Television presenter and communications consultant - working with a wide range of global organisations in the private and public sector. 20 years as ITN TV correspondent & presenter.Experienced conference moderator and presenter - hosting and moderating live conference debates, panel discussions, webcasts and conference television, in presentation and media training.Speech-writer, specialised in writing and advising on keynote speeches at global events reaching worldwide audiences. Coaches high-profile speakers on their delivery and body-language.Delivered media training seminar and workshops for the Global Centre for Security Policy in Geneva - working with participants from around the world, predominantly from governmental, diplomatic, NGO, United Nations backgrounds.Lectured in crisis communications at the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College.Worked with Foreign and Commonwealth Office delivering crisis communications training globally. Worked on over 100 large scale crisis management exercises as an expert observer.Involved in delivering Crisis Communications training in advance of major events such as typhoon seasons, major global sporting events - (ie South Africa World Cup, London 2012) Provided analysis and feedback to improve the communications response of a diverse range of global organisations. Expert in the role of social media such as Twitter and Facebook during major events. Extensive experience across public and private sector in contingency planning : Diplomatic, NHS, Finance and Banking, Insurance, Travel and Aviation, Pharmaceutical, Energy and Engineering.

15 years experience working as a crisis communications advisor, working on ongoing incidents and advising organisations on being crisis-ready. Delivered board-level media training for multi-lateral organisations, where there is a complex global media landscape - experience across business, governmental and non-governmental, diplomatic, NGO, United Nations sectors.Lectured in crisis communications at the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College.Delivered training globally for Foreign & Commonwealth Office global embassy staff.Expert observer on over 100 large scale crisis management exercises, advising on civil contingency planning. This has included training in advance of major events including the South Africa World Cup, London 2012. Expert in the role of social media such as Twitter and Facebook during major events.Extensive experience across public and private sector in contingency planning : Diplomatic, NHS, Finance and Banking, Insurance, Travel and Aviation, Pharmaceutical, Energy and Engineering.

Media Woman has built an enviable reputation training some of the UK’s most senior scientists and academics, business and technology leaders from around the world as well as ambitious young entrepreneurs, post docs and PhD students, charities and management teams.Media Woman specialise in all-female training courses where our focus is on giving women the confidence, skills and enthusiasm to take on the media and presentation opportunities wherever they arise. In 2018 Media Woman’s training, developed for The Academy of Medical Sciences was awarded the Royal Society Athena Prize for an innovative scheme to increase the number of women experts in the media.

Presenter ITN Productions Royal Wedding Show, programme streamed for overseas audience of over 8 millionPresenter, 'The Connors' - Pilot Consumer Series (Steadfast Productions for BBC 1 - 2010-11)Freelance Correspondent, BBC News 24 - covering a wide range of national and international storiesPresenter Teachers TV News (ITN 2009 -2010)

Wide experience as a conference presenter and facilitator in the pharmaceutical and medical education setting.

Hosted four day Global-Medico Summit for Sanofi-Aventis in Lisbon - 2011.Presenter, Head Masters and Mistresses Conference (HMC annual conference in St Andrews 2011) (ITN Productions) Presented panel discussion programme for BT on the paralympics - 2011.Presented World Coal Association conference in Brussels Oct 2011.Presenter, NHS Choices Television Programme - Moderated a four part television debate on the changes to the NHS with an expert panel and audience discussion. Recorded as live.

Presenter for Teachers TV - a digital education channel for education professionals.(Brook Lapping Education) (2007 to 2010)Presented weekly bespoke news programme - Teachers TV News. (ITN) (2009 - 2010)Wrote and presented 'Sharing Best Practice' 20 part series.Judge for Award Panel for 'Sharing best practice (ITN 2009 - 2010)Produced and presented a series from the USA looking at inspirational education ideas in the US Charter School system. (Brook Lapping 2009)Interviewed as expert for Radio 4 series on 'Narrow Casting' talking about the digital channel Teachers TVPresenter, HMC Conference, St Andrews (ITN Production)

Monthly columnist for the UK's leading vegetarian cookery magazine

Presenter, Teachers TV NewsPresenter, 'Share your Great Practice' (ITN for Teachers TV)

In 2008 I wrote 'The Great Big Veg Challenge' published by Random House.This was based on the blog I started in 2007. Eating through the entire alphabet of vegetables with a vegetable-phobic son - the blog attracted worldwide press and was turned into a book by Random House Featured in The Daily Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Daily Express, Womans Hour on BBC Radio Four, BBC Breakfast etc

1989Graduate Trainee, ITN - Channel Four News, 540 News, 1990 - 1996 Producer, News at Ten ITN Royal Producer Ran Business Investigations Unit General Reporter 1996 - 2006 Money and Consumer Correspondent, Five News,ITN