Experience

Reprieve

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Public Affairs and Policy

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Self-Employed

• Freelance policy and advocacy consultant

  • Jul 2017 - Feb 2023

  Working with a number of organisations to provide policy, campaigns and advocacy leadership, project management and communications advice, in areas including counter-fraud, consumer protection, agriculture and environmental policy. Working with a number of organisations to provide policy, campaigns and advocacy leadership, project management and communications advice, in areas including counter-fraud, consumer protection, agriculture and environmental policy.



Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Campaign Director

  • Aug 2020 - May 2022

• Deputy Campaign Director

  • Oct 2019 - Jul 2020



Chartered Trading Standards Institute

• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategy Director

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Working on a range of policy projects including leading for CTSI on the review of trading standards and consumer protection in Scotland and supporting heads of service in their response to the National Audit Office report on the consumer protection landscape.

• Director of Policy

  • Dec 2014 - Dec 2016

  Responsible for the strategic direction of the Institute's policy work which ensures that the voice of the trading standards profession is heard at a national level. I work with TSI's Council of Members, Board and lead officers to produce an evidence based policy framework and respond to emerging legislative and political changes. This role involves regular meetings with key stakeholders from central and local government, consumer groups and businesses to inform and influence their thinking on consumer protection issues. Show less

• Policy and Parliamentary Executive

  • Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

  Responsible for parliamentary lobbying and campaigns including the All Party Parliamentary Group for Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards (APPG CATS) and negotiating changes to draft legislation such as the Consumer Rights Bill. Major achievements include the organisation and publication of the Trading Standards Workforce Survey 2014, designing and commissioning research into the impact of trading standards from the University of Birmingham, and support to trading standards services threatened with unsustainable cuts. Show less

• Project Coordinator

  • Jun 2013 - Mar 2014

  Running the National Trading Standards Conversation for the Trading Standards Institute, engaging with stakeholders through individual meetings, debates and consultations to gather views on the future of the trading standards profession.



Voyages to Antiquity

• United Kingdom
• Leisure, Travel & Tourism
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shore Excursions

  • Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

  Eight months working in the Shore Excursions Department of the cruise liner MV Aegean Odyssey as the ship made its first tour of Asia. My role involved administrative and organisational duties in the office, and working with local guides to coordinate excursions and ensure the safety of passengers while ashore. Eight months working in the Shore Excursions Department of the cruise liner MV Aegean Odyssey as the ship made its first tour of Asia. My role involved administrative and organisational duties in the office, and working with local guides to coordinate excursions and ensure the safety of passengers while ashore.



Dr Hubertus Hoffmann

• Editorial Experience

  • Nov 2011 - Oct 2012

  Commissioned to assist in editing Dr Hoffmann's book on American political strategist Fritz Kraemer, published in October 2012. I was responsible for editing style and content to ensure new chapters translated from German would be easily understood by a large international English-speaking audience. Commissioned to assist in editing Dr Hoffmann's book on American political strategist Fritz Kraemer, published in October 2012. I was responsible for editing style and content to ensure new chapters translated from German would be easily understood by a large international English-speaking audience.



World Security Network Foundation

• Intern

  • Sep 2011 - Oct 2011

  Two month summer internship with WSN, a non-partisan foreign affairs network. Proofreading and editing articles written by international authors for publication on the website. Networking through email correspondence in order to update and enlarge the email database of over 300,000 contacts for the weekly newsletter. Two month summer internship with WSN, a non-partisan foreign affairs network. Proofreading and editing articles written by international authors for publication on the website. Networking through email correspondence in order to update and enlarge the email database of over 300,000 contacts for the weekly newsletter.