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Throughout my career, I have worked to varying degrees on different aspects of sustainability, including climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, energy transition, resilience, environmental protection, energy security, carbon capture and storage, scarce materials security, climate futures scenario analysis.

Helping others realise their professional and personal goals

Providing policy advice on decarbonising energy systems, with a focus on hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.Policy analysis. Stakeholder engagement. Strategic policy. Futures analysis. Coaching.

United Kingdom

Providing bp leaders with concise analysis of the sustainability and environmental impacts of emerging energy technologies to inform and shape bp's energy transition. Seconded internally to design and stand-up bp's first ever Sustainability Team as part of major corporate reorganisation in 2020/21.Horizon scanning. Team leadership. Coaching. Innovation systems.

Leading a group of 25 policy research professionals advising governments and companies on how to find opportunity at the intersection of science, technology and innovation to enhance the health and wealth of society. Also the Head of the RAND Europe Centre for Futures & Foresight Studies, using a diversity of techniques to help analyse emerging technologies and how they could impact society in different ways in the future. Member of the company strategic leadership team. Team leadership. Research vision. Strategy delivery. Horizon scanning. Futures toolkit. Innovation systems. Scenario analysis. Participatory dialogue techniques. Recruitment. Coaching. Building high functioning teams. Capital investment assurance.

Member of the Research & Innovation Services management board. I led the team at the University of Bath that developed new research funding, partnering with industry, creating spin-out start-ups and providing consultancy services through academics.Management board. Annual planning. Risk management. Business development. Spin out companies. Programme leadership. Change management. Stakeholder engagement.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

As a Research Leader for RAND Europe, a not-for-profit research institute, I led the programme on science, technology and innovation for defence and security ranging from early stage technology developments through to large scale capital engineering projects. Consultancy. Advisory. Project leadership. Business development. Coaching. Building high functioning teams. Defence capital investment assurance.

I was Programme Leader for the Dstl resilience research programme, looking in particular at energy, scarce materials, climate change and factoring these issues into complex decision making frameworks.Programme leader. Financial management. Financial reporting. Energy transition. Strategy development. Coaching. Stakeholder management. Horizon scanning. Scenario analysis. Decarbonisation strategy. Sustainability business cases.

I led the development and delivery of the MOD's first department wide energy plan. I also led the development of policy on scarce materials and sustainable procurement approaches. Strategy development. Policy implementation. Programme definition. Energy policy. Sustainable development. Stakeholder engagement.

I managed the team responsible for setting and delivering against the MOD's overarching sustainable development policy. Formed and led the team that delivered 15% decarbonisation of the office estate in 12 months. Strategy development. Policy delivery. Stakeholder consultation. Complex projects. Change management. Decarbonisation delivery.

The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution was an independent advisory body to Government. I was Project Manager for the Royal Commission's enquiry into "Adapting Institutions to Climate Change" which was published as a report to the UK Government in March 2010. I also worked on the RCEP report on "Novel Materials in the Environment: the case of nanomaterials" published in 2008.Project management. Policy and secretariat. Stakeholder engagement. Stakeholder management. Public consultation. Evidence analysis. Report preparation.

I ran the office of the MOD's Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) who was responsible for the MOD's research budget and chaired the Investment Approvals Board.Secretariat. Policy delivery. Business case preparation and assurance. Advising ministers. Strategic management. Capital investment analysis. Government business cases.

The MOD's Faststream Management Development Programme for graduates.

D.Phil., Chemistry

Development of catalyst technologies for carbon capture and storage

B.Sc.(Hons.) 2:1, Chemistry