As the Senior Engagement Manager for Connect Advisory Solutions my role covers strategic relationship management and project execution. I am predominantly UK-based with time spent in the Middle East as required.If you are a transitioning senior officer or veteran interested in opportunities within the GCC region please reach out to me or a member of the team for an informal and discreet conversation.‘Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted.’Albert Einstein.I have been involved in healthcare in one guise or another for my entire career, initially training as a Registered General Nurse in the NHS and specialising in Accident and Emergency. I then joined the Army as a nursing officer and then transferred across to the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Medical Support Officer (MSO). An MSO will typically follow a managerial career that maps across to Head of Dept, Chief of Staff, COO, CEO and beyond. I hold an MSc in Leadership and Management as well as an MSc in Public Health (Health Services Management).I have operated at all levels; leading medical teams on operations overseas, managing personnel in a hospital setting and representing the defence medical services at the highest level of planning within central Government. I have extensive experience in risk and project management. Towards the end of my military career, I have been involved in information operations (think marketing and messaging), Human Security, International Humanitarian Law and Civil-Military Cooperation in West Africa.Since leaving the Army I have held posts at mid-senior level in retirement living and adult social care. Einstein’s quote above is often used in the healthcare world, especially when measuring performance. I rather like it. I have recently pivoted back to the defence world and I am delighted to be part of Connect Advisory Solutions.Specialities and Values:Staff development – nothing gives me greater satisfaction than encouraging and helping team members to grow. Integrity and honesty; the cornerstones of the military community. Spending quality time outdoors with our spaniels, mountain biking, driving my convertible sports car on a quiet sunny Sunday morning. Cooking - love it - especially Italian food. The simpler the better I find. As a holder of the Wine and Spirit Education Trust's Level 3 (Advanced) certificate I'm a big enthusiast of wine. My favourites always change and at the moment my go to is a Pouilly-Fumé (French sauvignon blanc). Very nice, especially with a quality goat cheese!