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Bristol, GB

Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom

Working on DEFRA funded Landscape Recovery Pilot leading the journey to increase the impact that private finance can bring to nature’s recovery in England. I am developing local natural capital markets and other forms of private finance streams by identifying and building relationships with future partners with a stake in landscape recovery through the.

Brazil

Supporting companies, investors and governments to become more nature positive by helping them analyse value chain interfaces with nature, identifying risk exposures and preparing organizations to respond to opportunities by applying value-based approaches using valuation techniques linked to multi capital dependencies and impacts.

Brazil

Provider of independent research services in ecology, ecosystem management, integrated capital assessment, EO data application and stakeholder engagement. Key achievements:- Regional collaboration with University of Chile’s Centre for Mathematic Modelling developing downstream Copernicus EO data services for LatAm ecosystem assessments. Working with.

Peterborough, United Kingdom

• JNCC is a UK public body delivering international research, policy advice, and implementing strategic nature conservation projects. Our team operated largely in the UK, Latin America, Caribbean, and Africa, assisting.
• Co-delivery of UK Space Agency IPP EO4Cultivar project that combined local stakeholder knowledge, ecosystem modelling, and EO data to create models that inform integrated ecosystem-based management of agricultural.
• Managed and co-developed a natural capital approaches to landscape planning project, adopting Chilean vineyards as a case study.
• Senior co-investigator on Global Impacts Programme for socio-environmental impacts and deforestation footprint analysis of UK consumption of imported raw materials.
• Co-authored UK Government International Climate Finance Nature-based Solutions Toolkit.
• Principal coordinator of (aforementioned) Caribbean Covid-19, Copernicus networking, and OECD-CRP.Responsible for:

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Co-managed Sustainability Advice Programme research and implementation projects and network development activities. The team’s overall objective was supporting national implementation of UK Ecosystem Assessment outcomes and embedding the CBD Ecosystem Approach across the UK environmnetal coordination. Key achievements include:- Co-led cross-agency.

Antsiranana (Diego Suarez), Madagascar

Responsible for managing the Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme. I lead a team of Malagasy and foreign staff, including post-grad researchers on fieldowrk rotation. I coordinated four MSc Student research projects and provided training to local staff and interns that focused on project planning and management; health and safety risk assessments.

Sussex

Independent researcher employed to conduct the 2009 UK national water vole distribution re-survey. Responsibilities included: coordinating volunteers and research groups; chairing meetings with stakeholder and landowners, providing wetland management advice; producing project reports; organising symposiums and lectures; constructing PR releases, writing.

Arundel, West Sussex

Projects I was involved in included: water vole reintroductions and monitoring; dormouse monitoring; avifauna, bat, herptile, invertebrate and botanical surveys; habitat management; ecological restoration and habitat creation; captive breeding and ex-situ conservation and reserve maintenance. My role also required me to liaise with trust members.

Sussex, United Kingdom

Volunteer ranger managing and maintaining a number of reserves throughout the county containing priority habitats and species. Responsible for: writing management plans; conducting priority species surveys; monitoring management outcomes and assisting with managing events and volunteer groups.

Kent, United Kingdom

Responsible for surveying Badger population distributions as part of an ongoing monitoring scheme. Required to write technical reports; map sett distributions and boundaries; liaise with local landowners and disseminate findings via presentations and various media.

South Africa

Working on a private game reserve monitoring large mammal populations; researching impacts of grassland management on small mammal population dynamics and conducting avifauna and invertebrate surveys.

Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

Member of senior sales team in a recruitment agency sourcing IT specialists for international blue chips. I managed a portfolio of 250 clients; maintained and developed business relationships; developed new business tenders and sales strategies; managed and trained a team of market researchers.

Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom

Personal lines insurance broker. I liaised with clients, underwriters, claims assessors and legal representatives; developed new business; undertook accurate risk assessment and underwriting; managed accounting and claim settlements.

India

Volunteer placement in central India. I worked at a village hospital assisting with medical programmes, social work and development projects. I established a sustainable community managed food programme; assisted medical professionals running health programmes; organized event and presented seminars promoting public health and taught English and Geography.

Wybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom

Account manager at Lloyds TSB Banking Group. Responsible for managing clients’ personal banking procedures and providing financial advice.

Master Of Science - Ms, Conservation Science, Passed With Merit

Activities and Societies: Undertook a number of research placements. At ZSL I worked with the Marine and Freshwater conservation team.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Science, Bsc Honours, First Class

Activities and Societies: Sussex Wildlife Trust volunteer. Managed Sussex County data input to national UK Water Vole monitoring scheme.