My background is in the charitable sector - at the interface between strategic & operational planning & service delivery by remote teams at national level. Part of my extensive management experience has been to coach and support staff to reach their potential. Outside of this I have acted in a formal mentoring capacity to university students at UCL and Birkbeck. Informally I coach within my circle of contacts - giving space to explore the working dynamic in an ever changing environment. My formal qualifications include a CMS in women & management and a DMS in change management.

Most of my career in senior management in the charitable sector has involved elements of event management. Setting up and running residential (2-3 day) conferences and 1 day educational events. From venue finding and menu choosing to identifying speakers and getting the pre event registration system sorted - I’ve been hands on at all levels - including giving keynote speeches myself!

For the last 20 years in the charity sector I have had to produce business plans - either sitting under the main charity plan or for the charity itself. From the plan and strategy I then developed the operational plans rolling out on a national basis. My specialism was looking at the interface of the plans and how the rhetoric translated into operational reality - how it could be monitored and evaluated and what success looked like.