Bio

I am an experienced Board Director / Chair, and a versatile management consultant with a strong analytical approach, complemented by a strategic outlook and excellent leadership, facilitation and soft skills. I have a rare combination of experience in delivering consultancy to the private sector, and applying this in the public sector as an ''insider''​ to transform services and support senior managers with strategic challenges. My approach is both facilitative and collaborative, drawing on extensive experience, skills and tools. I like to work in partnership with clients, become part of their teams, and get people involved. I have a natural coaching style, and am quite creative in the way I work with people. I believe in building capability to achieve sustainable solutions, and like to provide opportunities for wider participation. I particularly enjoy tackling big challenges and complexity – making sense of those issues that no-one can get their head round, or everyone thinks just can't be fixed. It doesn’t matter if its strategic, operational, or about people – the more dimensions to it, the better. I’ll get to the bottom of what’s going on, and work with clients and stakeholders to design and implement sustainable solutions. Specialisms: • Strategic thinking, visioning, complexity & systems • Public / non profit sectors policy creation & execution • Transformational change • Trouble-shooting challenges and complex problems • Leadership, culture, board & senior team development • Organisation design As Chair of a Black Minority Ethnic (BME) Housing Association, I am active in the housing sector, including on matters of race equality and transformational change. I am a member of the sector's Trust & Quality Steering Group for the Better Social Housing Review, and a core member of its Race Action Group. I have an active role, as a speaker, panellist, and 'influencer', both in my capacity as Chair and as an independent 'influencer'. Examples include: • Panellist in 'Levelling Up' keynote session at the National Housing Federation (NHF) Summit, Sep 2022 • Conference Chair for the NHF's 2 day Audit & Risk conference, Dec 2021 • Speech on 'Levelling Up' in the Economic Development keynote session, at The Great Northern Conference, Oct 2021 (also featured in the Yorkshire Post) • Housing Diversity Network (HDN) podcast ''BME or BAME, what's in a name?'' May 2022 • Panellist on HDN webinar, on the Sewell report, May 2021 • “Diversity in our Boardrooms: who cares?”, published in Northern Housing Magazine, Jul 2020