I'm a policy and communications professional and have worked across diverse, usually controversial, areas. Over more than 20 years, I've helped to deliver numerous pieces of national legislation, affordable housing projects, wind farms and more. I have helped to decommission nuclear submarines and handled crisis communications during situations including a riot and the manhunt for a murder suspect. I helped to deliver parts of the London 2012 Olympic Games, am fully media trained and can present confidently in public or at board level.I have been the Head of Policy and Media at Understanding Animal Research or a little over a decade, with responsibility for national and international media, Parliamentary liaison and enhancing our stakeholders' interactions with government.