Working within a highly collaborative environment, I act as strategic lead for projects that help organisations build participatory strategies, cultures and activities, in line with New Citizen Project's mission of building a more participatory society.This typically includes project strategy and planning, desk research and stakeholder interviews, workshop design and facilitation, interpreting and analysing workshop outputs and other data, and drafting key findings and strategic recommendations. I also help organisations to prototype new participation opportunities.Client projects include Co-op Group, National Autistic Society, Bureau Local, Historic England, RSPB, Kirklees Council, Parkinson's UK, COOK Foods, and others. I led the research strategy and workshop design of New Citizen Project's "#CouncilCulture" collaborative innovation project, bringing together three local authorities for a series of four workshops over 12 months to experiment with our "Narratives, Rituals & Beacons" model of cultural change, to craft cultural interventions that will support more participatory ways of working (report due late 2024)I also support New Citizen Project's deliberative democracy projects through research strategy and data analysis, including analysing a 20K+ response dataset from the mass engagement "National Conversation" element of the People's Plan for Nature (commissioned by National Trust, the RSPB and WWF), and leading the drafting, development and editing of New Citizen Project's RAPID Democracy report.Latterly, my role has included a renewed emphasis on developing the consultancy's thinking and practice around inclusive research encounters, co-research and collective knowledge building. More generally, I have made important contributions to the refinement of New Citizen Project's core tools and thinking by holding space for internal reflection and iteration, and adapting and communicating tools and thinking in new contexts.

Working in partnership with qualified Community Share Practitioners, I have advised community groups across the UK on how to build successful community shares offers based on my experience at Bath City FC. This included live music venue Exchange (Bristol), performing arts venue Komedia (Bath), community cinema Bovey Paradiso (Bovey Tracey), and others.[NB I've done less of this work since 2020, but still stay up to date with the Community Shares Practitioners network]

As part of Konichiwa's team of creative associates, I helped co-operatives, social enterprises and mission-led independent businesses in Bristol and the South West to sharpen their communications and effectively blend their commercial and social messages.

I specialised in helping mission-driven organisations think, act and communicate clearly and effectively across the entire ecosystem of customers, partner, funders and allies, working with social enterprises, mission-led businesses, B Corps, community-owned assets and co-operatives.

I edited Purpose magazine, a print and online platform for leaders of profit-for-purpose companies, on behalf of business consultancy The House. Featuring interviews with founders and execs such as Iqbal Wahhab (Roast Restaurants), Laura Tenison MBE (JoJo Maman Bebe), Tim Mead (Yeo Valley) and Paul Lindley (Ella's Kitchen), Purpose focuses on the unique challenges that leaders face when making business a force for good. Medium.com/PurposeMagazine

From 2015 to 2018, I helped The House to differentiate itself in an increasingly crowded "purpose movement" by clearly articulating co-founders Steve Fuller and Graham Massey's unique POV on creative leadership, innovative problem solving and what it takes to make business a force for good.

I played a pivotal role in the "Big Bath City Bid", a community share offer that successfully raised £365,000 towards taking Bath City FC into community ownership. As Secretary of the Bath City Supporters Society, I led the early research, development and communication for the share offer, and later worked within a small team to develop a common strategy and deliver the project. This included liaising with the Bath City FC board of directors, the Community Shares Unit, Supporters Direct, 3G4Us, CIC Association and Coops UK to develop and author a community shares prospectus and business plan. I was responsible for drafting the prospectus, overseeing its design and driving the process of securing a Community Shares Standard Mark from the Community Shares Unit. I also developed partnerships with Bath Spa University, local political parties & 38 Degrees to support the campaign, plus a film screening and art exhibition in partnership with Pop Up Docs and local businesses.Since Bath City FC became community-owned, attendances have almost doubled, a wealth of local volunteer talent has been unlocked, and new commercial and charitable partnerships have been forged.(NB this was an unpaid role, but it definitely felt like a full-time job!)

Senior Consultant on a freelance basis for Edelman Hong Kong, responsible for strategy, programme development and day-to-day client interaction for Scottish Development International (Nov 2010 – Aug 2013), building trade and investment links between Scotland and Asia.

I worked in Edelman Hong Kong’s Financial Communications practice from February 2008 – May 2010 and Edelman London’s Corporate and Financial practice from May 2010 – November 2010. During this time, I provided strategic communications advice to a range of financial clients, including The Carlyle Group, Nomura, Daiwa, Aviva, and Scottish Development International. I secured coverage for clients in top-tier regional media, including The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal Asia, AsianInvestor, Bloomberg TV and South China Morning Post, by developing contacts with journalists in Hong Kong and China. I was primarily responsible within a seven-strong team for drafting and editing strategy recommendations, press releases, bylined articles, speeches and award submissions.

I commissioned, edited and wrote news, feature articles and marketing materials for Energy Risk, a monthly magazine covering trading and risk management in the global energy industry, and the then newly-launched Commodity Risk. I conducted CEO-level interviews with traders, brokers and risk managers in the global oil, gas, coal, power, weather and carbon emissions derivatives markets, in order to provide in-depth analysis of market trends.

Staff Writer at Credit magazine, a corporate bond market magazine, from December 2002 to May 2005, and at Energy Risk magazine, an energy derivatives trading and risk management magazine, from May 2005 to July 2006.