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London, England, United Kingdom

Hong Kong Sar

Hong Kong

Multi-site general manager for Black Sheep Restaurants. Responsible for overseeing and managing the daily operations of the venues, building relationships, training new teams and mentoring young managers to ensure the businesses are performing to the highest standards.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Beijing City, China

Founding member of Hatchery, China’s first culinary incubator, a platform dedicated to bringing the worlds flavours to china and helping entrepreneurs and established business test the local market before launching independently. Since 2016, Hatchery has successfully incubated more than 10 food concepts. - Responsible for financial and managerial accounts and systems including P&L, cash flow, weekly COGS analysis and store performance updates- Manage day to day operations of flagship incubator space, leading and supervising service standards - Oversee HR operations and staff management including hiring and onboarding, training and performance - Create and implement marketing strategies, promotions and contentAwards received:Outstanding New Restaurant of the Year, 2016 – City WeekendBest Expat Start-Up in China, 2016 – TechNodeCasual Dining of the Year, 2016 – That’s BeijingCreative Concept of the Year, 2017 – That’s Beijing

London, United Kingdom

Former Account Executive at Smithfield Consultants, a leading financial and corporate PR agency.• Worked across the financial and corporate PR teams to assist clients with long term corporate communications plans, short term specialised projects, and effective communication of financial activity, including M&A and restructuring• Clients worked with in the past include CFA UK, JLT, Brookfield, WS Atkins, comparethemarket.com, Stagecoach and Duff & Phelps

London, United Kingdom

Accountable for the overall management and development of the club:• Increasing membership, revenue, funding, sponsorship; securing training facilities and coaches• Responsible for the conception of a successful partnership with an external tennis club• Promotion to Premier Division for the first time in LSE history

United Arab Emirates

Intern for the Finance Department at Amadeus Gulf, Etihad Airways' Joint Venture partner. Undertook a fixed asset reconciliation culminating in a report summarising which assets need to be written off. Created a dashboard showing key financials to be presented to both Amadeus IT head office and Etihad’s Finance Department.

Singapore

Intern for the Hydrocarbons division to assist with business development. Created project profiles in various project spheres highlighting strengths and capabilities. Liaised with key stakeholders from different divisions in preparing proposals.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Geography With Economics, Upper Second Class Honours

Activities and Societies: LSE Tennis Club, LSE Football Club

Education record

Activities and Societies: Football 1st XI, Rugby 1st XV, Basketball 1st Team A Levels: Maths (A*), Economics (A), Geography (A) AS Level.