• Deputy leadership of the organisation (~50 staff and annual budget of £5M) and leadership of the development team• Developed and managed annual urban forestry programmes, quadrupling the number of trees planted each year and increasing the social and environmental impact by targeting deprived parts of towns and cities• Developed and pioneered national, award-winning environmental change programmes in schools (Edible Playgrounds, Planting Healthy Air) to improve children’s health and well-being through access to nature• Secured £millions in new and multi-year grants (e.g. People’s Postcode Lottery, National Lottery, DEFRA, DfE, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation) to support programme delivery• Created mutually-beneficial, cross-sector partnerships to increase impact and share learning• Winner of Supporting Leader of the Year award (Charity Times Awards 2019)