Experience

World Dementia Council

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Dec 2017 - Present



Alzheimer's Society

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Community Engagement

  • Apr 2016 - Nov 2017

  Lead public awareness campaigns engaging public, organisations and statutory sector. Manage £2.4m budget and 68 staff across 13 locations around England, Wales and Northern Ireland.Lead the biggest health social movement campaign delivered by 10,000 volunteers that has recruited 2 million individuals through a community, digital and corporate offer. Lead the Prime Minister’s Champion Group on dementia bringing together government, statutory sector and organisations and individuals delivering change in the community. Provide direct counsel to the Chief Executive, and members of the Senior Leadership Team. Wrote new organisational strategy for 2017-22 reporting to Chief Executive. Led the development of one (of three) pillars of new strategy covering society. This included developing and implementing the biggest ever consultation with people living with dementia either in the UK or internationally. Led the external engagement in organisation new brand development and advertising campaign. Led two significant change programmes impacting on 82 employees across two directorates. Show less

• Public Affairs and Campaigning Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Oct 2016

  Launched campaign functions with hard hitting integrated cross-function campaigns underpinned by new policy evidence that secured national broadcast and media coverage and successfully achieved commitments from government. Though digital engagement the campaigns increased number of campaigners from under 10,000 to more than 90,000 and through internal mobilisation campaigns over three quarters of Alz Soc staff participated.Led public affairs engagement expanding network of Parliamentarians in England, Wales and Northern Ireland engaging over half of politicians a year in each of those chambers. Establishing the Houses of Parliament as the world’s first dementia friendly parliament. Seconded to project manage Dementia Friends campaign partnership with Public health England, including developing partnerships with national organisations such as M&S, launching television advertising and a new digital dementia friends offer and a Parliamentary engagement programme with support from the then PM, Deputy PM and Leader of the Opposition. It resulted in more than 200,000 signing up to the programme and more than 500,000 watched the YouTube film. Established a new Global Dementia and Alzheimer’s Action Alliance – a global membership organisation - launched by health ministers from UK, Canada and Mauritius at an event at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Worked with the Department of Health to establish the World Dementia Council with 24 board members across six continents. Show less



Political Consultant

• Freelance

  • Nov 2010 - Dec 2011



The Labour Party

• United Kingdom
• Political Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Political Adviser

  • Jun 2010 - Oct 2010



Department of Culture Media and Sport

• Special Adviser

  • Jun 2009 - Apr 2010



Department of Health

• Department of Health

• Adviser

  • Jun 2007 - Jun 2009



Office of Ben Bradshaw MP

• House of Commons

• Head of Office

  • Jul 2000 - Jun 2007



University of Cambridge

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher, British Documents on the End of Empire

  • Jun 1999 - Oct 1999