Experience

Spinal Injuries Association

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

• CEO

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Milton Keynes The UK’s national charity for people paralysed by spinal cord injury, with 16,000 members, 65 staff and 50 volunteers. The Charity is the expert, guiding voice for spinal cord injured people and their families across the country. It's vision is a fulfilled life for anyone affected by spinal cord injury. SIA fights for the rights of spinal cord injured people to access services, flourish in their chosen livelihoods and play a full part in their community and society. It offers specialist… Show more The UK’s national charity for people paralysed by spinal cord injury, with 16,000 members, 65 staff and 50 volunteers. The Charity is the expert, guiding voice for spinal cord injured people and their families across the country. It's vision is a fulfilled life for anyone affected by spinal cord injury. SIA fights for the rights of spinal cord injured people to access services, flourish in their chosen livelihoods and play a full part in their community and society. It offers specialist health and mental health services and support to anyone affected by spinal cord injury, and as the national association links its members to an expanding network of trusted specialist partners who can take up legal, social, health and life challenges faced by our members to ensure they can be overcome and a fulfilled life be achieved Show less



Consultancy for Leaders in Social Change

• Founder

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  United Kingdom The Consultancy aims to build the combined power of a network of global leaders from across sectors committed to changing society to transform our world. It is for leaders from across business, charities and government with: - An ambition to take up opportunities to tackle global challenges - The commitment to change the way we work and measure success - A desire to collaborate The Consultancy helps leading innovators in business, charity and government to: - Build and share… Show more The Consultancy aims to build the combined power of a network of global leaders from across sectors committed to changing society to transform our world. It is for leaders from across business, charities and government with: - An ambition to take up opportunities to tackle global challenges - The commitment to change the way we work and measure success - A desire to collaborate The Consultancy helps leading innovators in business, charity and government to: - Build and share solutions to the global challenges emerging out of different sectors - Realise common goals based on the value of people above profit - Expand organisations and businesses while embedding and retaining values and culture - Increase the voice, influence and role of people from the ‘Global South’ in business and international development - Affect change within and across organisations - Build strategic and investing partnerships across sectors Show less



Reboot the Future (Foundation), Fulbrook Academy (Middle School) & Homeless Support (Woburn Sands)

• Board Member of...

  • 2012 - Present



Bond UK

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

• Board Member - Trustee and Board of Directors

  • Nov 2015 - Nov 2018

  London, UK Elected member of Bond - the leading international development network of 450 members, set up to connect, strengthen and champion a dynamic network of civil society organisations to eradicate global poverty, inequality and injustice.



Restless Development

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Chief Executive

  • Oct 2011 - Apr 2018

  London, United Kingdom - Leading long term growth and sustainability, tripling its turnover (to £17million), reach and staff base (of 465 staff and 4000+ full time volunteers across 10 countries); significantly raising the go-to profile and influence of the charity in its field; building/launching a ground-breaking agency-wide global strategy in 2016; in 2018 winning the flagship government (Dept for International Development) Aid Connect £10million grant, against 45 other consortia bids from across the sector

• Deputy Chief Executive

  • Jan 2008 - Oct 2011

  Directly supervising three of the four international departments for the organisation (programmes, fundraising, and HR) and sharing the executive lead for global strategy & direction with the chief executive, including development of a Global Strategic Framework and full re-brand of the Agency



SPW

• Director of Operations and Programmes

  • 2003 - 2007

  Responsible for supervising the design, development, quality and effective delivery of health and livelihoods programmes globally, including direct supervision of eight country directors. Areas of work included building government partnerships, developing best practice for design and evaluation, capacity building, policy development, and founding new national offices (in Zambia and Sierra Leone)



SPW

• General Manager

  • 1999 - 2002

  Oversight of the Head Office as well as management of country offices in Africa and South Asia

• Programme Consultant

  • 1998 - 1999

  A contract to develop health-education and community-resource programmes in East Africa



Universidad Mayor de San Andres

• Faculty teacher

  • 1995 - 1996

  teacher in English at the public University in La Paz, assisting in the development of the University’s overall capacity for English teaching



GUYWA/ World Bank

• Head of Communications

  • 1994 - 1995

  Responsible for the development and sensitisation of a World Bank funded government rural-water programme



Ministry of Education, Guyana

• School Development and Teacher

  • 1993 - 1994

  working with the local education authority to support the upgrading of its school to secondary school status; teacher across all levels of the school



Prevocational Schools, Jamaica

• Special Needs Adviser and Teacher

  • 1989 - 1990

  Supporting local government to develop a pre-vocational school for out-of-school youth; teaching literacy, numeracy & life-skills