Head of ESG Real Estate at Montfort Communications providing strategic advice to listed and unlisted real estate companies and across the value chain.

- Thought Leadership- Content Planning- Content Strategy- Customer analysis and segmentation

- Stakeholder Management and Engagement- Content and Thought Leadership- Policy Analysis- Engagement

1. To support the BPF in identifying the key challenges, opportunities, risks and disruptive trends that may affect the regulatory, financial and operating environment for real estate in the present and near-present2. To build the evidence base for existing policy positions held by the BPF, and to build the evidence base for future policy positions3. To support the BPF in developing its understanding of the implications of BREXIT, and to support its advocacy to ensure that the… Show more 1. To support the BPF in identifying the key challenges, opportunities, risks and disruptive trends that may affect the regulatory, financial and operating environment for real estate in the present and near-present2. To build the evidence base for existing policy positions held by the BPF, and to build the evidence base for future policy positions3. To support the BPF in developing its understanding of the implications of BREXIT, and to support its advocacy to ensure that the outcome of the Article 50 process is a favourable operational, regulatory and financial environment for real estate. In the intervening period, also continue to advocate for real estate in the EU public policy process4. To support the BPF in being well-placed to influence the development of the Government’s Industrial Strategy, and to articulate the case for, and inform the content of, a prospective Real Estate Sector Deal5. Leading the BPF’s Research ProgramAchievements:1. creating a Brexit newsletter for members, with an open rate of 23.44% and an unsubscribe rate of less than 2%2. Producing a prospective Real Estate Sector Deal, and stakeholder management associated with it Show less

Responsibility for Sustainability and Construction Policy. Current areas of focus include: simplification of the Carbon Reduction Commitment; the Energy Efficiency Directive; implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Recast; the Green Deal for commercial buildings; the introduction of minimum building energy performance standards by 2018; zero carbon homes and new non-domestic buildings; Part L of the Building Regulations Review 2013; Lofstedt Review of Health and Safety;… Show more Responsibility for Sustainability and Construction Policy. Current areas of focus include: simplification of the Carbon Reduction Commitment; the Energy Efficiency Directive; implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Recast; the Green Deal for commercial buildings; the introduction of minimum building energy performance standards by 2018; zero carbon homes and new non-domestic buildings; Part L of the Building Regulations Review 2013; Lofstedt Review of Health and Safety; construction skills; speeding utilities connections and requirements for sustainable drainage systems on new developments. Please see the BPF's Sustainability Manifestos here: http://www.bpf.org.uk/en/what_we_do/sustainability/sustainability_overview.php Show less

My role within Pozitiv Communications Ltd centered upon providing quality UK and EU publicaffairs and public relations advice, supported by timely and accurate monitoring, to a range ofclients on a retained or project-specific basis. My achievements included: securing primary legislation to protect researchers; Designing and managing a campaign which successfully minimised damage to a client’spoultry sales in the wake of outbreaks of avian influenza in the UK; driving forward… Show more My role within Pozitiv Communications Ltd centered upon providing quality UK and EU publicaffairs and public relations advice, supported by timely and accurate monitoring, to a range ofclients on a retained or project-specific basis. My achievements included: securing primary legislation to protect researchers; Designing and managing a campaign which successfully minimised damage to a client’spoultry sales in the wake of outbreaks of avian influenza in the UK; driving forward winning proposals which secured a number of new clients for thecompany. Show less

My role within the Business Connect Branch focused upon assessing the effects of Governmentpolicy on the competitiveness and productivity of London-based businesses. My main responsibility during this fixed-term contract role was to arrange a regional visit by senior Department of Trade and Industry civil servants to the proposed Olympic development to demonstrate the likely positive effects of hosting the Olympics in London.

My role within the Water Supply and Regulation Directorate focused on the promotion of theprinciples of sustainable development in the UK and in overseas markets. My key achievementsincluded:• Collaborating in the successful launch of the Enhanced Capital Allowances for WaterTechnologies Scheme• Providing briefing and logistical support to a Special Environmental Advisor to theGovernment of Mexico and to Elliot Morley concerning a trade mission to Poland• Taking… Show more My role within the Water Supply and Regulation Directorate focused on the promotion of theprinciples of sustainable development in the UK and in overseas markets. My key achievementsincluded:• Collaborating in the successful launch of the Enhanced Capital Allowances for WaterTechnologies Scheme• Providing briefing and logistical support to a Special Environmental Advisor to theGovernment of Mexico and to Elliot Morley concerning a trade mission to Poland• Taking personal responsibility for the passage of a UNECE protocol on diseases in transboundarywater-courses• Pioneering a ‘virtual industry group’ of advisors to support Government steering groups,in order to submit their decisions to additional scrutiny by industry• Constructing a tracking database which improved the branch’s timeliness in answeringministerial correspondence by a factor of 40 per cent Show less