Experience

Busec Nova Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Jul 2012 - Present

  My most visible role at BusecNova is as the person you speak to before you start; when you want to find out more about our qualifications and figure out which one is going to be best suited to your needs, if indeed you should be choosing to study right now. My less visible role is working with the management team, helping run the centre, which includes looking after our extended family of tutors. I also have my own portfolio of students to support, which keeps me on my toes and is a great pleasure as it means I am always learning curiously interesting new things. I have been asked if there is something in our industry that I think should be 'fixed' - there is. Barriers to entry into the professions, for people who live without privilege. Specifically, I wish businesses could get better at creating sustainable opportunities for long-term career progression for emerging talent from all walks of life. So many opportunities are missed by companies who cannot see past a role profile to identify attributes…and so many unfilled positions....Credentials/past experience I moved into HR with a multinational advertising agency in 2005 after a good long career in Executive Search and still have a big soft-spot for creatives and the HR people who look after them. I met Busec’s founder in Cornwall, as a student in 2009 and started teaching for her in 2012. In managing the centre today, I stand on tall shoulders. Show less



Kingston College

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sessional Lecturer

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2018



TBWA\Group Singapore

• Singapore
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Talent Director Asia Pacific

  • Jun 2007 - Jan 2009

  I partnered MD’s across markets in Asia Pacific to implement a talent management programmes covering recruitment, retention, acquisition and performance management. Our achievements were marked in revenue saved, reduced numbers of people leaving, higher quality new hires and improved succession planning. I partnered MD’s across markets in Asia Pacific to implement a talent management programmes covering recruitment, retention, acquisition and performance management. Our achievements were marked in revenue saved, reduced numbers of people leaving, higher quality new hires and improved succession planning.



Hudson Global

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Leader - Head of Advertising APAC

  • 2004 - 2007



The Crew Partnership

• Hong Kong

• Managing Director

  • 2000 - 2003

  During this time I worked as a freelance consultant for three key clients; Leo Burnett Asia Pacific, Ogilvy and Mather Asia Pacific and the Lowe Partnership Asia Pacific During this time I worked as a freelance consultant for three key clients; Leo Burnett Asia Pacific, Ogilvy and Mather Asia Pacific and the Lowe Partnership Asia Pacific



Hudson Global

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Leader - Head of Advertising APAC

  • 1995 - 2000

  I travelled from junior consultant through to team leader at Hudson; a global recruitment business based in Hongkong, serving the Asia Pacific markets, where I specialised in creative recruitment before moving gradually through to C suite over the 12 years I was with the business. Helping business owners and candidates to identify skills and attributes through job analysis and executive coaching was a rewarding part of the role for me; elements which I then went on to grow by moving into human resources, in-house, in my next position. Working with small businesses and multinationals across a range of creative industry sectors; and with people from different markets, with different cultures, nationalities and languages, gave me a breadth of experience that still informs my teaching and consulting today. Helping candidates achieve and be the best that they can be has been the enduring pleasure of executive search, which I now find through my work as a coach today. Show less



Custom Content from WSJ

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Executive

  • Dec 1991 - Jan 1993

  Sales Executive responsible for product and advertising sales in retail, luxury goods, alcohol and tobacco. Sales Executive responsible for product and advertising sales in retail, luxury goods, alcohol and tobacco.