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A respected sustainability and economic development industry leader with 20+ years in senior leadership roles across public, private, and consultancy, I help organisations define their social and environmental sustainability strategy, and its integration into the overall business with a focus on innovation, collaboration, and transformation.A top academic performer at Duke University, (and later completing innovation and leadership coursework at MIT), I worked my way up to manage complex portfolios and consult on diverse programs for multinational businesses and some of the largest and most progressive councils.Combining deep expertise in the public policy landscape with a commercial and consulting mindset and background, I am highly skilled in igniting collaboration between communities, businesses, and government, centred on creativity and innovation, as well as complex, long life-cycle negotiations, managing budgets in the tens of millions, strategic planning, and organisational change. Career wins have included: -► Creating and launching industry recognised and awarded digital innovations and community engagement activities.► Representing economic governance, digital modernisation, investment facilitation, and partnership set up for innovation at external forums, events, and media opportunities.► Leading and consulting on pioneering work, setting up exemplary sustainable supply chains with forest-dwelling and indigenous groups in the Amazon.An accountable and inclusive leader driving change, pushing boundaries, and breaking down silos and barriers to collaboration, I create positively differentiated work experiences, enabling people to feel valued, achieve their full potential and not be afraid to ‘fail forward’. Areas of expertise: Business and economic development, corporate planning, strategic land-use, sustainability and environmental planning, civic innovation and smart cities, advocacy and funding, land and property management, and energy management.

Listed skills include Sustainability, Carbon Markets, Forest Carbon, Sustainable Development, and 31 others.