I am an international trade specialist within Scottish Development International (SDI), supporting a portfolio of Scottish companies within the technology and space sectors to realise their international ambitions. I also deliver export trade projects & events on behalf of the team and have a level 4 Diploma in International Trade.Having graduated Caledonian University with an honours degree in 'entertainment & events management' in 2008, I spent 2 years working with Job Centre Plus in a customer service role, before joining Scottish Enterprise in 2010. I have worked in various roles for Scottish Enterprise, including: - Events Coordinator - implementing Scottish Enterprise's first event management system and overseen the running of the system for 3 years. This included writing for the web, HTML, technical system support, and producing management reports. - Project Team Member - delivering business events for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth games and Ryder Cup. - ScotGrad Executive - supporting Scottish companies to recruit graduatesI am also a passionate singer/performer and in 2012, alongside 2 close friends, I combined my business and performing skills to form my own business "The Singer Swingers Ltd". Between 2012 and 2018 we managed to established ourselves as one of Scotland's top wedding and function bands, having performed at hundreds of functions across Scotland including corporate events, charity events, award ceremonies & weddings. This role gave me first hand experience of how to run a business including how to register a business, management accounting, marketing and tax returns. I left the business in January 2019 to concentrate on other ventures.My skills include events management, business management, project management, international trade, business development and international marketing.