Experience

Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation
• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Executive Director

  • Aug 2021 - Present


CBI (Confederation of British Industry)

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Innovation and Digital

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2021

  I led the innovation and digital team at the CBI. My team's work was focused on promoting the role that innovation, digital technologies, and creativity can play in contributing to UK prosperity, and influencing policy to help UK businesses to become technology leaders. To ensure we hear from a breadth of businesses, my team runs two board level standing committees: the Innovation Council and Tech group, and will shortly launch a Women in Tech network. I am also responsible for the CBI's partnership with Sharing Economy UK. As part of my role in representing business to government, I sit on a number of ministerial groups and expert panels including:- The science minister's High Level Stakeholder Group on EU exit, science, and innovation.- The digital minister's Digital Skills' Partnership.- The small business minister's SME growth forum.- The Made Smarter Review expert panel.

• Head of Innovation and Digital

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2018

• Principal Policy Adviser, Labour Market and Reward

  • May 2016 - Sep 2016

  I managed a small team focused on labour market and pensions policy.Achievements included delivering the CBI's response to the Low Pay Commission, and running the first two Workplace 2030 events to help employers prepare for the workplace of the future.



EEF

• Netherlands
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Economist

  • Sep 2013 - Feb 2016

  I worked on EEF's Economics team as part of the Policy Unit.I was responsible for EEF's monthly economic briefings, Pay Bulletin and contributed to several other EEF publications, both on the economy and trends in manufacturing. As part of our quarterly Manufacturing Outlook survey, I was responsible for updating EEF's economic forecasts. I was EEF's lead on Innovation Policy development, which included working on a series of Innovation Monitor reports in partnership with Vodafone. The reports looked at how manufacturers' innovation strategies were influenced by the changing economic climate and their views of the policy landscape.I regularly blogged on policy and economics at www.eef.org.uk/blog

• Economist

  • May 2010 - Sep 2013



Experian

• Information Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Aug 2008 - May 2010

  I worked in Experian Public Sector's Strategy and Research department, for the Economic Policy team. My team provided economic and social research and consultancy for public sector bodies: primarily local and regional government. I worked in Experian Public Sector's Strategy and Research department, for the Economic Policy team. My team provided economic and social research and consultancy for public sector bodies: primarily local and regional government.



Oxford Women in politics

• United Kingdom
• Political Organizations

• President

  • Mar 2007 - Mar 2008

  - organised events such as debates, careers workshops and speeches with high profile figures from business, academia and politics - managed relationships with sponsors and more-than doubled sponsorship income in the course of a year - organised events such as debates, careers workshops and speeches with high profile figures from business, academia and politics - managed relationships with sponsors and more-than doubled sponsorship income in the course of a year