A pragmatic and autonomous leader, wired to pursue excellence in collaborative teams. A Cambridge graduate with a proven track record of strategic, operational and programmatic planning at the enterprise level. Experience from conflict zones around the world: comfortable in a complex and pressurised team environment. Promoted rapidly through the Army, focussed on developing effective, winning combined-arms teams for UK Defence and our strategic partners: including leading the training of the pre-war Ukrainian Army, as well as the British Army, at its largest overseas collective-training establishment (BATUS in Alberta). A gregarious relationship builder and clear communicator who is particularly effective in an international environment. Generated productive working relationships with stakeholders and landowners in Canada, Oman and the U.K.