Bio

Currently leading on our international and national strategies for FinTech engagement, I am a committed and enthusiastic innovation advisor, who has implemented change, led projects and advised business leaders on issues of national and international importance. I am a credible, trusted advisor and a confident communicator with strong influencing and organisational skills who consistently acts as a key liaison between colleagues, senior stakeholders and policy makers. I bring great pride to my work, as well as intelligence, empathy, integrity and diplomacy to every situation. I seek to encourage and inspire my team, colleagues and external stakeholders by leading by example. My key skills include: • Communication and Influencing - Confident oral and written communicator to wide audience, including senior management and key stakeholders, including the political leadership of my current organisation. Strong interpersonal, diplomatic and influencing skills to help secure approval, buy-in and adoption. The ability to deliver complex information clearly and tailored to the relevant audience by way of agendas, briefing notes and promotional materials. • Strategic Perspective - A strategic thinker with experience at defining the long-term scope and direction of a policy function in order to meet the needs of the organisation and retain a policy edge. • Programme and Event management - Proven organiser of complex industry-led, economic or educational programmes designed to inform third-party organisations and key stakeholders. Proven at building business cases and requirements gathering, strategic scope, and communication to achieve successful programme or project launches, developing road maps aligned to organisation’s management and political strategies.