Experience

North Northamptonshire Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Assistant Director - Highways and Waste

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Transforming services to a unitary model. Delivering a safe highways and transport network for North Northamptonshire through in-house and contracted services. Providing waste and recycling collection and disposal services across North Northamptonshire through in-house and contracted delivery models. Transforming services to a unitary model. Delivering a safe highways and transport network for North Northamptonshire through in-house and contracted services. Providing waste and recycling collection and disposal services across North Northamptonshire through in-house and contracted delivery models.



Northamptonshire County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director - Place

  • Feb 2020 - Mar 2021

  Preparing the county for Local Government Reform to unitary status. Transforming Northamptonshire to address past financial challenges. Delivering Place services for Northamptonshire including highways, waste disposal, assets and property, economic development, planning and regulatory services. Preparing the county for Local Government Reform to unitary status. Transforming Northamptonshire to address past financial challenges. Delivering Place services for Northamptonshire including highways, waste disposal, assets and property, economic development, planning and regulatory services.



Cherwell District Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive

  • Jan 2019 - Feb 2020

  Housing, Wellbeing, Communities, Leisure, Car Parking, Waste and Recycling, Parks, Street Cleaning, Sustainability and Climate Change, Environmental Health, Licensing, Healthy Place Shaping. As well as County Services including libraries, registrations and Coroner’s services.

• Executive Director, Environment

  • May 2018 - Feb 2020

  Executive Director for Cherwell District Council and South Northamptonshire District Council. Member of the Strategic Leadership team reporting to the Chief Executive. Delivering Environmental Services, Environmental Health and Licensing, Emergency Planning. Director of Crown House Ltd.



London Borough of Merton

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Director, Environment and Regeneration

  • Mar 2017 - May 2018

  Responsible for waste disposal and collection services, street cleaning, parks and open spaces, leisure services and environmental enforcement. Responsible for waste disposal and collection services, street cleaning, parks and open spaces, leisure services and environmental enforcement.



Mole Valley District Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Corporate Head of Service

  • Nov 2014 - Mar 2017

  Head of service for: Strategic Leadership; Environmental Services; Parking; Parks and Open Spaces; Communications and Customer Services. Reporting to the Chief Executive as part of her Strategic Management Team.

• Strategic Leadership Manager

  • Aug 2013 - Nov 2014

• Environmental Services Manager

  • Apr 2010 - Aug 2013

• Sustainability Manager

  • Apr 2008 - Apr 2010



Atkins

• United Kingdom
• Engineering Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sustainability Consultant

  • Apr 2006 - Apr 2008

  • Maintained and developed Atkins’ Environmental Management System through guidance documents, environmental assessments of offices and providing advice across the Group• Designed a number of bespoke carbon footprinting tools to calculate the carbon emissions associated with construction of civil engineering projects• Prepared Sustainability Appraisals and Strategic Environmental Assessments for local authorities throughout England and Wales. • Maintained and developed Atkins’ Environmental Management System through guidance documents, environmental assessments of offices and providing advice across the Group• Designed a number of bespoke carbon footprinting tools to calculate the carbon emissions associated with construction of civil engineering projects• Prepared Sustainability Appraisals and Strategic Environmental Assessments for local authorities throughout England and Wales.



Project Trust

• Senior Overseas Executive Officer

  • Sep 2002 - Dec 2005

  • Managed volunteers and operations in Africa and Asia involving extensive overseas travel• Applied effective diplomacy and negotiation skills to resolve sensitive situations with clients• Liased with stakeholders including representatives, High Commissions and non-governmental organisations• Managed the administrative systems of the recruitment office and its staff in London• Organised and conducted presentations and public meetings for recruitment purposes• Networked with schools, careers services and donor organisations to promote Project Trust