Experience

Public Policy Exchange

• United Kingdom
• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Policy Lead

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd (RPA)

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Conducting legal, legislative, policy, environmental, social and economic research and analysis for the critical assessment of policies and legislation at EU, UK, Scottish and English local government levels for public and private sector clients. • Includes: report-writing and proposal-writing for evaluations and impact assessments of EU policy and legislation for contracts with the European Commission; producing evaluation methodologies, matrices and intervention logics; data gathering through literature reviews and stakeholder interviews and consultations. • Producing 200-page legal analysis for the European Commission’s Evaluation of the EU Mortgage Credit Directive. • Translation of documents from and into English, French, German, Spanish. Show less



Neena Gill CBE MEP

• Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Communications Manager

  • Sep 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Drafting speeches, speaking notes, articles, briefings, political reports, newsletters, news scripts, press releases, social media posts. • Handling constituency casework and enquiries. • Dealing with media enquiries. • Managing the MEP’s constituency office and diary. • Organising events. • Writing principally on Brexit, but also financial services, SMEs, Indian affairs, foreign affairs. • Drafted and had published on euronews.com an Op-Ed on Brexit, the Conservative Party and Viktor Orbán. Show less



POLLINIS

• France
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• EU Policy Officer / Head of EU Policy

  • Mar 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Providing EU policy and legislative monitoring, research, analysis, reporting, advisory and lobbying services to an environmental NGO, working in relation to pesticides, food safety, pollinators, transparency, open data, the single market and trade secrets. • Lead-organiser of an MEP-sponsored conference at the European Parliament. • Drafting and distributing an open letter to EU Heads of State and government on trade secrets; drafting policy positions; drafting amendments (on neonicotinoids, the protection of local bee ecotypes and open access to scientific data used in regulatory approval of pesticides and medicines) to European Parliament Reports and obtaining their tabling and adoption by MEPs. • Organsing the formal deposition-presentation of a 1.2 million-signature petition calling for a neonicotinoid ban to the European Commission and Presidency of the Council of the EU. • Meeting MEPs and European Commission and EU Member State officials to obtain political intelligence and promote policy positions; representing the NGO at round-tables and other events. • Conducting preparatory work for a European Citizens’ Initiative on neonicotinoids; • Assisting and advising colleagues on campaigns. Stakeholder mapping. • Succeeded in obtaining official European Parliament backing, via amendments to a Parliamentary Resolution, for two of the NGO’s core aims: the protection of local bee ecotypes; and a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, leading shortly thereafter to the EU adopting a ban on neonicotinoids. Show less



Business Bridge Europe

• Belgium
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant in EU Public Affairs

  • Jun 2011 - May 2015

  • Served as the consultancy firm’s EU energy policy expert, in charge of key client, RTE, the French electricity grid operator: monitoring, analysing, reporting, advising and providing intelligence (in French, via briefings, meetings, telephone calls, weekly calendars and 40-50 page monthly reports) on EU legislative and policy developments in the field of energy and associated areas. • Monitoring, researching, analysing and writing on the single market, climate change, renewables, energy efficiency, energy costs/prices, energy security, nuclear, infrastructure selection/planning/funding, smart grids/meters, innovative financial instruments, EIB, competition, state aid, consumer protection, industrial policy; R&D, Horizon 2020, environmental impact assessment, MFF, EU budget, public procurement, health and safety, Europe 2020, economic policy coordination, foreign policy and trade. • Meeting with/obtaining political intelligence from MEPs, their staff, EU and Member State civil servants. • Securing the renewal of a key client contract for my firm four times under my stewardship. • Assisting with EU monitoring/conference-organisation/lobbying for clients in the fields of energy, R&D, air transport, Space, gambling: drafting briefings, articles, press releases, speaker briefs; assisting in drafting/presenting position papers, lobbying strategies, tender submissions, conference content; stakeholder mapping; obtaining media coverage; arranging/participating in lobbying meetings. • Training/managing interns. Redrafting client contracts. Proofreading. French-English translation. Show less



DLR Legal

• Oxford, United Kingdom

• Legal Translator

  • Apr 2011 - Apr 2011

  Translating legal documents from French to English. Translating legal documents from French to English.



Left Foot Forward

• United Kingdom
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer

  • Mar 2011 - Apr 2011

  Writing articles on UK and eurozone political economy, and on sustainable urbanism. https://leftfootforward.org/author/markanderson/ Writing articles on UK and eurozone political economy, and on sustainable urbanism. https://leftfootforward.org/author/markanderson/



Chris Evans MP

• Blackwood, Wales, United Kingdom

• Parliamentary Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - Feb 2011

  • Researching and monitoring developments in UK government legislation and policy. • Drafting parliamentary speeches and speaking notes, Early Day Motions, press releases, articles, newsletters, legislative and policy briefings, parliamentary reports, written and oral parliamentary questions, letters to constituents, advocacy letters to businesses and public bodies, lobbying letters to government ministers. • Advising the MP; obtaining media coverage; proofreading; responsible for constituency casework. Show less



Alber & Geiger

• Belgium
• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2010

  • Researching, analysing and drafting briefings and client advice on EU legislation, policy and trade (including in relation to financial services, consumer goods, agriculture, social dumping), WTO law and international maritime law for an EU government relations law firm; • Researching potential clients. • Researching, analysing and drafting briefings and client advice on EU legislation, policy and trade (including in relation to financial services, consumer goods, agriculture, social dumping), WTO law and international maritime law for an EU government relations law firm; • Researching potential clients.



Ward Gethin Archer

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainee Solicitor

  • Aug 2008 - Dec 2009

  • Practising: company law; competition law; conveyancing/property/planning; personal injury; employment law; employers’ liability; debt recovery; wills, trusts, probate; • Litigation; court advocacy; solicitor accountancy; interviewing clients/witnesses; qualitative/quantitative research/analysis; practical legal research; drafting legal briefings, particulars of claim, correspondence, witness statements, wills, deeds, contracts, agreements, court documents; advising clients; redrafting firm’s equal opportunities policy; obtaining personal injury compensation and debt recovery for clients. • Drafting and translating legal correspondence and documents in French, Spanish and German. Show less



Aegis Trust

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Economic Advocacy Assistant

  • May 2008 - Jun 2008

  • Campaigning in the media and lobbying the UK parliament, EU governments and institutional investors to take measures to combat genocide in Darfur; • Researching and drafting briefings, articles and advocacy correspondence on Sudanese politics, genocide in Darfur, EU sanctions, the International Criminal Court, divestment and UK pension and investment law. • Interviewing human rights abuse witnesses. • Campaigning in the media and lobbying the UK parliament, EU governments and institutional investors to take measures to combat genocide in Darfur; • Researching and drafting briefings, articles and advocacy correspondence on Sudanese politics, genocide in Darfur, EU sanctions, the International Criminal Court, divestment and UK pension and investment law. • Interviewing human rights abuse witnesses.