David Cody Email & Phone Number

Glasgow, Gb

Hybrid - Scotland, United Kingdom

I lead for the Scottish Government's International School, and associated talent development programmes. These offerings seek to standardise international capability development, ensuring a pipeline of strong future diplomatic talent, by increasing colleagues' knowledge bases, and strengthening practical and diplomatic skills for more impactful international stakeholder engagement, all in the service of Scotland.This all helps enhance Scotland’s international relationships and reputation to support delivery of domestic priorities and promote good global citizenship; protect Scotland’s interests and place in Europe and rest of the world; implement strategies to address grand global challenges; influence migration policies for Scotland’s distinct needs; all while keeping a keen eye on the "internationalisation" dimension and deliver on Scotland's climate change and net-zero obligations.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Asstistant Editor of incoming publication, 'Legal Aspects of Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity' 2024 volume for Cambridge University Press (currently under review).

After undertaking a pilot of four short law courses on behalf of the University of Cambridge's Democratising Education for Global Sustainability and Justice programme, I was, among a number of others, nominated to serve in a special advisory capacity as a Course Leader for 'Key Essentials: The Sustainable Development Goals and the Law'.This is an important pro bono commitment to help democratise education on sustainable development law and policy and strengthen capacity and widen participation by:1. Helping shape and support the Programme’s online course, offered worldwide to current and future law and policy leaders, especially in underrepresented and climate vulnerable countries; and2. Convening and supporting global engagement and communities of practice in key areas of law and policy developmentCourse Leaders help lead online breakout groups during the course's live engagement sessions, serving as moderators and rapporteurs, and help in shaping the learning experience for student cohorts.Course leaders also assist in responding to learners' questions regarding the short course and the programme; play a special role in outreach across their countries, regions and networks to share scholarship opportunities with those who could benefit from the educational offerings; are encouraged to build partnerships for the courses with judicial, civil service and bar association, as well as other institutions in their countries, who could spread the word about the programme’s courses to other potential learners. Finally, Course Leaders consult others in their countries and regions to help identify new course offerings of greatest relevance and improvement potential.

Remote

Assembled as collaborative problem solvers, this cross-government taskforce welcomed c. 162k+ refugees to the UK.The taskforce collaborates with international and domestic partners to bring displaced Ukrainians to safety in the UK. This includes the successful 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme, which saw a groundswell of support from the public offering homes across the country. The work included partnering with a range of local partners, agencies, and the voluntary sector to ensure Ukrainians and their supporters assistance throughout their stay in the UK. My role directly supported the Senior Leadership Team, consisting of 1 x Director (primary role) and 4 x Deputy Directors (added over time). Achievements: standing the directorate and director's private office function up at pace, moulding the wider culture, and ensuring the leadership team had all the resources needed to deliver the novel policy necessary for the pursuance of beneficiaries' societal integration over the 3+ years of the programme.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Established a 15-strong team to deliver various funds (£4.8bn Levelling Up Fund (LUF), £220m Community Renewal Fund (CRF), £150m Community Ownership Fund (COF), £2.6bn UK Shared Prosperity (UKSPF)), Green Freeports and Investment Zones in Scotland and its islands.• Coordinated team-wide activity on all funding programmes operating in Scotland, ensuring accurate information, consistent records, and team responses to all commissions relating to funding delivery in all regions.• Led coordination of visits to Scotland by UK Gov Ministers/senior officials; worked with regional leads, Scotland Office and DLUHC and BEIS communication leads to identify recommendations for the provision of briefings.• Oversaw and provided governance of Scotland-specific data and intelligence, tracked progress of Local Authority bids for funds, delivery milestones (e.g. spade in ground/official openings), outputs (jobs created/milestones hit).• Coordinated and fed into key planning meetings, informing cross-Government attendance at major events in Scotland (e.g. Royal Highland Show etc). • Undertook responsibility of DLUHC site lead within Queen Elizabeth House, Edinburgh, overseeing Hub induction programme & familiarisation visits; disseminating information to DLUHC colleagues/teams and representing their views to Estates.• Supported information management, HR, travel, and IT issues, as well as managing the shared mailbox, cascading communication updates to Local Authorities and other, as well as booking meetings on behalf of Deputy Director and Head of Team as required.• Developed and maintained core team documents, including team and stakeholder contact directories, leave planners, meeting rotas and other core team products and documents (e.g. commisioning updates of regional fact sheets, and fund milestone trackers).• Supported L&D and wellbeing, identified skill needs and scheduled team ‘teach-ins’, and planned team strategy/away days.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Scottish Business Pledge is a value-led and voluntary commitment made to government, which aims to standardise fairness, equality, and sustainability across all business sectors Scotland-wide. There are 10 pledge elements: 3 core elements (Living Wage, Zero Hour Contracts, Gender Pay Gap) and 7 voluntary elements (Environmental Impact, Skilled and Diverse Workforce, Workforce Engagement, Innovation, Internationalisation, Community, Prompt Payment), where signatories must sign up to at least 5 of the 7 other elements. This then allows use of the Scottish Business Pledge marque on websites etc.

Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Research project on Collective Rights of Small-Scale/Artisanal/Traditional Fisheries in the EU's Mediterranean waters (Italy, Malta, Spain, Cyprus, and Greece)

Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Reviewed/revised papers for a visiting Research Fellow (from Italy) ahead of publication in academic journals.

Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Commissioned by Legal Response International for Burundi, Africa; Interfaces between the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris Agreement, and Sustainable Development Goals - see Working Paper in the link below.

Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Researched academic literature, law, policy, cases & gender issues for Africa (Ghana/Kenya/Namibia/Sth Africa) & Latin America (Guyana/Mexico).The UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) commissioned both SCELG and the Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law to compile a global legislative study by on indigenous peoples’ communal rights over natural resources (land, seeds, freshwater, marine resources, forests, terrestrial wildlife), and present it at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The study identified global and regional trends in legislation, legislative options, and key questions to expand their digital legal assessment tool, which is used by the UN FAO to train legal professionals around the world.Skills gained:• How to conduct international consultancies with the UN• Experience in comparative law on environmental and human rights issues (individual and collective efforts)• Building an international professional network• Enhanced professional communications and research skills

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Delivered a regulation change carrying reputational and financial penalty risks should the new service standards required for business account communications not be adhered to. During my tenure I took over an in-house solution, where I spear-headed a continual improvement model that in it's 2nd quarter of operation saw accuracy and efficiency improved 25% and 40%, respectively. This allowed resource re-distribution to other projects, meaning £90k p.a. savings for the team and bank.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Initiated and developed a strategic working partnership between the Department for International Trade, Cabinet Office and Barrhead Travel Head Office.Represented Barrhead Business Travel, and delivered engagement events, at the International Festival for Business 2016, supporting the UK Gov's "Exporting is GREAT" campaign goals.Co-ordinated improvement of the brand's digital presence and marketing efforts/campaigns with the Marketing, Content, Design, and Development teams.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Ll.M, Global Environmental Law & Governance | Distinction

Lord Hope Scholarship recipient. Law was a completely new discipline, and my performance velocity shown below demonstrates my ability.

Ba Hons, International Business With Spanish | First Class Honours

Recipient of both Global Scholarship and High Flier awards. The University of Hertfordshire won the Times "Entrepreneurial University.

International Business

Complutense is one of the oldest universities in the world, and consistently ranks as the top university in Spain, as well as being ranked.

International Business With Spanish | 3.73 Gpa

Dean's List of Achievement in both Fall/Winter 2009 & Spring/Summer 2010 semesters "HPU was recently recognized as the highest ranked.