Rural Solutions is a consultancy, planning and design practice specialising in rural land and property whose mission is to work with forward thinking owners and managers of rural land and property to realise their ambitions through creative approaches to strategy, planning, design, management, development, and use of these assets. Operating nationally, with a team of c.38 professionals including consultants, planners, property development professionals, architects, landscape architects, analysts, researchers, and graphic designers all working exclusively on rural strategy and development projects.As Head of Consulting, Sally lead a team of strategists, analysts, communicators, researchers, property professionals and project managers working with estates, private landowners, public, charitable, and commercial organisations to shape a range of projects to deliver a range of rural development outcomes from individual schemes to large scale strategic plans.

Non Executive Director.Accent Group provide high quality social housing for rent and sale and are committed to providing residents with excellent homes and top quality services . Accent currently own and manage over 21,500 homes across the country, which over 34,000 residents call home.

Non-executive director of SBB, a social enterprise establish to find innovate ways to tackle complex social problems including the Empty Homes Doctor project, focussed on bringing empty residential properties back into use for families in housing need in the Leeds City Region.

Offering advisory services across public, private and third sector organisations. Track record in programme and project management, strategy, change management, customer experience and strategic and business planning.

Leading the UK Client Experience strategy for Deloitte. Part of the leadership team for the firm’s 300+ person Clients & Markets group with responsibility for business and relationship development, sales, commercial negotiations and bidding and client feedback. The Client Experience function was focussed on supporting the firm’s highest priority client accounts classified as those worth over £5 million annually to the firm.

A senior leadership role on the firm’s most high profile and consistently highest performing account. Responsible for the creation of a programme to deliver a wide portfolio of services to a challenging client including establishing a bespoke set of processes and programme management tools to maintain the commercial integrity of the programme whilst always focussing on the client’s unique set of requirements.

Led over 30 individual client engagements from initial sale through to conclusion, built a new market sector for the firm and promoted 3 times in 4 years. Primarily focussed on strategic planning and programme management for clients including several central Government Departments and regional government agencies, The Football Association, the Church of England, London 2012 and Rio 2016. Strong project and commercial management credentials and consistently delivered on time and on budget.

A strategic and delivery role with a remit covering agriculture, business support and rural enterprise, property and capital development, tourism, and skills and employment. This included leading the Agency’s first major investment in the visitor economy, securing £10 Million funding for strategic investment into the region’s tourism sector.