I enjoy making things happen, by working with people of high energy, vision and commitment to bring down barriers in education and scientific training. Currently, as a Lead within the office of the Scientific Visitor Programme (SVP), I strive to achieve that as a science management professional in the life sciences, leading the strategic implementation of new programmes designed to host external scientists interested in short research stays at EMBL - such as the CPP visitor fellowships, EMBL-UNESCO Residency in Infection Biology and the EMBL Sabbatical fellowships. For a short period as a maternity cover, I assumed overall responsibility for the practical courses portfolio held at EMBL (Heidelberg, Grenoble, Hamburg, Barcelona and Rome) which has strong focus on providing state-of-the-art hands-on training to visiting scientists from around the world with a "train-the-trainer" approach to knowledge transfer. I will also be guiding and supporting a subset of our excellent scientific course organisers to prepare competitive applications seeking funding from EMBO for their courses. I am responsible overall for the professional development of three colleagues - the Scientific Visitor Programme Manager, a Scientific Training Manager (until August 2024), Scientific Training Officer (until August 2024). Prior to entering this role, I have accumulated over 10+ years of diverse and international experience as a molecular/developmental biologist (senior postdoc/assistant professor level) - successfully leading several international research projects into highly visible scientific papers as peer reviewed publications (published in Nature, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Genetics, Development, Genome Research, NAR, etc). I also spent 18 months as a Communications and Project Officer at EMBL helping write several successful grant applications. In my spare time, I enjoy going on walks, spending time with my family, cooking, and educating myself on science policy, democratised access to learning and its implementation strategies strategies to deliver impact.