Coucou offers strategic communications advice to clients and businesses involved in cooking, food and lifestyle-related activities.

Wellbeing of Women funds medical research and training grants to improve the lives of women and their babies. Founded in 1964 and then known as Birthright, the charity has pioneered research which has resulted in a wide range of medical treatments and interventions such as the development of fetal monitoring and scanning - now a commonplace practice - and the link between HPV and cervical cancer. Wellbeing funds a range of research projects, focussing primarily on pregnancy and birth, gynaecological cancers and quality of life concerns such as menstruation and menopause. In the last 30 years, Wellbeing of Women has also funded five preterm birth research centres across the UK with a sixth centre due to open later this year. The charity is partnered with The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The Royal College of Physicians, The Royal College of Midwives and the Wellcome Trust, amongst others. More information about the work of Wellbeing of Women can be found at www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk

In my role at Marie Curie I have developed and continue to implement a strategy to build upon the successes of the charity's Patrons, an important senior-level network of Marie Curie volunteers. The strategy includes guidelines and processes for the selection, recruitment and induction of new Patrons; management of their activity across the UK; a series of events, newsletters and online activity as part of an overall communications plan; and a tracking system to evaluate outcomes; the strategy also incorporates an overarching cross-team working approach to ensure maximum benefit to the charity as a whole. Relationship management at senior level - internally and externally - is a key aspect of this role. As is the ability to work across the whole of the charity to identify fundraising and other opportunities and asses where Patrons can be deployed most effectively.

Since publication of its "Charter & Call to Action" in June 2011, a working group of original Philanthropy Review Board members continued to pursue the initiatives outlined in the Review's findings to encourage more philanthropy and increase giving in the UK. The Board and Project Director also worked closely with other bodies from the UK"s Third Sector as part of the "Give It Back, George" campaign to challenge and ultimately overturn taxation on giving proposals within the Chancellors of the Exchequer's 2012 Budget.

An independent 6-month Review of Philanthropy in the UK which sought to identify mechanisms and initiatives to leverage more giving in this country. Encouraging giving, making it easier to give and shifting the culture of giving are the pillars of the Review's findings, which were published in June 2011. Executive lead on the Payroll Giving workstream. Responsibilities also encompassed the development of communications strategy, including the Review website; strategic event planning to bring together key stakeholders & influencers to progress the work and thinking of the Philanthropy Review; launch activity - media & events - around the publication of the Review's "Call to Action".

PR consultant with Brown Lloyd James, Telegraph Media Group's retained PR agency, focusing on the TMG account before moving in-house to TMG.

Based in the Treasurers' Department at Conservative Central Office, coordinating major donor activity in the run-up to the 2005 General Election. Also worked with campaign strategist, Lynton Crosby, to assist the Party Leader’s wife (Sandra Howard) during the 2005 General Election Campaign, planning and accompanying her on constituency tours.

Successfully launched Gordon Ramsay’s, "Amaryllis" restaurant in Glasgow. The restaurant achieved a Michelin star within nine months of opening.

Founding partner of the Business Live consultancy, providing bespoke solutions to corporate and public sector organisations facing communication and presentation skills challenges. With a coaching approach to delivery, interventions were facilitated using scripted role-play developed from intensive research to ensure authenticity. Clients included the Royal Bank of Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway Health Board and the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The consultancy has since diversified, incorporating the previous partnership as "Drama at Work".

Founding partner of the award-winning and much acclaimed Michelin-starred "Braeval" restaurant. From opening, Braeval, soon became an annual fixture in all the major UK food guides and this success led to several BBC television cookery series and accompanying cookbooks.