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United Kingdom

With a +20-year track record in advising on impact and co-founding funds, Big Issue Impact Advisory works with investment and corporate clients to enhance ESG and impact capabilities, championing a more inclusive economy with opportunity for all.Leading a dedicated team of impact, investment, policy, regulatory and communication specialists with impact core to the way we work. Our approach covers strategic reviews, methodology, fund development, go-to-market, verification & confirmation, alignment to regulation and standards, and award-winning, evidence-based reporting. We work to strengthen sustainability and ESG approaches with multi-stakeholder impact solutions that deliver trust, transparency, and genuine change.

London, United Kingdom

The Big Exchange is a social-corporate venture and one of the UK’s first digital retail platforms for ethical investment, launched in 2020, supported by 27 active investment managers and 72 ethical and impact funds. ***A founding member and part of its Launch Advisory Group, supporting its strategic design, build and launch of its business and products, and leading on the development of the funds’ impact methodology. Now Vice Chair of the Impact Committee, working closely with industry stakeholders on matters of ESG, ethical funds and related market developments.The Big Exchange has been recognised with various awards, including Best Buy Sustainable ISA 2021 by Boring Money, and Top Sustainable Investment Platforms 2021 by Good with Money.

London, England, United Kingdom

Ogilvy Consulting, management consulting arm of Ogilvy (a global creative agency, part of WPP) focused on unlocking growth and innovation.Led the EMEA Sustainability Practice and advised business leaders on a range of key environmental, social and behaviour change issues. Applied a range of strategic capabilities to translate commitments and policies into effective activations and measurable impact. Worked at the intersection of sustainability and brand, communications, marketing, business transformation, and proposition/service development. Harnessed creative thinking and cultural production to deliver stakeholder-centric approaches and impact-focused innovation.

London, United Kingdom

CAF is a charity, bank, impact investor and UK leader in philanthropy services, overseeing >£1BN annually into the NGO sector.As Head of CAF’s Corporate Services business, I oversaw a team that delivered some of the most recognised and respected Responsible Business and corporate philanthropic programmes in the UK and globally for multinationals and household names. This included a strategy consulting practice that worked with Global 500 institutions across sectors, including finance, pharma, tech, automotive, utilities, retail, FMCG and more, delivering groundbreaking solutions approaches, methodologies and frameworks that enabled companies to transition to purpose-driven strategies that feed into brand, values, reputation, risk, governance and operations.In addition, I played a key role in CAF’s organisational and digital change agenda, was a founding member of its Diversity & Inclusion Committee and sat on the Financial Crime & Risk Committee.

London, United Kingdom

I joined CAF as a Senior Corporate Advisor, and established its CSR and Social Innovation consultancy practice, delivering award-winning work for the world’s leading brands across sectors. Highlights include launch of CAF’s first social investment vehicle for the corporate market in conjunction with Legal & General, Nesta and SE Assist, which was awarded Best New Investment Project in Investment Week’s Sustainable Investment Awards, 2014.

Masters in Global Business: Global Strategy, Risk and Reputation, Corporate Diplomacy, and Emerging Markets

London Area, United Kingdom

EdComs was the UK’s leading education insight and marketing agency, acquired by and integrated into US social impact tech firm EVERFI in 2019.I launched EdCom’s strategy consulting arm, and won a top-tier client list across public and private sectors, including BP, Google, BSkyB, Barnardo’s, The Children’s Society, British Army, Department for Education and more. Delivered flagship strategic work on social impact, with highlights including Google (Child Online Safety), Bank of England (Financial Literacy), and Department for Transport (Child Road Safety).

Millward Brown was a leading global research agency specializing in advertising effectiveness, strategic communication, media and brand equityI delivered qualitative research and strategy in advertising, marketing, product innovation and customer propositions for clients, including Unilever, Kimberley-Clark, Bacardi, Coca-Cola, Sony Ericsson, Vodafone and New Look.

Graduate scheme in qualitative and quantitative research.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Diploma (Masters) In Global Business, Distinction (& Awarded Prize For Highest Overall Mark)

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