Centre Manager at Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health

• Mar 2020 - Present

Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health (OxBCNH) carries out studies on behalf of clients from the health and food industry including manufacturers, retailers and suppliers ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to multinational global organisations. This is a range of testing which includes glycaemic testing e.g. glycaemic index or glycaemic response, to running studies with a focus on obesity and looking at satiety levels and inflammation testing e.g polyphenols.

Acting Director at Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health

• May 2021 - Aug 2022

Acting Director and Centre Manager at Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health

• Jul 2020 - Sep 2020

Director

• Aug 2017 - Sep 2022

Company Nutritionist and QA Manager

• Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

Key Responsibilities● New client implementation by researching territories, identification and liaison with experts, policy drafting and sign offo Being fully competent in regulations on allergens and legislation on product labellingo Briefing team leads on policies for new clients before integration with documentation● Auditing by sampling QA to determine accuracy of the QA work undertaken● Ensure compliance to all agreed policies is followed and documented. ● Point of contact for nutritionists on QA system.● Management and contribution to press requests● Refreshing the expert panel strategy and external partner strategy including ensuring that we identify, document and utilise the benefits of the relationships.● Ensuring the SG systems manifest, to the fullest extent possible, the nutritional capabilities of the full nutrition team Show less

Company Nutritionist

• Sep 2017 - Feb 2019

Key Responsibilities● Managing the data quality system and ensuring deadlines are met● Coordination of the teams daily operations as required by work priority● Managing relationships with external partners● Liaison with the operations and technical team managers● Research and implementation of new nutritional TAGS● Reviewing and auditing of internal policy documents● Involvement in compliance issues including clients in different territories● Writing press for Spoon Guru (UK and USA) Show less

Nutritionist

• Mar 2017 - Sep 2017

Key Responsibilities● Review the data in the company databases of food and drink products to ensure it accurately and reliability reflects the primary data● Validate the final output of the company’s dietary categories and identify non-conformity issues● Feedback into the development cycle for the food and drink platform, and help facilitate the continual improvement of the database systems

Scientist Grade 5, Chip Development Team

• Nov 2013 - Sep 2015

Key Responsibilities● Management of the daily work load for the laboratory and 3 team members, liaising with senior management to determine priority and deadlines● Training of employees in the production facility on new protocols devised, which included writing up the protocols in GLP format and completing the change note process● Scientific demonstrations within the laboratory for visitors and investors to demonstrate the working product● PowerPoint presentation of work in group meetings with senior management and in full company meetings to explain the current work being carried out at technical and non-technical levels● Converting current protocols from complex scientific language to basic production standard for non-scientists and ensuring the protocol to be fool proof● Analysis and interpretation of data produced by other groups to ensure quality control Show less

Scientist Grade 5, Intergation Team

• Mar 2012 - Nov 2013

Key Responsibilities● Management of a cross functional team of 10 people involving engineers, IT, data analysis and scientists to ensure the project delivered to deadlines● Outlining the project goals and setting time frames to achieve objectives ● Testing of in-house developed software from an end user view point● Writing code for automation of electrical scripts and mechanical pumps● Investigating failure modes using risk assessment models and process flow charts

Scientist Grade 2 - 4, Electrophysiology Team

• Aug 2008 - Mar 2012

Key Responsibilities● Approved purchase order personal being responsible for all purchasing in the lab● Routine testing on new chemistries or equipment to find a baseline product for DNA sequencing

Student Placement

• Jul 2006 - Jul 2007

Testing aviation fuel and other light to middle distillates crude oil cuts, carrying out a variety of tests from boiling point, sulphur and water content to gum formation. Testing aviation fuel and other light to middle distillates crude oil cuts, carrying out a variety of tests from boiling point, sulphur and water content to gum formation.