Experience

Sunbelt Rentals UK & Ireland

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Social Impact & Partnerships Manager

  • Jul 2021 - Present



VGC Group

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Corporate Social Responsibility Manager

  • Apr 2018 - May 2019

  In this role, I developed VGC’s CSR strategy that formed a standardised approach to how the business responds to key socio-economic challenges and local employment opportunities in the construction and infrastructure industries. Successes include: • Delivering community programmes to support women, BAME, ex-military, ex-offenders, homeless into sustainable employment. Since August 2018, assisted 6 people to get into sustainable employment thus creating a social impact of £100,000. • Created strategic partnerships with charities and social enterprises to ensure that VGC community programmes support beneficiaries • Created and implemented company’s first volunteering programme. Launched in January 2019 has to date 6% of staff actively supporting local communities. • Support the Bid team with CSR and EDI information to win new pipeline of works • Introduced social impact measurement tool to evaluate VGC’s CSR activities against the TOMs • Realigned the schools engagement activities to support secondary school students. helping students to understand the varied careers within the construction industry. In 2018, schools engagement programme “supported 2709 students in 13 schools in 10 London boroughs. It also adheres to 4 of 7 Gatsby Benchmark (a framework of guidelines for careers provision in schools and colleges.) • Introduced initiatives that respects equality and diversity in the workplace. I am now one of eleven FIR ambassadors who have been trained by the Supply Chain Sustainability School to champion fairness, inclusion and respect in the workplace. I am also one of four FIR qualified trainers. In 2018 the 11 FIR ambassadors delivery FIR session to 600 operatives. Managed the BRE’s Ethical Labour Standard. I oversaw the re-accredication. VGC is the first labour company to be awarded and re-accredited. I am one of seven staff qualified to deliver training on spotting signs of modern slavery to all VGC staff. Show less



JTI (Japan Tobacco International)

• Switzerland
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Community Investment Manager

  • Oct 2016 - May 2017



Citi

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President, Community Development EMEA

  • Nov 2006 - Dec 2015

  Strategic development and execution of Citi’s Citizenship priorities through the Citi Foundation spanning 54 countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Senior relationship management responsibilities for flagship programmes with key stakeholders (government officials, NGO’s, regulators). Responsibility for profiling and communication management of Citi Foundation programmes via internal and external channels, including through innovative social media campaigns. Management and promotion of Citi’s flagship volunteering initiative “Citi Global Community Day”. In 2015 staff participation across the region increased by 30% though sourcing quality skills-based volunteering opportunities by engaging partners like the Mayor of London’s “Team London”, and ELBA’s “London Works” initiative as well as Deputy Prime Minister’s Social Mobility Campaign. Show less



Prudential UK

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Community

  • Sep 2003 - Sep 2006

  Overall responsibility for Prudential UK’s Community engagement efforts to include: Design and delivery of a robust charity of year process culminating in an employee vote, raising £1,2 million for 3 charities: Macmillan Cancer Relief, Shelter and Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. Managed the implementation of volunteering initiatives linked to Prudential’s online learning portal Learning Space. Encouraged all levels of the organisation to consider using this approach as an alternative method to developing skills. Initiative was championed by the UK’s Home Office as an example of “Best Practice Example of Employer Support Volunteering”. Promoted workplace giving by working with Internal Communications and developed a series of e-communications newsletters to promote Payroll giving resulting in 13% of employees giving through Give As You Earn. Awarded Gold Standard by the Treasury for this Payroll Giving Scheme. Responsibility for the CSR Budget, as well as people management responsibility over 2 Community Coordinators. Show less



Cable and Wireless

• Community Investment Manager

  • Nov 1991 - Sep 2003

  Transformed the Community programme, from philanthropic grants, to developing and managing a global programme with local impact that was aligned to the business objectives of the company. Worked very closely with international NGO’s that addressed the issue of internet accessibility and internet safety: e.g. Childnet International, Forum for the Future, WWF, Care International, and Age Concern. Initiated and managed the Give As You Earn scheme (the first UK Company to actively promote payroll giving in 1993). The C&W Programme was profiled to other companies wanting to set up payroll giving schemes in the early 1990’s. Show less



Mercury Communications

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales & Community Executive

  • Mar 1988 - Nov 1991

  Project manager for the Company’s flagship initiative “The Mercury Music Prize”. An arts initiative supported by the company to promote new artists. Researched, developed and secured funding for the initiative. Today the brand “Mercury Music Prize” is widely known in the Music industry. Mercury Pop Art – encouraging art students to design and develop pop art that would be used as a basis for Mercury phone cards. The prizes included an arts scholarship for the winners. The original series of Mercury Pop Art phone cards are now collector’s items. Show less



Ministry of Defence

• Public Affairs Executive

  • Nov 1985 - Nov 1988