Experience

Biodiversify

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  - Engaging with both public and private sector clients to add resilience to their business operations and supply chains by working to protect biodiversity and developing and delivering nature-based solutions collaboratively with clients. - Working with clients to reduce their impacts on biodiversity, reversing biodiversity loss and supporting their conservation efforts, whilst supporting clients to help them achieve their economic, social and environmental goals. - Leading and supporting on engagement, project management and project delivery with a wide range of clients spanning from the technology to the mining sector, as well as central government. Show less



Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Policy Advisor

  • Oct 2021 - Sep 2022

  - Leading on engagement and working with UN bodies and other IGOs, such as IUCN and OECD, on their environment, climate and biodiversity objectives to embed environmental policy and appropriate governance structures across their organisations and to influence multilateral proposals to align with UK strategy and positions.- Briefing senior officials and Ministers on UN related sustainability, climate and biodiversity matters, leading on international policy linkages between UNFCCC, CBD and UNCCD as well leading on collaboration with influential countries including China, Egypt, Chile, Costa Rica and India and acting as a connector between these countries and the rest of UK Government.- Lead on and co-ordinate responses to UN Committee Resolutions, such as natural capital, agriculture and sustainable commodities, for UK Government whilst using these proposed Resolutions as opportunities to identify and shape UK Government policy positions, benchmarking our positions against other countries to monitor against international trends.- Develop and encourage knowledge and expertise within my team on domestic and international environment and sustainability issues, as well as emerging technological opportunities to find solutions to these issues. Show less

• Senior Policy Advisor

  • Jul 2019 - Sep 2021

  - Lead on the development of policy to increase and protect nature-based solutions in and around our towns and cities and securing planning policy amendments to protect valuable natural capital, coordinating internal and external working groups and working with C-Suite NGO members to achieve this.- Monitoring and managing progress against Government afforestation and net zero targets, briefing Ministers accordingly on substantial updates and identifying and mitigating risks impacting our progress on meeting these targets.- Co-ordinate and author position papers and responses to cross-Defra and cross-Government commissions, including parliamentary inquiries, policy papers and consultations.- Co-lead the development of business cases and spending review bids to secure over £750m of funding for the Nature for Climate Fund, whilst managing and mitigating for risks and maximising opportunities for the full and value for money utilisation of this funding, maintaining oversight to ensure optimised financial investment.- Oversee the work and development of my team’s policy skills, providing advice, steers and L&D opportunities to help develop their environment and sustainability expertise and encouraging active engagement and enthusiasm in the work that they do. Show less



AECOM

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ecologist

  • Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

  - Coordinating and executing ecological surveys for HS2, managing our overall programmes of work and assessing our progress against survey commitments whilst maintaining environmental and sustainability integrity. - Embedding survey best practice and governance and oversight procedures throughout the company's project team to ensure a high-level results as well as company integrity. - Lead on risk management, coordinating risks from on-time survey completion, HS2 project risk to the environment, and time and resource capabilities, whilst generating mitigation measures to mitigate for these risks. Show less



Clarksons

• United Kingdom
• Maritime Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Offshore Data Researcher

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2018

  - Undertaking analysis of domestic and international offshore wind turbine capabilities, analysing domestic and international energy capabilities against individual countries national requirements to meet environmental and net zero ambitions and targets. - Future forecasting of global capacity for offshore wind generated energy and researching and identifying future technologies to create thematic reviews for clients on the direction of travel and capacity capabilities of offshore wind energy for now and in the future. - Design and develop a new research workstream coordinating domestic and international information on nuclear energy capacity, broadening the company's energy expertise and research products, resulting in simultaneously attracting more clients. Show less



Ramboll

• Denmark
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Aug 2016 - Sep 2016

  - Contributed to ecological reptile surveys as part of an Environmental Impact Assessment, refining my identification and surveying skills. - Worked on a Flood Risk Assessment report focused on present and future risks of sea, river and surface water flooding on the site of a proposed development, which included GIS map generation. - Produced research reports which included the legislation required for a proposed international electric cabling project and the process for marine licensing. - Contributed to ecological reptile surveys as part of an Environmental Impact Assessment, refining my identification and surveying skills. - Worked on a Flood Risk Assessment report focused on present and future risks of sea, river and surface water flooding on the site of a proposed development, which included GIS map generation. - Produced research reports which included the legislation required for a proposed international electric cabling project and the process for marine licensing.



University of Southampton

• Student

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2016

  MEnvSci Environmental Science MEnvSci Environmental Science



Itchen Valley Country Park

• Southampton, United Kingdom

• Volunteer Country Ranger

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  - Carried out various invertebrate species transects, as well as general care and maintenance of the general countryside and local wildlife. - Helped introduce and teach important environmental issues to both young children and adults in appropriate relevant ways. - Carried out various invertebrate species transects, as well as general care and maintenance of the general countryside and local wildlife. - Helped introduce and teach important environmental issues to both young children and adults in appropriate relevant ways.



National Trust

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Volunteer

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  - Looking after the condition and appearance of the National Trust sites in the local area. - Running volunteer groups to protect and maintain local amenity green spaces. - Looking after the condition and appearance of the National Trust sites in the local area. - Running volunteer groups to protect and maintain local amenity green spaces.



Blue Cross

• Volunteer

  • Mar 2011 - Apr 2011

  General facility care and walking of pets. General facility care and walking of pets.