Experience

Halpin

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Client Services

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Heading up Halpin’s client-facing delivery and services function, managing a large team of senior-level Consulting Fellows, ensuring that quality and consistency lies at the heart of every project. I lead Halpin’s client-facing delivery and services from project kick-off through to completion and beyond, ensuring all work is carried out to the highest standards. Heading up Halpin’s client-facing delivery and services function, managing a large team of senior-level Consulting Fellows, ensuring that quality and consistency lies at the heart of every project. I lead Halpin’s client-facing delivery and services from project kick-off through to completion and beyond, ensuring all work is carried out to the highest standards.



Exeter School

• United Kingdom
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Development and Alumni Relations

  • Oct 2018 - Aug 2021

  Leading Exeter School's alumni relations and development work, devising and implementing strategies to best support the School now and long in to the future through philanthropy. Leading Exeter School's alumni relations and development work, devising and implementing strategies to best support the School now and long in to the future through philanthropy.



Graham-Pelton

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Aug 2016 - Oct 2018

  Graham-Pelton Consulting partners with clients across the non-profit sector to help them expand their networks and reach their fundraising potential. As a Consultant at Graham-Pelton, current focus areas include setting up new fundraising programmes, reviewing established practices, campaign planning, and training and coaching in major gifts and team development. Recent clients have included the Royal United Services Institute, King's Schools Taunton, Southmead Hospital Charity and Fulham Reach Boat Club.

• Project Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2016

  Managing projects effectively and efficiently from planning, implementation and follow up to support clients in enhancing their fundraising and alumni relations activity. Focus areas included developing and supporting training, workshops and fundraising presentations, assisting with development activity feasibility studies and facilitating discussions and meetings with donors and potential donors.Key skills involved were, an ability to work with a wide variety of people from volunteers to donors to CEOs to Vice-Chancellors, strong communication skills both written and verbal, effective time management and highly organised with an ability to manage multiple projects at once.



Santander Universities UK

• Advisory Board Member

  • Apr 2016 - Aug 2016



University of Exeter

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Development Manager

  • Oct 2013 - Aug 2016

  My role as a Development Manager focuses on developing meaningful long term relationships with alumni and stakeholders to philanthropically support the research, teaching and student experience at the University of Exeter.I work and collaborate with a variety of senior staff across academic colleges, student recruitment, professional services and the Students' Guild to identify pertinent fundraising needs and implement a strategy for supporting these endeavors.

• Alumni Officer

  • Jan 2011 - Oct 2013

  As an Alumni Officer I work to engage with and maintain relationships with the 80, 000 strong alumni community. My main focus is around supporting and creating current UK based Alumni networks. I help run and support events and activities, write communications for alumni, manage multiple volunteer groups and source out new creative ways we can connect with both students and alumni at the University. The role requires managing and sustaining several projects at once, spanning all our campuses across Exeter and in Cornwall.



Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

• Communications and Corporate Affairs Officer

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2010

  Extensive media handling and reputation management at the hospital. I worked on both internal and external communications for staff, patients and the general public. The role gave me a good networks within the local media and allowed me to work within the communications of national campaigns. Work with the patients and staff to complete press releases and escort the media on site when needed. Extensive media handling and reputation management at the hospital. I worked on both internal and external communications for staff, patients and the general public. The role gave me a good networks within the local media and allowed me to work within the communications of national campaigns. Work with the patients and staff to complete press releases and escort the media on site when needed.