Experience

Virgin StartUp

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Manager

  • Apr 2019 - Present

• Mentor Programme Coordinator

  • Aug 2016 - Apr 2019

  Summary: Developed the mentoring offering for 70+ funded entrepreneurs each month and management of other aspects of post-funding support, including events management. Virgin StartUp has funded over 2000 entrepreneurs to date and there are over 750 volunteer mentors on the programme.Overall management of mentor programme, including 750+ mentors and post-funding support team.Oversee partnerships related to post-funding support, including WeWork Labs and Escape the City.Event management:- Doing Business with Big Business – Virgin StartUp’s flagship event which aims to educate entrepreneurs about the way procurement works in large organisations, the considerations of buyers during a negotiation, negotiation skills and how different organisations procure. - Virgin StartUp Female Networking events - Recently developed new series of quarterly Female entrepreneur networking events, with entrepreneurial speakers covering a range of key business topics. Projects :Planned and successfully completed a 4 month Pilot Project with The Start Up Loans Company to diversify their post-funding support offering. The pilot had 235 funded entrepreneurs from various Delivery Partners of Start Up Loans scheme (of which Virgin StartUp is one) who had businesses in a huge variety of sectors.Interviewed and on-boarded 150+ new mentors for project, covering a wide range of industries and specialismsManaged team who assisted with hand-picking mentors to match with pilot participantsDeveloped a programme of live webinars with top industry experts to cover topics entrepreneurs most commonly needed advice on. Topics included; Marketing, Accounting, Branding, Crowdfunding, HR, Legal, Procurement, Sales etcDeveloped ‘Introduction to Mentoring’ live webinar as pre-requisite to entrepreneur being matched with a mentorDeveloped comms strategy for pilot participants Developed surveys and final report on progress of mentoring relationships across 4 months

• Business Support Executive

  • Feb 2015 - Aug 2016



Cornwallis Elt

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital & Media Consultant

  • Aug 2012 - Sep 2014

  Cornwallis Elt is a multi-award winning Information Technology / Change Management recruitment business, focused on delivering mid-senior level business facing professionals to a blue chip client base within the Financial Services and Digital Media sectors. Our clients include leading Fund Managers, Hedge Funds, Investment Banks and Insurance firms, in both the UK and Internationally - dovetailing with its 6 year old Digital & Media practice which encompasses Publishing & Information Providers, Digital Agencies, Mobile and eCommerce. Cornwallis Elt's recruitment model includes Executive Search, Permanent and Contract solutions, underpinned by an eleven year track record of success.