Charitable company formed to protect and preserve grade II listed Damhouse and its ancient woodland for the benefit of present and future generations

e-mentor for undergraduates and graduates at the University of Nottingham

Mentor to current students and recent graduates from the Manchester University Business School as part of the Manchester GOLD programme

Independent Change Expert | Executive Coaching |Process Improvement | Team Management Development | Employee Engagement

Global Medicines Development (GMD) Group is the business division responsible for the clinical development and Regulatory approval of new medicines globally• Chief-of-Staff role, supporting the Executive Vice-President, and the divisional Leadership Team to ensure critical activities, strategic business and process change initiatives, and day-to-day operations of GMD were managed efficiently and delivered to time and quality. Role also acted as thought-partner on a variety of strategic initiatives, and special projects for the Executive Vice-President• Undertook a strategic review of the Function to redesign service delivery to enhance productivity within a budget-constrained environment. Implementation involved reducing Function costs by $10m, and size by one third, c100 people, whilst improving the quality of service delivery• Provided change program sponsorship for a major initiative to remove complexity from operational processes across the Division to achieve annualized savings of ~USD 200m • Up-skilled the Functional Leadership Team through focused programs for personal development of existing members, and recruitment of strong new team leaders• Provided mentoring and development coaching support for several junior executives at AZ

Strategic Partnering & Business Development (SPBD) Group, was the business division responsible for business development, corporate acquisitions and divestments for the company• Responsible for providing expert support services to the Business Development team including Finance, Due Diligence, Alliance Management, Project Management, Competitive Intelligence and Governance• Responsible for provision of expert support services to the Business Development community in AstraZeneca, including Finance, Due Diligence, Alliance Management, Project Management, Competitive Intelligence and Governance

• ensuring all corporate audit assignments were compliant with all statutory Audit regulations, including the risk evaluation for each assigment and planning appropriate work accordingly. • development and implementation of an Audit Manual for use by all staff • responding to all technical accounting queries arising across all corporate audits• holding regular technical update courses and training sessions for all staff • responsible for the annual statutory accounts and tax computation preparation and submission for all small portfolio of clients

Previosuly Deloitte haskins & Sells, and then Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte before becoming PwC