Experience

Frontier Operations

• Ukraine
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  We are a collection of professionals brought together to solve some of the world’s most complex problems in the most challenging environments. Our workspace is the embodiment of our corporate namesake - the Frontier. We go beyond where it is considered safe and certain. We push beyond those boundaries in the pursuit of our ethos to serve others. Inspired by the bravery and sacrifice of the Ukrainian people following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the founding partners all deployed independently of each other to lean in, do what they could, and try and move the needle in the face of tyranny. Their shared commitment to standing in the gap and helping those seeking freedom was the beginning of Frontier Operations and that commitment is the cornerstone of our future. When people desire progress, opportunity, and stability, they deserve true partners that seek to elevate them and their goals. We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them, working tirelessly to bring about positive change. We are committed to achieving effectiveness for those we serve, which is why we operate as a discrete and high-performing team. We are inspired by the bravery and sacrifice by those we are called to serve in pre, active, and post-conflict situations. Show less



Challenger Operations

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Founder

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Challenger is a consultancy house made up of nation builders, humanitarians, government consultants and C-suite executives. What binds us is our shared belief that execution is everything. We all believe that no matter how much uncertainty, volatility or complexity we have to face, it is no excuse for failure. We are a team of business execution professionals who help organisations navigate the void between strategy and delivery. A team relentlessly driven by providing our clients with the tools, methodology and capacity to deliver high performance results regardless of the obstacles they face. We have brought together the very best from the military and senior corporate executives to create a unique offer that balances applied military planning and modern day, progressive business leadership. We are Challenger. We execute. Show less



REACT Disaster Response

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2021

  RE:ACT is a disaster response charity that repurposes the hard skills and experience of military veterans to operate in high tempo, dynamic and complex disaster zones, providing direct humanitarian action for the hardest to reach and most vulnerable communities. RE:ACT is a disaster response charity that repurposes the hard skills and experience of military veterans to operate in high tempo, dynamic and complex disaster zones, providing direct humanitarian action for the hardest to reach and most vulnerable communities.



Sport for Freedom (Charity)

• Spectator Sports

• Chairman (Non Executive Director)

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2018

  Chairman of young, impactful human trafficking charity that provided extensive support to the victims of exploitation. Income Planning: Worked with Sport for Freedom’s Founder CEO to identify the case for support and financial requirements. Developed the fundraising pipeline to ensure that the charity had a sustainable income stream. ► Governance: Leveraged experience of larger charity operations to ensure that the correct infrastructure, governance and regulatory practices were in place during Sport for Freedom’s period of growth. ► Guest Speaker at numerous schools delivering motivational talks to children; focused on potential and growth mindsets. Show less



Help for Heroes

• United Kingdom
• Fundraising
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Operations

  • Oct 2015 - Oct 2017

  ► Director of Operations for a National charity with 400 employees, over 6 locations with an annual income of £40m.► Managed a complex property portfolio which includes Central London office space, industrial units and Recovery Centres on Ministry of Defence sites.► Commercial contract negotiations with local vendors and multi-national corporations.► Owned the relationship between the Charity and our regulatory bodies.► Strategic development and alignment.► Led on all capital expenditure building projects including two large rehabilitation facilities.► Developed a high performance attitude to team work across the operational functions to better facilitate all business activity.► Redeveloped the organisation's policies and procedures to ensure best practice throughout.► Fundraising: Raised £5m from the UK Treasury in partnership with Help for Heroes to build two rehabilitation centres for the UK special forces. I had to negotiate with the MOD to gain access to secret and protected land to build the projects and link up a very complex stakeholder group► Business Integration: In the face of significant regulatory and media pressure, merged the two charities that comprised Help for Heroes into one organisation with a complete governance and cultural overhaul whilst delivering the Charity Commission’s regulatory action plan.► Change Management: Guided the Help for Heroes charity through a complex period of CEO transition to ensure minimal negative impact internally and from the UK media.► Managed the relationship between the Charity and the Trustees including company secretarial, AGMs, board meetings and incident oversight. Show less

• Executive Operations Officer

  • Mar 2015 - Oct 2015

  ► Chief of Staff to the CEO► Monitored all departments work streams, helping to ensure timely completion and prioritisation of resources across the organisation► Created briefing papers up to and including Ministerial level.► Inter-department relationship manager to maintain delivery alignment across the geographically dispersed teams.



Deutsche Bank

• Germany
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President

  • Dec 2012 - Mar 2015

  ► Retaining Existing Talent: Specialist in creating a culture of shared consciousness and accountability for organisational outcomes against a single unifying narrative. Achieved this for the Global Operational Risk function at Deutsche Bank which had broken into deep contradictory silos and most recently with Team Rubicon where the need for empowered decision making was critical to organisational success. ► Business Growth: Drove strategic growth by designing and implementing a transformational new business line to focus on solution structuring to increase the Deutsche Bank’s overall revenue share. Focused on business design and review before becoming the Chief of Staff to the Divisional Control Officer and Global Head of Risk. ► Promoted to Vice President within 2 years of joining financial services. ► Part of a small team that created a new business line seeing the project through from inception to implementation and onward profitability; facing many complex organisational and market issues including the selection of the correct talent, refining the product offering and client targeting. Following establishment of the business line, focused on creating and selling bespoke, intra-day liquidity structures for financial institutions. ► Project managed the initial design phase of the Divisional Control Office in response to increasing regulatory pressure. ► Looked to improve business performance by using military and sporting experience to engender greater communication and a more selfless approach to project or team working. Show less



Bank of England

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Work Placement

  • Aug 2012 - Nov 2012



Royal Marines

• United Kingdom
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Royal Marines Officer

  • Aug 2005 - Oct 2012

  Tactical command of close combat troops in Afghanistan Assorted training jobs including instruction and the development of national training and delivery plans for all UK forces which was later adopted by the United States Marine Corps Operational planning and execution tasks in Afghanistan including the command of task force wide assets Tactical command of close combat troops in Afghanistan Assorted training jobs including instruction and the development of national training and delivery plans for all UK forces which was later adopted by the United States Marine Corps Operational planning and execution tasks in Afghanistan including the command of task force wide assets



A2 Rigging Ltd.

• Falmouth, Cornwall

• Senior Yacht Rigger

  • Sep 2001 - Aug 2005