Founded and ran one of the leading Geonservation NGOs in the UK.Project management, fundraising [c£2million], all day to day functions of an SME.Training staff, volunteers and interns. Liaison with numerous Government organisations, businesses and other NGOs. raising the profile and impact of the Geology Trust. Public speaking and general outreach.Heritage Interpretation, leaflets, posters, trail guides, interpretation panels.Managed the conservation of two globally significant… Show more Founded and ran one of the leading Geonservation NGOs in the UK.Project management, fundraising [c£2million], all day to day functions of an SME.Training staff, volunteers and interns. Liaison with numerous Government organisations, businesses and other NGOs. raising the profile and impact of the Geology Trust. Public speaking and general outreach.Heritage Interpretation, leaflets, posters, trail guides, interpretation panels.Managed the conservation of two globally significant geological sites in the UK, Dinosaur trackways at Ardley and Climate Change sediment record at Wykeham, the latter included negotiating a £150,000 research programme including a PhD.Creation of a large public events programme, thousands of events reaching more than 250,000 people over the past 18 years.Creation of Geonauts. Show less

Founded and ran one of the first Geology Trusts in the UK.Also founding member of The Geology Trusts [Association] and Geoncoservation UK, both national/professional bodies for Geoconservation in the UK.

Studying the Quaternary [ICE AGE] deposits of the Upper Thames valley with a view to developing a stratigraphy for the region. Included working under my own supervision for the entirety of the project, managing everything from sourcing the original funding to buying and operating drilling rigs. Also involved helping to develop a totally new coring rig for lone workers.

Rescue dig, excavating, recording and curating finds form a DMV, Deserted Medieval Village, ahead of new housing development on the outskirts of Milton Keynes.

Worked on major Roman sites in the City of London, part of watching brief team, later excavating and recording contexts, recovering and recording medieval timbers, bulk reduction supervision including collection of bulk samples of Roman Samian ware [and others], organic remains [leather boots with hobnails still attached] and logging the sections for sedimentology.Also worked on the Roman City wall, uncovered an anomolous body in the ditch of the wall, associated with forgers stamps and… Show more Worked on major Roman sites in the City of London, part of watching brief team, later excavating and recording contexts, recovering and recording medieval timbers, bulk reduction supervision including collection of bulk samples of Roman Samian ware [and others], organic remains [leather boots with hobnails still attached] and logging the sections for sedimentology.Also worked on the Roman City wall, uncovered an anomolous body in the ditch of the wall, associated with forgers stamps and coin blanks. Undertook environmental sampling for microfossils.Commissioned to liaise with Cambridge University and report specifically on the Quaternary geology of the waterfront site, also in charge of Dendro [wood] sampling, trained to be site chainsaw operator. Show less

Studying airborne pollen spectra in an urban setting.