Experience

Hillbreak

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • May 2021 - Present

  Advising asset owners and managers on various aspects of sustainable finance, including qualitative assessments of ESG investments and green financial instruments, net zero strategies and associated issues such as carbon pricing, transition plans, carbon offsetting etc. My Kew experience informs my advisory work on nature-related aspects of investments, whether biodiversity measures, nature-based solutions, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures etc. My background advising financial institutions on regulatory and white collar law questions inform my governance advisory work. Show less



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sustainability team

  • Mar 2019 - Present

• Conservationist

  • Jun 2014 - Present

  Recent work in the sustainability team has included preparing and delivering Kew’s Sustainability Strategy, spatial analysis projects assessing carbon sequestration in biomass above and below ground, and researching the biodiversity aspects of carbon credit verification procedures.



Peters & Peters

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate

  • Dec 2010 - Mar 2014

  Specialised in international sanctions and regulatory cases (included successful defences of alleged money-laundering and insider-trading), most notably working on the successful Zimbabwe sanctions challenge. Other white collar criminal work included advising on bribery and money-laundering issues, and successfully defending allegations of anti-competitive behaviour. On the civil side I focussed on multi-jurisdictional investment and trust frauds. Specialised in international sanctions and regulatory cases (included successful defences of alleged money-laundering and insider-trading), most notably working on the successful Zimbabwe sanctions challenge. Other white collar criminal work included advising on bribery and money-laundering issues, and successfully defending allegations of anti-competitive behaviour. On the civil side I focussed on multi-jurisdictional investment and trust frauds.



Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Feb 2009 - Dec 2010

  Qualified as a general commercial litigator, and worked on a range of substantial disputes before focussing increasingly on fraud and white collar crime. My clients were global corporates and financial institutions facing issues including international fraud, the gamut of regulatory investigations (from sanctions-busting to tax) and bribery issues.

• Trainee

  • Feb 2007 - Feb 2009



International Institute for Strategic Studies

• Researcher

  • 2003 - 2004