I managed the food and drink team in Hong Kong responsible for increasing Scottish food & drink exports to greater China. We achieved this objective by helping companies at all stages of their export journey; building and utilising a strong network of contacts throughout the f&b industry & managing successful delivery of events across greater China.

I was responsible for increasing Scottish food & drink exports to Singapore & Thailand. These were new markets for many of the companies I was working with so a critical part of my role was providing insights into market opportunities and challenging companies to consider these markets. I also built a network of industry contacts, educating them about Scottish produce, resulting in new business for companies.

As part of the First Minister’s Private Office, I supported the First Minister across all aspects of his portfolio – ensuring he was well briefed for events & engagements; providing support at engagements including 4 international visits & leading on his interests in key policy areas across Government.

I developed policy to tackle the underlying causes of health inequalities in Scotland, working across Government to promote an ‘assets based approach’ as a new way to deal with the route causes of health inequalities. I also led on the Scottish Government’s involvement on a multi stakeholder pilot to reduce violence.

I drafted a policy paper examining how different constitutional options would impact devolved policy areas & supported the successful delivery of over 50 National Conversation events.