Experience

Women in Banking and Finance - UK

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Corporate Partnerships

  • Feb 2022 - Present



El Refugio Reyes

• Sabbatical in Spain

  • Oct 2019 - Sep 2020

  Spending time with my family, learning Spanish and experiencing all the Spanish cultures Spending time with my family, learning Spanish and experiencing all the Spanish cultures



Mastercard

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, European Strategic Merchants T&E

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2019

  I was responsible for growing, building and strengthening existing relationships with key regional travel partners. Driving new business development and thought leadership for these accounts. Managing and building revenues for the partners through the Mastercard products and solutions.

• Business Leader, Business Development

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  I participated in the 12 week "Relaunch Your Career" Returnship programme at Mastercard. Working in the Acceptance and Emerging Payments UK&I team supporting the Public Sector with Mastercard products to launch e-Invoicing.



El Refugio Reyes

• Sabbatical in Spain

  • Sep 2014 - Sep 2015

  I took a sabbatical from work to live in Southern Spain for a year, working on a project to reform a ruin my husband and I had bought. We moved the family out there to experience life in Spain and to learn to speak the language. The project is still on going and is certainly challenging but will have a rewarding outcome in the end. I took a sabbatical from work to live in Southern Spain for a year, working on a project to reform a ruin my husband and I had bought. We moved the family out there to experience life in Spain and to learn to speak the language. The project is still on going and is certainly challenging but will have a rewarding outcome in the end.



American Express

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Client Manager

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2014

  • Managing and maintaining 34 international clients in the travel, lodging, restaurant and pub industries, developing deep relationships, demonstrating the value of American Express and ultimately improving client satisfaction year on year.• Managing all aspects of client contract negotiations in order to deliver strong commercial agreements.• Expanding acceptance and driving growth with all my clients.• Proactively selling marketing opportunities, business insights, online fraud tools and other Amex products to maintain and grow Amex share of relevancy and profitability.• People leadership and management skills.

• Membership Rewards Manager

  • Sep 2007 - Jun 2010

  • Managing the partner strategy for the Amex UK loyalty programme, including management and development of 30 external partnerships all part of the Membership Rewards Programme.• Ownership of new business development strategy, influencing and negotiating with new relevant partners to create commercially viable contracts.• Ownership of global Membership Rewards partners such as Virgin Atlantic and British Airways.• Creation and management of the voucher fulfilment partner and processes.• Management of the Membership Rewards UK P&L. • People leadership and management skills.



The Tussauds Group

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercial Partnerships Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

  • Creating and delivering the commercial partnership and sponsorship strategies for 5 UK top visitor attractions in order to deliver the sponsorship budget.• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with all commercial partners, such asCoca Cola, Cussons, Nivea, Nestle, Walkers, Peugeot, Walls.• Signing up new commercial partnership contracts with relevant brands and delivering marketing activities.• Positively influencing the visitor numbers to the attractions through the commercial partners. • People leadership and management skills.



Radisson Edwardian Hotels

• United States
• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group Partnerships Manager

  • 2003 - 2006

  • Responsible for developing an effective partnerships strategy in order to deliver a global profile for the hotel brand in the luxury market and positively impact room revenue. • Building and managing high profile relationships with airlines, financial institutions, retail, theatre, media and leisure companies. • Creating and delivering marketing and promotions strategies with the key partners to achieve room revenue and brand exposure targets.• Carrying out customer research in order to deliver effective partnerships and promotions to retain the existing customer database and increase customer acquisition.