Member of Gloucestershire Schools ForumThe Gloucestershire Schools Forum is a statutory body and has an advisory role in a number of aspects concerning decisions about school funding and budgets. The Forum also advises on certain contracts for supplies and services.As a Member of the Forum, as well as the High Needs Budget Working Group, I play an active part in discussions around complex county wide strategy and funding for all types of schools and educational settings.Of particular interest is SEND funding and strategy - creating meaningful inclusion and support.

As Chair of Governors at Gastrells School, a thriving maintained primary school, I lead the governing body in its oversight of the school’s strategic direction and overall performance. In partnership with the Headteacher, senior leadership team, and staff, I work to ensure that the school provides an exceptional educational experience for all students.Key responsibilities include:Leadership & Governance: Chairing governing body meetings, setting agendas, and ensuring effective decision-making in alignment with the school’s values, vision, and legal obligations.Strategic Planning: Collaborating with stakeholders to develop and review the school’s strategic development plan, with a focus on raising standards, student well-being, and inclusion.Performance Oversight: Monitoring the school’s academic performance, financial health, and safeguarding procedures, and holding the Headteacher and leadership team to account for school outcomes.Stakeholder Engagement: Building positive relationships with parents, staff, and the local community, and representing the governing body at key events and meetings.Compliance & Policy: Ensuring the school’s compliance with local authority guidelines, education policies, and safeguarding standards.In this role, I am committed to fostering a culture of transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement, working to support the school’s mission to provide our children with a flying start to a life of learning

Serial entrepreneur with a passion for the outdoors complimented by quite a technical / geeky side too! Love creating and working on new projects, collaborating with inspirational people and doing something a bit different

Ninja Hub is bringing large-scale temporary accommodation solutions to Global Sporting Events. My role is to work with events around the world who have an accommodation shortage / needs and create solutions. We design, consult and create Hubs for ticket holders, volunteers and workforces from a few nights to months at a time. If you need 30,000 people accommodated for 2 months we deliver. 2,000 for 5 days? No problem. My role is to work along side the Planning and Procurement team to develop our technical and digital solutions as well as deliver a fantastic customer service for all stakeholders from start to finish.

Founded and now run Campingninja Ltd. We create, market, sell and operate campsites at large scale sporting events and festivals as well as operating websites and booking system campingninja.com and thecampingnetwork.co.uk, where people can find and book campsites online.My role involves heading up all web development (and getting my hands dirty with it too!), digital and off-line marketing, sales, and customer service. As well as this you will find me on-site during an event co-running our operations and getting involved with day to day running of them.We won industry investment by winning The TTG Big Idea 2009 Dragon's Den Style competition.

I set about, at the start of the pandemic, on a mission to create the absolute best alternatives to disposable masks and other PPE. I have worked with NHS consultants, filtration experts, virologists, textile scientists and ethical supply chain gurus to create a face mask which fits 99% of people over 10 yrs old.The product we have developed is entirely made in the UK, completely recyclable and has a truly ethical and transparent supply chain where everyone involved in the mask's journey is paid well and traded fairly.Our designs are for everyone. We know it is the best fitting most comfortable mask you can get. We can be proud of putting this on our face.Our mission is to get everyone in the community to #DitchTheDisposables and we will do it one mask at a time!

Member of the Steering Group responsible for a £14 million Digital Tourism Business Framework Project. We are assisting tourism businesses and supporting organisations to adopt new technologies. This will enable them to meet and exceed visitor expectations and become more competitive in the market place as a result.

Direct Manager of Operations in South America, Egypt, Northern Europe, UK and North America. Overall Responsibility for Operations in Africa, All Americas, Egypt and Europe.Head of Tour Leader Management (350 Worldwide) - responsible for Recruitment, Communications, Work Allocation, HR and Training. A mixture of remote management of leaders from many different cultures and countries as well as face-to-face management of UK leaders.Role Involved: Responsibility of safety of all tours, Risk Assessments, Standard Operating Procedures, Emergency Response Planning and forming part of the Disaster Response Team for Major Incidents, manning 24hr emergency helpline.

Leading adventure tours all over the world, Responsible for the group and logistics / everything on the ground. Worked in Croatia, India and the USA leading trips ranging from highly cultural to very active (hiking, camping etc).

Developer of CRM software for financial services. Developed mainly in C++ and VB using Oracle databases. Worked on projects for Alliance and Leicester, Lloyds TSB, and Banco Bradesco