Mentoring for CISL Canopy (https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/canopy-cisl)

Led the Net Zero Programme (Seed Stage) and created Net Zero X (Series A - Pre-IPO), supporting the growth of the UK's climate tech sector. This includes having:▪ Supported the growth of 115 climate tech companies, through these two programmes.▪ Created advisory sessions and directly supported companies across investment, corporate partnerships, profiling and policy. Companies on the programmes have grown three times faster than the industry average.▪ Secured annual commercial partnerships and managed relationships (PwC, BNPP, Sage and Microsoft).▪ Led climate tech research to raise awareness in industry and published 2022 climate tech report.▪ Led and implemented Tech Nation’s net zero strategy and research into the decarbonisation of the tech sector. ▪ Led Tech Nation's COP26 strategy by hosting 3 events at the summit to showcase climate innovation.

The role involves supporting the growth of the UK's most promising scaling tech companies driving down global emissions. Companies may operate across a wide range of key sectors, including electricity & energy, transport & mobility, agriculture, food systems, manufacturing & building technology.Responsibilities include:▪ Co-launching, strategising and managing the Net Zero Programme, including co-creating the thesis for the programme. ▪ Managing and moderating numerous insight sessions and workshops. Topics include investment, business development and carbon benefits reporting.▪ Managing and facilitating networking between climate scale-ups and investors and corporations.▪ Leading Tech Nation’s sustainability strategy, targeting net zero by 2030.▪ Project managing Tech Nation's COP26 strategy.▪ Co-creating and co-leading Tech Zero; a collaborative initiative to take bold steps to tackle the climate crisis and make the UK the top global destination for green investment.

Tech Zero supports the decarbonisation of the global tech sector. Tech Zero was created to support all tech companies around the world to achieve net zero. Since its inception, the initiative has over 350 members, including GoCardless, Starling, Monzo, Confused.com, Autotrader, Depop and Tide.▪ Co-launched the largest membership group of tech companies committed to net zero in the world.▪ Published Tech Zero toolkit to provide guidance to support members in measuring and reducing their emissions. ▪ Co-led strategy to help Tech Zero grow to 350 committed companies; spanning across 21 countries and representing 100,000 employees.▪ Members have, on average, reduced their carbon emissions by 24%.

The role involved working within the communications team at The Climate Group. Specific responsibilities and achievements included:▪Project managing the Climate Decade campaign; a campaign designed to create a more compelling case for businesses to join The Climate Group’s initiatives and take climate action. This included strategising the research, marketing and funding plan.▪ Co-leading the company’s climate youth survey, focused on how climate change is influencing the choices of the U.S youth. The findings were released on the day of the global climate strike. Link here: https://www.climateweeknyc.org/how-climate-change-influencing-choices-us-youth-new-research

The role entailed working within the sponsorship team at The Climate Group, specifically on Climate Week NYC. Specific responsibilities and achievements included:▪ Co-editing the CWNYC sponsorship report summarising the key sustainability commitments and achievements from Climate Week.▪ Managing the relationship of sponsors including IKEA, Bank of America and Mars.▪ Providing copywrite and visual support for all Climate Week related marketing materials▪ Creating an internal deliverables tracker to improve operational efficiency, ensuring all deliverables were met.

The Future 50 Foods initiative is a project conducted between WWF and Knorr outlining a collection of diverse plant-based foods from around the world that help incentivise a sustainable diet. The role involved consulting on a brand change strategy for Knorr, as part of the Future 50 Foods initiative, to increase Knorr's portfolio of plant-based recipes. Specific roles included:▪ Conducting extensive research to identify current food trends and successful product characteristics of a plant-based dish.▪ Developing a digital marketing campaign, targeting mainstream chefs to increase their use of sustainably sourced and nutritious ingredients.▪ Creating copy and storyboards, supporting the design team with execution of the campaign.

The role entailed working within the environmental department of Ascential, working with RWM (the leading renewables and waste management event in the UK) and CWIEME (the world’s largest coil winding and electrical manufacturing event). Responsibilities and accomplishments included: • Managing partnerships for RWM and CWIEME Chicago. Partners included SUEZ, British Gas and The Environmental Services Association (ESA).• Acquiring new media partnerships for CWIEME Chicago. These included Battery Power, Electricity Today and Power Electronics World.• Publishing case studies and reports to the RWM Knowledge Hub on the topics of: circular economy, waste management and green energy. • Creating copywrite and content for promotional campaigns for RWM and CWIEME Chicago and Berlin.• Undertaking data analysis and research, including paving the way for the new hybrid electrical vehicle and electric vehicle section, EV Momentum.

The role entailed project managing the launch of e-commerce products to the UK market. This included:• Developing product marketing strategies for the US and UK. This involved creating a marketing campaign for International reach.• Leading website and product design. This involved working with designers and developers in both Germany and the UK. Products were introduced to both the UK and US market.• Enhanced supply chain sustainability by procuring GMO-free ingredients and 100% recyclable packaging.• Overseeing the business financials, including P&L and cashflow forecasting.• Overseeing the fulfilment process. This involved working with the fulfilment partners to ensure our B2C and B2B services were operating efficiently.• Continually liaising with Germany and the US, covering financials, strategy and branding across 3 markets.• Leading all market research for the UK. This involved creating an extensive report paving the way for the national marketing strategy and identified which specific products to bring to market.

Advised The Energy Community, (a social enterprise) as part of a team from the University of Leeds on reducing the energy of low income 'fuel poor' households. This included:• Strategic Recommendations- Advised on value proposition and identified key USP's, targets and objectives.• Market Research - Analysed the KS3 and GCSE curriculum and identified key market competitors to integrate a featured energy awareness game to further student learning.- Identified the target market and trends though geographic analysis of low income households and energy use.- Created a consumer survey to gauge market reach.• Financial Plan- Created a strategy for sustained funding through governmental and non-governmental incentives.• Consultation- Presented detailed findings and advice to the Energy Community.