Consultant working with public and private sector clients providing advice on :-- flood management & funding- preliminary flood investigation reports- coastal defence management- environmental planning- stakeholder engagement- catchment management- water and sewerage infrastructure- emergency management- waste management- environmental management- event management- water resource management

Lead adviser on Council’s environmental duties including operational management and strategic environmental and waste policy.- Managed Council environment and heritage assets including rights of way network, country parks, fluvial & coastal flood defence assets, harbours, crematorium and cemeteries.- Managed 160 staff and annual budget of £19 million.- Introduced asset management discipline to countryside and heritage site management.- Key role in departmental re-organisation achieving budget savings of 15%.- Improved business practices, Heath & safety, contractor management and compliance monitoring.- Managed environmental capital investment programme – annual value of £5m.- Chair of Directorate & member of Corporate Health & Safety Board. Project Manager for the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership.- Implemented the Authority’s statutory duties as the Lead Local Flood Authority under the Flood & Water Management Act 2010.- Duty Director leading the Authority’s Emergency Response to incidents including shipping, pollution and severe weather including flooding in 2012, 2013 & 2014.- Experienced emergency management practitioner - Civil Contingencies Act 2004 trained.- Emergency Management Director for the first day of the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay & Royal Visits- Adviser on development of Cornwall Local Plan- Successful applications to DEFRA for £14 million of flood repair & coastal projects- Presentation and site visit outlining flood & storm damage to Floods Minister. Member of the Local Government Association’s Coastal Special Interest Group.

- Integration of seven waste authorities into one team. - Budget responsibility of £22 million. Managed team of 27 staff.- Successful achievement of LAA stretch recycling target bringing £1.05 million Government reward money.- Identification and procurement of new sites for Household Waste Recycling Centres, a Refuse Transfer Station and a Materials Recycling Facility. - Commenced the procurement process for single waste collection contract for Cornwall serving 225,000 households and providing 25 million recycling, composting and black bag collections per annum.- Key stakeholder engagement workshops.- Project Manager for design guidance for Association of Directors of Environment, Planning & Transportation.- Creation of a Contractors Forum delivering improvements in Health & Safety, compliance and monitoring. - Duty Director leading the Authority’s Emergency Response to incidents such as the FV Athena, and TS Frederik Chopin and severe weather including flooding in 2009, 2010 & 2011.

• Managed the CCC statutory role as Waste Disposal Authority.. Annual budget of £12 million. Managed team of 7 staff.• Client Contract Manager for the waste disposal contract with CES Ltd.• Improved operational and health and safety practices on Recycling Centres.• Improved re-use, recycling & composting rates thereby reducing waste to landfill.• Managed a major waste awareness campaign – Recycle for Cornwall delivering significant increases in performance, participation and awareness.• Project team member on the procurement of the Integrated Waste Management Contract leading on soft market testing, strategy development, site identification and liaison with statutory stakeholders. • Managed the consultation process with the five districts and one borough council.• Managed the operational handover from CES Ltd. to SITA UK Ltd.• Led the Local Public Service Agreement and Local Area Agreement work delivering stretched performance waste targets.• Member of the national Association of Directors of Environment, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) Waste & Environment Panels• Commenced role and formal training in Emergency Management working on incidents such as Boscastle and the MV Mulheim.

• Project team member working on the Council’s Outline Business Case for Government support under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI).• Led on soft market testing exercise• Lead officer leading the development of the Cornwall Waste Strategy, including managing consultants preparing technical advice for the project.• CCC Chief Witness for the Cornwall Waste Local Plan Public Local Inquiry.• Delivered presentations on both the PFI bid and the CWLP to MPs and Government Ministers, full Council, regional planning and public exhibitions.

• Project managed the development and ultimate adoption of the Cornwall Minerals Local Plan (1998) and the Cornwall Waste Local Plan (2002). Primary author and editor for the documents, financial management of the procedures, managing the processes of statutory consultation and regulatory compliance, team and consultancy management lead negotiator with key stakeholders.• Managed the authorities statutory development control function, becoming the top performing authority in 1998.• Lead officer on complex cases including Garker Valley Landfill, Falmouth Waste Water Treatment Works and Liskeard High Temperature Incinerator.• Led the adoption of a computerised planning application system in 1999, the first County Council to do so.• Project managed the European funded Tipping & Restoration Strategy for the St Austell China Clay Area.• Principal author and witness for 3 sections of the Cornwall Structure Plan.• Member of the South West Regional Mineral & Waste Planning Committees.• Member of Professional Advisory Committee for two Government studies.• Lead CCC witness at planning appeals and the planning inquiries for both the Minerals and Waste Local Plans.• Mentoring of junior planning professionals.

• Responsibilities for ensuring management of the water environment was fully considered in Development Plan process across unitary London Boroughs, District and County Councils in Surrey and Berkshire, Port of London Authority and South East Regional Planning Conference. • Managed consultants advising the NRA on emerging national policy developments.• Project team member on proposed Abingdon Reservoir.• Emergency flood officer. • Mentoring of junior planning professionals.

Career grade planning officer on accelerated promotion stream, working on :-• Year 1 – County Council Development Control Team working on planning applications for libraries, teacher centres, gypsy sites, Homes for the Elderly, schools and residential developments.• Promoted to Planning Officer at end of year 1.• Year 2 & 3 – Countryside Management Team working on derelict land improvement, the Surrey Countryside Strategy, the Surrey State of the Environment Report, countryside planning policy advice and countryside improvement programme.• Promoted to Senior Planner at end of year 2.• Year 4 – Minerals & Waste Team working on the Surrey Minerals Local Plan and the Waste Local Plan, derelict land reparations and minerals site restoration. Project team member of the Datchet, Wraysbury, Staines and Chertsey Flood Alleviation Scheme (unimplemented).