An expert-level researcher and information professional with skills developed through roles in executive search, corporate research and information services (business, finance, health, pharmaceuticals) and in academic & special libraries.I have a passion for how research and information can be used to make better business decisions, and must confess to a love of a well-crafted Boolean string.Having worked in the corporate, private, public and NFP sectors, I have a solid understanding of commercial environments plus the New Zealand organisational landscape. Professional and articulate, I thrive as part of a high-performing team. Able to bring my critical thinking to the hardest search challenges, I have a rare combination of strategic thinking and attention to detail. Always seeking to bring clarity to complex issues, I am astute at asking the right questions, locating and filtering information to find the signal within the noise, and extracting the insights that matter. With an innate intellectual curiosity, I am always learning, finding opportunities for continuous improvement and for further developing search methodologies to deliver better outcomes. My early career was spent in a variety of hospital management roles, having completed the prestigious National Health Service General Management Training Scheme. Travelling and immigrating to New Zealand led to a change of direction. Key Skills: research for executive recruitment / sourcing (passive candidates, talent-mapping, senior / C-level / hard-to-find; LinkedIn power-searcher/superuser), complex search strategies and syntax (Boolean, natural language, semantic), market intelligence, business information & competitive intelligence, online & database research, training others in search methodologies & information retrieval techniques, information & data analysis, information services, health information, heritage information, information literacy.
Listed skills include Information Literacy, Research, Online Research, Information Management, and 16 others.