for Patient Safety', key recommendations adopted by the NHS and Department for Health.

Technical Advisor

• 2000 - 2001

• Helping to set up a local NGO in Equatorial Guinea, West Africa, to develop and manage sustainable development and local empowerment projects • Recruiting, training and mentoring a team of 6 local people • Facilitating workshops in the community • Building partnerships with Equatorial Guinean government • Managing board level relationships with ExxonMobil and other oil companies • Securing private sector and grant-based funding • Distance management of local team. • Helping to set up a local NGO in Equatorial Guinea, West Africa, to develop and manage sustainable development and local empowerment projects • Recruiting, training and mentoring a team of 6 local people • Facilitating workshops in the community • Building partnerships with Equatorial Guinean government • Managing board level relationships with ExxonMobil and other oil companies • Securing private sector and grant-based funding • Distance management of local team.

Head of Projects

• Aug 1998 - Aug 2000

Trainee Solicitor and Solicitor

• Sep 1990 - Dec 1992