“As Director of Operations and interim Chief of Staff (Maternity Cover), Theresa played a leading role in establishing and delivering the foundations of our organisation:productive ways of working and communications as a team, from our weekly team meetings to providing invaluable counsel to every level and member of our team, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability; robust financial, governance and compliance processes, including managing our Board and Finance, Audit and Compliance Committee, as well as day-to-day management of our £3.2m budget, from invoicing to payments, and management of our annual reporting; risk management frameworks, to ensure that the organisation was aware and actively mitigating potential risks across all of our work, from development to programmatic delivery; and strategically-focused project management, working closely with our programme leads to ensure that our programme was delivered in line with Board and partner expectations. ”