Fair To Nature is the RSPB’s farm assurance scheme promoting on-farm biodiversity and linking food producers and consumers with nature-friendly farmers. My role is to lead the development of the Fair To Nature program, and to work with partners in the food and drink industry and support them in improving biodiversity, habitats and ecosystems in their supply chains.

• Leadership of four Heads of Department and large, diverse and fantastic staff and volunteer team managing complex supply chain and operation. Working in partnership with UK food industry and 16 charity franchises serving 10,000 charities.• Member of Senior Leadership Team reporting direct to CEO• Represented the organisation externally through public speaking, media and managing strategic relationships across government, industry and not-for-profit sectors.• Devised and initiated a 5-year multi-stakeholder campaign that led to a new UK government policy and a fund of £15m to support UK food redistribution• FareShare volume grew by +700% and charity customers by +1 000% over 7 years.

FareShare is a unique and fast growing charity fighting hunger and its underlying causes by redistributing surplus food to hundreds of local charities across the UK. By ensuring good food is not wasted, we turn an environmental problem into a solution, helping to feed thousands of vulnerable people every day. In the last year nearly 8 000 tonnes of food was re-distributed to more than 2 000 charities and community groups feeding over 130 000 people per day and saving the charities over £10 million. I lead a fantastic team responsible for FareShare’s partnerships with companies in the UK food industry. We are always looking for more food businesses to work with so please contact us at: foodoffers@fareshare.org.uk

London Sustainability Exchange (LSx) aims to accelerate the transition to a sustainable London by connecting and motivating people.As a charity we work in partnership with business, government and the voluntary sector to:- Reduce London's environmental footprint- Improve the lives of London's disadvantaged communities- Improve the health of Londoners- Improve the knowledge and skills of our communities to achieve these goalsTo achieve these goals we run learning networks and innovative exemplar schemes. We also seek to influence policy and practice throughout London.

Previously Director of Sustainable Business at the cutting edge consultancy Corporate Culture. The company has around 30 employees in London and Liverpool and a 25-year track record leading on sustainable business, social marketing and behaviour change. Corporate Culture is one of very few companies who combine expertise in sustainable business, social marketing and employee engagement.While at Corporate Culture I worked with a diverse range of clients including DEFRA, WRAP, Rolls Royce, Standard Bank and Britvic on Sustainability Strategy, Employee Engagement, Research and Insight and other projects.

The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent non-profit organisation that licenses use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the UK.I worked at the Fairtrade Foundation during a period of incredible change, as sales grew from approximately £80m in 2004 to over £1bn in 2011. Building a team of up to 15 people, I led Fairtrade’s engagement with commercial partners in the food and beverage sector.I led a broad number of key projects across functional areas such as sustainable supply chains, producer and product certification, branding, trade marketing plans, stakeholder engagement, risk assessment, campaigner and supporter communication, PR, employee engagement.Key partner projects included working with:- Sainsbury’s market-leading conversion to 100% Fairtrade bananas, other product switches and major in-store activity - Tate & Lyle’s project to be the first leading FMCG brand to 100% Fairtrade- Starbucks’ switch to 100% Fairtrade espresso coffee across Europe- Nestle’s plan to source Fairtrade certified cocoa, sugar and vanilla for Kit Kat in the UK- Unilever’s global Fairtrade certification of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream range- Co-Operative on a number of initiatives including Fairtrade’s contribution to Co-Op initiative Join The Revolution- extensive work on product certification, in-store marketing, supply chain development etc. with companies such as Tesco, Asda, Morrison, Waitrose, Mars, AMT Coffee, Compass, Sodexo, Booker, Schwartz, Divine Chocolate, Cafedirect, Liberation, Traidcraft and many more

I held a variety of commercial roles in a broad range of product categories, working with clients in the corporate and public sectors