• Repatriated back to the UK to take up a 1 year maternity leave cover role within the UK Upper Field Leadership Team.• Most senior DVC within UK Field Team, reporting to UK Visual Manager accountable for the highestvolume district within Gap Europe.• Responsible for driving Visual Merchandising across all Gap Brand stores in Central London - OxfordCircus Flagship, Covent Garden market, High Street Kensington, White City and Canary Wharf.• Planned for and participated in regular Senior Leadership Visits across multiple stores.• Collaborated with Real Estate, Store Development, Finance and Inventory Management teams to adaptstore layouts depending on changing customer needs and trends. Successfully flipped departmentswithin stores, with positive business results.• Worked with Marketing and PR teams on external Shopping Centre displays and marketing initiatives todrive traffic to stores.

• Relocated to Hong Kong as Area Visual Manager for Gap Brand stores within the Gap Inc. Greater China business.• Responsible for driving visual merchandising store execution and the training of local teams across all 7 stores in Hong Kong.• Worked closely with local business partners to establish new training programs to align in-store experience with global company standards. Able to leverage all past international experience to deliver brand experience to local customers.• Part of the Gap Inc. Greater China business, a separate entity to the Gap Inc. International business. Reporting directly into Senior Manager VM Execution Greater China and close ties to the Greater China Leadership team.• Accountable for the highest volume market in Greater China, with all stores regularly ranking in the global top 20 for highest volume.• Gained experience in working with challenging store layouts, high traffic, high turnover within a fluctuating economic environment.• Frequently travelled to Gap Inc. Greater China HQ in Shanghai to work alongside various HQ functions and participated in company conferences & meetings.• Travelled to Taiwan for various new store openings and supported in training workshops pre and post- opening.• Prepared for, participated in and often lead visits from Global Leadership teams and Gap Inc. CEO. Due to size of local leadership teams being relatively small, I was able to gain a lot of first hand experience in hosting visits in small groups, often as the lead.• Lead various new initiatives for the local market, including planning for and executing store flips to improve customer experience. These included changing the location of GapKids & babyGap departments within stores as well as reflowing existing departments to improve customer navigation and journey.

• Head of Visual Merchandising for Gap Oxford Street Flagship and member of Upper Field Leadership Team.• Reporting directly to Regional Visual Manager & EU Senior Manager VM Execution.• Managed team of 11 including Assistant Manager, Supervisors and Associate levels.• Accountable for all store VM execution, including collaboration work with various HQ functions to deliveran exciting and compelling Flagship store experience.• Supported senior management in driving VM and marketing consistency throughout the EuropeanFlagship fleet - London (Oxford Street & Oxford Circus), Paris, Milan and Rome Flagships.• Worked closely with HQ Inventory Management team to ensure appropriate inventory levels throughoutentire store depending on business results and upcoming in-store layouts.

• Joined as Visual Assistant Manager, reporting into Store Visual Manager (SVM) with 9 direct reportsincluding Associates and Supervisors.• Managed and developed my team in planning and executing the VM proportion for the Flagship store inthe UK.• Responsibilities included recruitment, performance management, new employee inductions & traininginto the business. Successfully developed 5 employees into new internal roles within my first year.• Supported the SVM by acting as District Visual Coordinator (DVC) for the City of London stores to en-sure VM consistency and providing on-the-spot coaching and feedback during store visits.• Supported in planning and executing VM requirements during a partial remodel of Gap Finsbury Pave-ment, London in July 2013.• Planned for and facilitated regular in-store PR events including designer collaborations, Vogue FashionNight Out event and seasonal ‘Bloggers Breakfasts’. Worked closely with PR and Marketing teams toensure seamless and brand-appropriate events.• Supported the Gap Franchise team by travelling to Saudi Arabia to provide coaching, training and sup-port for local store teams ahead of new collections and a Gap Inc. CEO visit.• Prepared for and participated in regular European & Global Leadership Team store visits.• Reacted to business by reviewing and adapting in-store layout with decisions often rolled out as sea-sonal updates across the European store fleet.

• Joined as newly appointed Visual Manager with 3 direct reports.• Responsible for delivering a compelling customer store experience through visual standards, productplacement and visual displays for one of the top locations in Europe.• Analyse weekly top sellers and identify opportunities to increase sales within style/department• Action company initiatives and key business driving opportunities.• Implemented in-store promotions, new collections and major Sale events.• Managing 3 visual associates to deliver the visual proposition: Windows, Front of Store, Brand Stand-ards, Mannequin detail, Effective and marketing placement, Management and Operating.• Involved in planning and execution of store closure for full remodel.• Lead re-opening workshop.• Received company Visual Excellence Award for VM consistency following re-opening.• Successfully developed members of my team from Visual Associate to Visual Supervisor.• Worked in partnership with District Visual Coordinator and District Manager to deliver consistencyacross all City of London stores as well as collaborating with Inventory Management team on improvingstock allocation.• Travelled to New York HQ to work with Global PR team in January 2012. Reported directly to VicePresident, Global PR on showcasing Summer 2012 collection to international press.

· Based in Milan for 3 months supporting with the pre and post opening period for Gap’s first store in Italy.· Tasked with providing training and coaching of visual merchandising skills for new store team in line with company standards. This included training workshops for new VM team and coaching for all seniormanagement.· First experience working in a Flagship retail environment.· Worked with store team to problem-solve and shared best practices based on my experience with Gap.· Directly reporting to EU Senior Leadership Team.· Involved in planning and executing major PR events to coincide with new store opening.· Lead pre-work in preparation for Gap Inc. CEO visit.· Lead planning and execution of the stores first post-Christmas ‘Saldi’ (Sale) event and subsequent NewCollection set-up.· Supported PR team to showcase new Spring 2011 collection to Italian press.

• Joined as full time Visual Associate in newly fitted store shortly after re-opening.• Travelled to France to support further re-modelling and new store openings in Dijon and Metz.• Acting Head of VM team in-store during transition period for new Visual Manager.• Promoted to Visual Supervisor for successfully demonstrating ability to lead a team as well as upholdthe store’s visual proposition in the absence of a Visual Manager.

• Joined the company as a temporary Sales Associate for Christmas 2003• Progressed to full-time permanent Store Operations Associate.• Moved into Visual Merchandising to support current in-store team.• Oversaw VM execution for GapKids stand-alone store.• Gained experience with participating is getting and photo-shooting European in-store direction.• Supported workshops for new store openings in Brighton and Brent Cross (London) using new proto-type shop-fit and in-store equipment.