Experience

Women into Construction CIC

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Non Executive Director for Women into Construction - supporting WiC to promote gender equality in Construction. Responsible for new business development and financial strategy, supporting WiC to become financially sustainable and develop new service offerings to support construction companies and women wishing to enter and enjoy sustainable careers in the sector.



Gateway to Sustainability Ltd

• Managing Director

  • Mar 2014 - Present

  Gateway to Sustainability offers bespoke bid writing and project management services for clients needing to deliver social value outcomes as part of their proposition. We aim to deliver local social value and economic impact through the creation and delivery of construction and low carbon sector programmes of work; employing local small businesses and creating vacancies, apprenticeships and work placements for local people.



Carillion

• United Kingdom
• Facilities Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Manager

  • May 2011 - Mar 2014

  Responsible for developing new public sector business opportunities for Carillion Energy Services, specialising in delivering local community benefit, employment and local business growth as a result of Carillion's operational delivery.Employment and Economic development lead on the bid team which recently won the £600m Birmingham Energy Savers contract - the UK's first Green Deal programme which will improve the energy efficiency of 60,000 households across Birmingham and provide significant employment, training and local supply chain opportunities for Birmingham residents and companies.



London Development Agency

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Project Manager, Employment & Skills

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2011

  Responsible for the programme management of the design, development and open procurement of key Employment and Skills Programmes for the LDA, including:-£78million European Social Fund ProgrammeLondon Low Carbon Employment & Skills Strategy and Programme.London Skills and Employment Board's Employer engagement action plan.



CEME

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programmes Director

  • Oct 2005 - Oct 2009

  Responsible for the development and management of the Programmes Directorate at the Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) Ltd which delivered several innovative and inspirational projects to support over 15,000 young people and 400 high growth local small businesses in East London over 4 years.



London Riverside Ltd

• Gateway to Industry Manager

  • Apr 2000 - Oct 2005

  Created, developed and delivered the Gateway to Industry Regeneration programme - 6 publically funded projects delivering support to small businesses and educational establishments in East London, creating over 500 jobs in 5 years.



Shell

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chartered Mechanical Engineer

  • Sep 1993 - Mar 2000