Experience

GDST (The Girls' Day School Trust)

• United Kingdom
• Education Management
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Head Of Communications

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Edelman

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Corporate Reputation

  • Mar 2021 - Oct 2021



Whitehouse Communications

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Managing Director

  • Dec 2018 - Mar 2021

  Finalist PRCA Public Affairs Consultant of the Year 2020

• Associate Director

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018



Southbank Centre

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Manager, External Affairs

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2018

  I manage Southbank Centre's external affairs team overseeing corporate communications, issues and crisis management, public affairs, internal communications and communications strategy. I work closely with the executive team to raise the profile of the UK's largest arts centre in the media and at a political and corporate level. I am responsible for communications around critical corporate projects including the organisation's recent refurbishment and the media for its accompanying fundraising campaign. I have a successful record in achieving endorsements from senior politicians for Southbank Centre and programming a series of high-profile political events for the world's largest women's festival WOW - Women of the World.



Monitor

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Media Relations Manager

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2013

  Responsible for leading on high profile reputational issues in the health sector, providing strategic guidance to the executive team. Managed a small team and coordinated day to day proactive and reactive media activity in a busy press office. Regularly achieved good quality coverage in national and specialist media. Worked closely with government, hospitals and other organisations across the health sector. Responsible for leading on high profile reputational issues in the health sector, providing strategic guidance to the executive team. Managed a small team and coordinated day to day proactive and reactive media activity in a busy press office. Regularly achieved good quality coverage in national and specialist media. Worked closely with government, hospitals and other organisations across the health sector.



APCO Worldwide

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Manager

  • May 2005 - Jul 2011

  Focused on healthcare, tech and consumer goods sectors. Skilled manager responsible for strategic direction on corporate communications, media relations, reputation management, public affairs and events management accounts. Successful record winning and growing business. Managed a team of five account executives. Focused on healthcare, tech and consumer goods sectors. Skilled manager responsible for strategic direction on corporate communications, media relations, reputation management, public affairs and events management accounts. Successful record winning and growing business. Managed a team of five account executives.



House of Commons

• United Kingdom
• Political Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Dec 2001 - Feb 2005

  Policy briefings and speeches for the Defence and Northern Ireland Front Bench teams. Worked in the Conservative Party Press Office during the 2005 and 2010 General Elections. Policy briefings and speeches for the Defence and Northern Ireland Front Bench teams. Worked in the Conservative Party Press Office during the 2005 and 2010 General Elections.