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London, England, United Kingdom

Why buy when you can borrow? Library of Things enables communities to borrow useful Things for your home, projects and adventures. Affordable. Convenient. Kinder to the planet.Responsible for the stars of the show - The Things! Managing and scaling our operation to grow from 1 to 6 sites in a year as:- Lead on inventory procurement and management for Library of Things sites- Lead a distributed team to deliver safe, quality ‘Thing & Kiosk Maintenance’- Help oversee Library of Things pilot delivery operation

London, England, United Kingdom

Providing sustainability and product expertise to various startups and projects, including:- OnePlanet.com - As Customer Success Manager for a new digital platform, I'm coaching corporate and city partners how joined-up sustainability planning achieves better outcomes for people and planet- Azuri (Sierra Leone) - On the ground investigator to early paygo distributor - refining the Sierra Leone business model, managing Ebola goodwill promotion, and sharing learning across Africa; - Tribewanted (Sierra Leone) - embedding sustainability metrics into BBC-featured eco-tourism project;- Craig Bellamy Foundation (Sierra Leone) - developed Sustainability Action Plan for academy;- Prepared paper on sustainability considerations of a new Premier League football stadium for UK Member of Parliament

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Azuri combine solar and payment innovation to affordably bring the digital world to off-grid Africa. After four years in Africa, I joined Head Office to automate Azuri’s salesforce - driving 600% growth to become the 230th fastest growing company in the FTSE1000. - Agile product management – Transformed agent productivity through performance-based processes and toolkit, and professionalised customer experience through automated ticketing solution - Data analysis – Constantly analyse business data to drive performance and profitability remotely. Designed the collection and presentation of data to drive data-led decision making- System design – Designed and managed field, call and service centre processes on self-built tools, whilst specifying software solutions and then managing data and process transitions

Nairobi, Kenya

I supported eight partners across five countries, from launching new markets to scaling-up national operations;- Commercial head – Built Ethiopia and Tanzania from scratch to profitable businesses in months- Operations management – Recruited, trained and managed 10 field managers (+100s of agents) and 8 call centre reps to run end-to-end distribution functions

Ethiopia, Tanzania

Two 18-month deployments to set-up, pilot and scale distribution with new partners and territories.- Commercial – Built operation from scratch to 100s of installs/week in a few months- Operations– Recruited, trained and managed 10 field managers (and 100s of agents) and 8 call centre reps to run end-to-end distribution (training, logistics, operations, marketing, after-sales) - Flexible determination – Delivering despite constantly changing and challenging variables - Networker – In-country rep reporting to GM, presented at annual Africa Energy Forum - Overcame multiple challenges to install Ethiopia's first paygo solar system

London, United Kingdom

Repowering empower communities to develop and benefit from community-owned renewable energy. To reconnect with UK sustainability issues, I combine Azuri with getting Repowering ready to grow its impact 7-fold in 3 years, saving 1,200 tonnes CO2;- Systematise – Designed and introduced team and project management, CRM, impact monitoring, financial management, and communications tools to scale core proposition- Facilitation – Coordinate board, management and delivery teams to implement strategy

London, United Kingdom

Second promotion completed my experience of advising companies, government and communities - Integrator – Integrated sustainability strategy ‘One Planet Living’ (OPL) into the operations of a high-end safari lodge, and culture of its 700-staff – since rolled out to all 12 Singita lodges- Communicator – Facilitated global network of developments endorsed to OPL-standards, designing an online platform to inspire 10k people to create OPL Action Plans by 2015- Supporting International Director with One Planet brand licensing arrangements- Technical sustainability support to developments, companies and local authorities

Sutton, London

Double promotion to manage £150k partnership as Sutton Council’s sustainability strategic partner- Partnerships – Used austerity to elevate OPL from internal plan to council-led strategy for entire borough - using workshops to formulate, governance to monitor, and a website to engage- Innovator – Pushed Sutton Council to rebuild a greener economy, leading a £1.2m bid to create a Green Enterprise Hub – including brokering SMEs to compete for public procurement contracts- Cultivator – Built capacity of voluntary and community sector to use Neighbourhood Planning and a Community Challenge to solve local sustainability challenges- Technical – Sustainability Integrator on £1.4m urban regeneration of Hackbridge town centre

Sutton, United Kingdom

- Footprinting – Carbon and ecological footprinting, including steering B&Q to a 41% absolute footprint reduction, saving £164m and boosting eco-product sales 40% - Auditor - Established Green Business Network of 40 SMEs, saving 2.5m l of water and 100t CO2 - Trainer – Identified 600t of materials for reuse through reclamation audits of London 2012 sites- Educator - Led tours of BedZED eco-village, inspiring OPL in students to the World Bank - Pitched at interview for writing the GLA’s Quality of Life report – my first ever bid;- Designed and delivered an energy efficiency campaign in Bicester, whilst capacity-building local groups;

London, United Kingdom

Extraordinary and prestigious masters turned a passionate activist into a sustainability leader with sufficient knowledge, skills and experience to solve complex systemic problems and lead change- Wrote and pitched business plan for coworking space in commuter towns- Modules on leadership, science, ethics and community underpinned 5 cross-sector placements:- Leeds City Council – Created tool for monitoring sustainable construction, Organised and ran professional workshop on 'Making cuts work for sustainability' - Bupa – Shaped strategy developing corporate responsibility into sustainability- The Financial Times – Researched, reported and published articles on sustainability - Organised conference for TCPA and reviewed resource efficiency/security for Dept. Business

Dagenham & Barking, Redbridge, Havering, Enfield

Advised members of the public on their council recycling system at open days, supermarkets and high streets. Used my diplomacy, empathy and passion for sustainability to encourage positive behaviour change amongst some of the UK's worst performing households.

Black Country, West Midlands

Used redundancy to transform activism into portfolio of sustainability experiences ahead of masters.- Led consultation and design of community garden for Walsall women's shelter, including budget and fundraising - Conducted and presented green infrastructure analysis of Wolverhampton- Designed and facilitated community regeneration events, including a cob pizza oven workshop

London, United Kingdom

Completed research assignments alongside manning reception and leading a carbon trading experiment amongst staff

Oxford, United Kingdom

Cultivated my emerging passion and aptitude for sustainability as Office Champion and Project Integrator, quickly overtaking my graphic and modelling design services- Wrote and coordinated internal Sustainability Action Plan - Contributed my graphic, analytical and writing skills to all stages of design projects. - Wrote ambitious sustainability design code standards for award-winning Newhall and developed a sustainability assessment tool for masterplans - Completed Graduate Training Scheme

Mprof (Forum For The Future), Leadership For Sustainable Development

Due to work-based nature, please see above for experience

Ba 2.1, Architecture: Design Studies

Activities and Societies: Volunteer at Calder Kids playground; Completed TDA Student Associates scheme; Social tennis Sparked passion.

A- Level, A2 D&T: Product Design A; Sport & Pe A; Biology C; As Mathematics B

Activities and Societies: Community Sports Leadership Award

Gcse, English A; English Literature A; Mathematics A, Science Aa; History A; Art A*; D&T A

Activities and Societies: Coached and played tennis, Played trumpet (Grade 5) in Wind Band Awarded Masterson Cup for Overall effort.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba