Sitting on the Executive Committee of RBS International, responsible for Strategy, Climate & ESG, Communications, Investment Portfolio & Change Management, Financial Crime, Controls, Remediation, and Shared Services & Payment Operations.

I built and led the private office team of the Group CEO, Dame Alison Rose, and the Chairman, Sir Howard Davies.In addition to building the team following Alison’s appointment as Group CEO, I also ran the CEO Communications team and led the team who managed the Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship.

As well as continuing as the CMO’s Chief of Staff, I also run the Communications & Marketing Strategy and Services team, running planning, operations, marketing services, finance, programme and risk activity for the bank’s Communications and Marketing team across all of RBS’s brands.

Responsible for running the private office of and acting as an adviser to the Chief Marketing Officer, a member of the bank's Executive Committee and responsible for the bank's Communications & Marketing function comprising Brand, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Customer Insight, Sustainability, and internal communications.

Covering the breadth of executive communication including engagement planning, briefing, speechwriting, and face-to-face advice and communications support to the CEO and Executive Committee of the bank. The role includes:- Planning, managing, and executing an extensive programme of Executive Committee events, and CEO engagement, all linked to the bank’s strategy. - Travelling with the CEO and his Executive Committee to provide communications support and advice. - Speech writing, including set piece events such as results announcements, investor presentations and customer events. - As part of the executive briefing team, providing briefings to the CEO and Chairman for all external and internal engagement.