Head of Fintech Partnerships

• Apr 2022 - Present

SHIFT is a growing community of fintech founders that will accelerate the adoption of Open Finance solutions through collaboration and partnerships with Financial Institutions. Our purpose is to uncover mutually beneficial opportunities and provide a platform where founders can turn their Open Finance ideas into viable realities in UK Financial Services. SHIFT is a growing community of fintech founders that will accelerate the adoption of Open Finance solutions through collaboration and partnerships with Financial Institutions. Our purpose is to uncover mutually beneficial opportunities and provide a platform where founders can turn their Open Finance ideas into viable realities in UK Financial Services.

Management Consultant

• Apr 2022 - Present

Senior Associate Consultant

• Jul 2021 - Apr 2022

*Team recognition at Crescendo Annual Awards, having received the Prestigious "Special Recognition Award" for displaying skill, domain expertise, grit and determination to seamlessly execute the program".* • Change and communications lead for a global BPO transition programme, delivering and reporting on change and communications plans for seven individual countries, managing the projects’ key activities in the change lifecycle aligned to key phases of the project. • Engaging with key stakeholders to develop communications material, coordinating translations requirements, as well as managing the end-to-end review and approvals process. • Developing a change and communication’s ‘playbook’ for Cognizant’s internal capability management in the Organisational Change Management practice as part of key artefacts and reusable templates for multi-channel and regional project management.

Management Consultant

• Feb 2020 - Jul 2021

• Managed the change and adoption workstream and team of three consultants for a large-scale and multi-faceted digital transformation programme in the Financial Services and Insurance sector, engaging with over 150+ stakeholders. • Defined the change and adoption strategy for the programme, including the delivery of monthly workshops designed to increase adoption and readiness for change mapped to readiness, engagement, and adoption KPIs. • Business analysis and focus group facilitation with key stakeholders to map change impact on processes, ways of working, technology, and people. Aligned impacts to a target operating model and developed a product adoption KPI framework. • Led on reporting for the change and adoption workstream to the programme as well as engaging with key client stakeholders in steering groups to co-ordinate and align project deliverables and key milestones. • Change and communications lead for system migration programme in the Financial Services and Insurance market involving integrated project planning for individual release and parallel workstreams. • Project managed delivery of assurance and risk reporting for large-scale digital transformation programme in the Property Management Services sector, to provide recommendations at C-suite level.

Corporate Communications Specialist (as part of an MBA)

• Nov 2017 - Nov 2019

• Project managed the delivery of a strategic CSR engagement programme for the UK region, impacting 40+ site locations. Main priorities included stakeholder mapping and ensuring the smooth running of monthly workshops for stakeholders in corporate functions and divisional heads of the business as well as with external partners to deliver the programme. • Responsible for the end-to-end management and execution of a corporate social responsibility activities developed in line with the strategic objectives of the business. Engaged with over 200 associates from across the company to deliver a multi-channel engagement with local schools involving over 150 local school and government representatives. • Delivered on the implementation of corporate initiatives across the UK region, ensuring smooth running of internal events and communications, including content planning and publishing on external and internal corporate channels to support the business. Responsible for reporting analytics on engagement and readership, using these for continuous improvement, mapping to KPIs.

PR Assistant Intern (Year Abroad)

• Jan 2016 - May 2016

• Worked as part of a team of international consultants responsible for disseminating public relations materials. Activities included writing, translating, analysing press releases for cross sector consumer goods businesses under the company portfolio. • Liaised with journalists in the industry to gain press coverage on a regular basis. • Worked as part of a team of international consultants responsible for disseminating public relations materials. Activities included writing, translating, analysing press releases for cross sector consumer goods businesses under the company portfolio. • Liaised with journalists in the industry to gain press coverage on a regular basis.

English Teacher - Year Abroad

• Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

• Individually responsible for the guided learning and instruction of the English language to international students. Tasks included planning and execution of teaching hours. • Individually responsible for the guided learning and instruction of the English language to international students. Tasks included planning and execution of teaching hours.