Experience

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  Project MAMA

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Feb 2023 - Present

    Project MAMA is a registered charity based in Bristol that offers free, confidential and individual-focused holistic support to displaced people throughout pregnancy, labour and childbirth, and those first few weeks of parenthood.We currently support pregnant refugees, asylum-seekers, survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking and other displaced women.See our website for more information: https://projectmama.org/

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  Beloved, 1170261

  • Head of Operations

    • Mar 2019 - Feb 2023

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  Simmons & Simmons

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Paralegal

    • Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    Paralegal in the Structured Finance and Derivatives team.

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  Osborne Clarke

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Compliance Assistant

    • Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    The main purpose of this role is to undertake all tasks associated with the firm's Work Acceptance procedures to ensure compliance by the firm with its regulatory obligations. Responsibilities include data review, conflict checking and analysis, Client Due Diligence research and monitoring of engagement letters.I am also a key point of contact for any other duties that may be required to ensure the efficient operation of the compliance processes.

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  VEALE WASBROUGH VIZARDS LLP

  • Bristol

  • Vacation Scheme

    • Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
    • Bristol

    Vacation Scheme in Bristol in which I sat with 9 different departments. I completed work for both partners and trainees, such as drafting an advice note for a well-known independent school on the process of setting up a subsidiary trading company for tax purposes.

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  TLT

  • Vacation Scheme

    • Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

    I was part of the TLT commercial team for a week, completing various tasks such as drafting a letter of termination and a confidentiality agreement, research upon new competition guidelines, sitting in client phone calls and marking up terms and conditions. This not only opened my eyes to the day to day workings of a commercial law firm but also gave me the opportunity to get involved and take on an active role.

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  EFG Asset Management

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Work Experience

    • Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
    • London, United Kingdom

    - I was able to spend time with most departments within asset management at EFG, witnessing conference calls and meetings and speaking to the asset managers, stock pickers and other parts of the EFGAM team.- The final day was spent with the legal and compliance department, hearing about the fascinating cases of legal and financial crime within the bank and the remediation in place, as well as spending time with the fraud investigation officer learning about the vitality of keeping up with technological advances that can lead to fraud, and how the bank deals with these developments.

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  Exeter University Officer Training Corps

  • Officer Cadet

    • Sep 2013 - Feb 2014

    Weekly training with regular field weekends, working closely in a team to effectively carry out platoon attacks and learn more about army training. Fitness and mental discipline were regularly tested and developed.

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  Edinburgh Woolen Mill

  • Wokingham

  • Retail Assistant

    • Jul 2013 - Sep 2013
    • Wokingham

    Serving customers at the tills and on the shop floor, checking deliveries of stock and ensuring they were displayed correctly, as well as working within a team to reach various financial targets.

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  England Lacrosse Association

  • Triple Arrow Lacrosse Camp, Charterhouse School

  • Assistant Lacrosse Coach

    • Aug 2012 - Aug 2012
    • Triple Arrow Lacrosse Camp, Charterhouse School

    I assisted a qualified lacrosse coach in teaching lacrosse to girls aged 11-17 at the residential summer camp, occasionally leading sessions for up to 15 girls by myself; teaching stick skills, fitness and game play. I gained greater confidence in umpiring and leading groups in an environment with a focus on safety from injury. I also had pastoral duties in the evenings, which involved keeping the girls entertained and putting them to bed.