Experience

HERMESA
• United Kingdom
• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Investor at HERmesa

  • Aug 2021 - Present


PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Restructuring Partner, protecting value for corporates and their stakeholders

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Financial restructuring - helping distressed companies and their stakeholders

• Director, Restructuring Advisory

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2021

  A leader within the largest global restructuring practice in the world. Personally focused on complex businesses within the upper UK mid-market and internationally. Sector agnostic but highly experienced in complex assets, cross-border corporates, industrial products, O&G, utilities, project finance and technically complex insolvency situations. I am responsible for leading teams to deliver insightful, innovative and strategic advice to clients, whether corporate boards, lenders or other key stakeholders involved in a distressed or crisis situation. Recent roles include: - Company side advisory to the Directors of British Steel- Running the largest trading division (supporting management, the Special Managers and the Official Receiver) of Carillion, once in insolvency- Leading PwC's market facing insights team - Providing financial resilience expertise and advice to one of the UK's key regulators



Sister Earth

• Investment Management

• Founder and Investor at Sister Earth

  • May 2020 - Present

  Who are we? - Female investors funding female ventures - Finance professionals who want to make the world a better place - Green money revolutionaries - Empathetic, energised, passionate, smart and capable - Anxious about the environment, plastic pollution and climate change What are we doing? - Using our own money (and the money from our investors) to support female led businesses who are trying to solve important environmental issues - Stepping into the shoes of ‘friends and family early stage financing’ for those people (e.g. the vast majority of people), who do not come from a economic or societal background where their friends and family have money to lose - Supporting businesses economically, strategically and emotionally through their toughest start-up years - Laughing, a lot, together as founders ourselves and with the women we are already supporting The overall idea - We have cash to invest in the right businesses and the right women - We are open to anything that fulfills the following 3 criteria points: - Female or majority female led - Environmentally focused - Kick-ass Please get in touch if you have or know of any businesses that kick the above boxes, no matter how small. Thanks!



SheEO™

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• SheEO Activator

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Working with an inspirational group of women worldwide to fund, promote and mentor female led businesses solving the world's important problems. Working with an inspirational group of women worldwide to fund, promote and mentor female led businesses solving the world's important problems.



Lloyds Banking Group

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director, Business Support, Lloyds Bank International

  • Mar 2010 - Jan 2015

  Running a portfolio of primarily highly leveraged cases experiencing managerial, financial, operational or market issues, with the aim of restructuring and/or repositioning the business for stability and growth. Key Responsibilities Stakeholder management between Management Teams, Sponsors, Syndicates and Advisors with conflicting priorities during time-critical, high-pressured restructuring/turnaround situation. Leading banking syndicates, managing conflicting priorities, ensuring internal and external communication is timely and as required, presenting and defending proposals at credit committees, multi-tasking several restructures at the same time and managing/training junior team members. Reviewing forecasts, management incentivisation schemes, expansion strategies, cost strategies, prospective new sites, development products and all other business critical initiatives to ensure our investment is secure.

• Senior Analyst, SF BSU

  • Sep 2009 - Mar 2010



Lloyds TSB

• Management Trainee

  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2009

  Graduate Scheme for LTSB with placement for c.6 months in the following departments: Equity Capital Markets, Project Finance, Loan Management, Financial Institutions Credit and Financial Institutions Relationship Management Graduate Scheme for LTSB with placement for c.6 months in the following departments: Equity Capital Markets, Project Finance, Loan Management, Financial Institutions Credit and Financial Institutions Relationship Management



Southampton University

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports

• Athletic Union President

  • Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

  Responsible for running and managing the university's 70+ sports club, allocating budgets, representing the university's sporting interests nationally and providing strategic guidance and action to the running of the wider student's union. Responsible for running and managing the university's 70+ sports club, allocating budgets, representing the university's sporting interests nationally and providing strategic guidance and action to the running of the wider student's union.