CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

During my career I have enjoyed working with leading international advertising and PR agencies; blue chip multinational companies, trade associations, charities and campaigning groups, and have held increasingly senior management positions. I also have exeperience in running my own consultancy and business.

My 30 years senior experience spans all aspects of PR, media relations and marketing - and communicating with consumers at all levels, and with high-profile opinion formers - Parliamentarians, Civil Servants and the media. As such, I amply demonstrate a strong record in public affairs, campaigning and stakeholder management - with extensive knowledge of working with a national Government (primarily UK), Whitehall, policy-making, party politics and political and current affairs media working.

Over the past 15 years I have developed specialist knowledge and expertise in copywriting, healthcare communications, social issues, local and national campaigning and political lobbying, and all areas of professional event management.

My skills set includes a strong understanding of business strategy as well as communications expertise, an analytical and an insightful approach to problem solving, an ability to work under pressure, coupled with a pragmatic, hands-on experience within challenging and often hostile stakeholder environments.

My demonstrable project management and team management and strong commercial acumen means that I am self-motivated, friendly, articulate, hard- working, innovative, creative and resourceful - with the experience and interpersonal skills to work as a team, or independently. I enjoy meeting new challenges - and seeing them through to successful completion. Colleagues and business associates say I have a positive, ‘can do’ approach, with a talent for working to tight deadlines - to achieve results that count. I am also fun to work with ... I love my work and I love the comms challenges that I have successfully covered over the years!