Commercial Lead for GenAI, AI, and Analytics, including AI portfolio management and delivery.Developing GenAI user cases to harness effective deployment of in-house tooling and processesDelivery of multiple use cases to create direct financial value and improve the colleague and customer experiencePioneering lifecycle and journey analytics across Commercial products, with a customer focused approach.Regularly presenting key analysis in an understandable way to all parts of the organisation including c-suite/exec level.Training, mentoring, recruitment of internal teams, including the expanding Commercial Analytics team Relationship management and leadership of external providers including McKinsey and Capgemini.Leading a data team to establish a high value analytics and data science team in a complex corporate environment. Stakeholder engagement across BUs and a collection of complex governance frameworks.Delivering data science and analytics including and statistical analysis.Making the most of the existing technology stack, including Azure, Databricks, ChapGPT to deliver customer and colleagues focused analytics.

- Responsible for delivering the new Cloud Data Analysis Platform and leading data science and advanced analysis across the Society- Leadership of a cross-functional project team- Full organisational engagement to deliver an effective change management plan- Executive approval of the data and analysis transformation project- Migration of data, models, reports, and predictive analytics- Mentoring and training needs delivery- Active membership of the organition's Functional Leads Group- Tendering, selection, appointment, and management of 3rd party partners for delivering the platform.- Multiple rounds of complex legal and technical negotiations.- Management and leadership of a project team of 28+ colleagues.

Introducing Advanced Analytics - creating the function in 2019 and establishing a data insights strategy, which is responsive to business needs, and explores data growth opportunities within the business. Continuous promotion of a business-wide data centric culture.Embedding Data in Strategic Decision Making - effective communication of analysis, including data visualisation, and proposals of modelled strategic solutions. The creation and delivery of a strategic review into business performance and 3-year outlook, enabling the Board’s decision making in transformational changes and subsequently its turnaround in growth and profitability. Forward Looking Data Function - performing regular horizon scanning to identify new internal and external data sources, data enrichment opportunities, and changes to the analytics landscape. Leading a business-wide ‘Data Project’, to select and embed a new data platform and holding responsibility for scoping, resourcing, obtaining Board approval, and implementing the provider.Building Business Relationships - collaborating and supporting both internal and external stakeholders by providing solutions to business problems. Championing data literacy within the business to build effective data insights and provide them with tools to use on an ongoing basis. Delivering Powerful Insights - employing machine learning techniques and statistical analysis to explain data trends and discoveries. Providing tailored insights at all levels, ensuring reporting is appropriate and digestible for different audiences. Utilising knowledge of Board’s strategic priorities to identify and escalate business activity that conflicts with the business’ overall strategy. Cross Team Management - Utilising team management experience to obtain and manage project resources, alongside BAU responsibilities. Mentoring and guiding the Project Team, identifying and feeding back successes and development areas.

Working with Big Data - designing and utilising big data models from multiple complex sources for analysis such as consumer energy usage to support compliance with the Smart Meter (SM) initiative.Operational Optimisation Projects - Recognising business opportunities through data and developing actionable commercial insights: - Identifying opportunities to optimise thousands of Smart Meter installation visits. - Developed the first view of all 12-million British Gas customers SM compliance status. - Sharing and aligning data discoveries and projects across the Centrica group organisation.Enhancing Technical Skill set - Technical tools: SAS, Hadoop, R, Excel, SQL, Tableau, PowerBI.Organisational Influencing - Influencing behaviour and decisions at every level in our organisation, from engineers in the field up to senior executives. Developing analysis and persuasive presentations to translate complex analysis for a non technical audience share new ways of thinking and ideas. Stakeholder Management - Working closely with operational leaders and subject matter experts, mixing their experiences with my knowledge of the data and analytical skills. Collaborating effectively in a diverse environment with stakeholders in various locations. Delivering strategic analysis to executive level colleagues to both confirm and challenge hypotheses.Delivering Value Add Insights - Using advanced analytical techniques and commercial know-how to really separate the key messages from background noise. Being the ‘go-to-person’ for Root Cause Analysis/deep dive analytical reviews into the key appointment failure reasons.Managing and Growing Team Capabilities - Management of project team resources and participants, training and mentoring colleagues across the Analytics and Insight team, and leading a programme to train and mentor dozens of colleagues as R programmers and apply these skills to analysis problems

Digital Transformation - Working as the lead data analysis expert on the Digital Transformation programme and performing the key lead data analyst role in the tendering of a new, Civil Service wide HR and Police system and the migration of data from the old to the new systems.Growing Team Capabilities - Training and coaching in R, Excel, Business Intelligence and analysisManagement of multiple project workloads - Cross departmental project and analysis lead for a multitude of projects to transform business operations as part of a large-scale digital transformation.Delivering Value Add Insights - Introduction and transformation of government big data using SQL and R to upgrade data to modern standards and find new actionable insights. Challenging and questioning existing policies and strategies to influence and advise stakeholders across government departments to undertake a different approach.Organisational Influencing - Frequent communication and presentation of analysis to a range of colleagues at all levels.

Working on a multitude of business and data analysis projects, providing both high level and detailed business activity and management insight on estates, supplier and retail data- Daily, weekly, monthly and ad hoc report creation and issuing, including the development of dashboards and MI reports for to assist in organisational decision making- Analysis of operational performance and predictive analysis of future scenarios- Development of an investment planning process to enable future focused decisions to both optimise existing resources and shape the overall business strategy- Analysis of resources, sites and facilities to ensure compliance with government regulations is achieved- Creating, updating and providing insight from project and programme Gantt charts and options on a large scale migration from an old to new information management systems- Managing information systems for the BI teams and other stakeholders, assessing and ensuring data quality and creating and issuing analysis- Experience in working with and managing data through: Sharepoint, Cognos, Excel, AI, and VerisaeReport building, training, document creation and data analysis through a range of local and cloud based data management tool- Flexible and capable of working on multiple projects at once throughout their lifecycle, adapting to changes and finding new and innovative ways to meet the business needs- Ability to provide ideas from outside of the BAU approach and see how processed and systems can be modified to achieve organisational goals and resolve issues- Clear communication and representation of the team in high level meetings, ensuring that the Business Intelligence team can add value to all parts of the division, through both existing and new relationships- Predictive analysis and complex formula - highlighting trends, future problems and automating and time/cost-cutting through less manpower intensive approaches.

Working on different data research projects, undertaking researcher training, participating in EU wide projects- JustGM - Analysis of government health and education data to find trends and irregularities.- Super-Diversity - Production of literature review on super-diversity, summarising ideas and thoughts.

At Ofgem I have worked on both the operational delivery of day-to-day operations of the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) and the project management of a programme including both the creation of new and improvement of existing systems. This role requires a variety of skills, with a high level of IT and person based process analysis and communication skills being in constant demand.

After joining the RLB Protege Scheme I quickly started gaining experience on on retail projects for both the private sector and local government. I am working toward achieving RICS Chartered Status, leading the Bucknall First Rung Programme, and shadowing the Business Development team.

Founded the Society to bridge the gap between construction students and the construction industry. Aim was to get students on to construction sites, to see tangible versions of the topics they study. Also highlighted the benefit of joining a professional body and brought in companies to talk about their graduate schemes.

Researching the Wind Farm consultation process in the UK.