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Harare, Zimbabwe

I transform job searches into fulfilling career adventures, matching my candidates' expertise and aspirations with the perfect global opportunities.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Working with a partner in the online recruitment industry for Robocore Global, representing the construction arm of the business• Identifying clients and candidates throughout Africa and expanding into the global market

o Excellent organisational skills having managed the international Senior Management Conferences and the global recognition programme for a leading mining company; employee engagement campaigns throughout the London head office; global medical conferences and events for the Cardiology department of the University of Ferrara (Italy) in conjunction with international pharmaceutical companies; various elements of Camelot’s activity relating to the Rio Olympics (from organising all logisitics and communication relating to a stakeholder visit to the Olympics to the employee engagement campaign and all-staff summer event);o Generated inspiring and effective content in multiple languages and the need to work with and manage multiple stakeholders to deliver global communication campaigns using various channels (print, digital, film, face-to-face)o Implemented methods of communication and engagement using a newly launched digital intranet (Jive) o Created training materials and delivered interactive training sessions when rolling out new digital platforms; I was responsible for this when initially launching the first intranet at Anglo American and when upgrading to the new social intraneto Implemented standard procedures to improve efficiency, having created a process to ensure timely delivery of medical journals and publications; as well as refining the nomination and recognition process for a global recognition programmeo Inspired commitment and built positive engagement with multiple stakeholders across a multicultural and diverse organisation o Reputation for tenacity, determination and resilience under pressure; excellent attention to detail and delivering to a high standardo Budget management – tracking budget of up to £2m including, where necessary, negotiation with individual suppliers to meet budget

London

• Led a team which standardised and maximised the use of our internal communication channels and created greater consistency when the global IC team created communication strategies for their stakeholders. • Rolled out the company’s intranet globally to colleagues in 11 countries following the acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral by GVC, allowing all colleagues to access company information from one global platform.• Assessed and integrated key content from GVC’s existing intranet into the new global intranet.• Led and advised subject matter experts in each of the key functions on update of content and layout of functional areas on the intranet to ensure that important information was up to date, relevant and easily accessible.• Created private groups (lead by local champions) for each of the global offices and advised content owners on content and layout. This allowed colleagues in the offices to find location specific information in one place as well as fostered a sense of community and provided one place in which to communicate and collaborate.

London, United Kingdom

Overall responsibility for the Ladbrokes Coral Group intranet which utilised the Jive social enterprise platform.• Developed a comprehensive strategy for the layout, navigation and key content of the newly introduced intranet which ensured ease of navigation and consistency and integrity of company information. • Successfully overcame key stakeholder resistance to the intranet through ongoing engagement and training.• Set up a ‘champions network’ with representatives from various functions, departments and special interest groups.• Implemented training and engagement and successfully improved understanding of the platform.• Managed the intranet on a day-to-day basis and positioned it as a key internal communication channel, a reliable source of useful information and updates, and a key dialogue channel for colleagues in both offices and shops across the Group.• Created and delivered all training on the platform; developed specific sessions for new joiners, content owners, regional trainers, and key departments and functions to ensure that specific needs were addressed.• Developed an ongoing communication plan to raise awareness of the intranet and to encourage increased use and engagement. This increased colleagues’ use of the platform. Two-way communication was increased, and two major colleague requests (submitted via polls) were established as company policy.

London And Watford

• Managed the overall delegate experience for a key stakeholder trip to Rio 2016 for a week during the Olympics to foster greater understanding among national and regional media of the impact of Camelot’s financial support to Team GB.• Managing the logistics for the winners of several competitions in various media outlets with the prize of a trip to the Rio Olympics (including fights, accommodation, event tickets, travel insurance and spending money).• Supported The National Lottery Brand Marketing team in delivering their consumer facing marketing communication plan for Rio 2016, I am Team GB. • Partnered with the Camelot Internal Communication team to provide guidance on the ‘olympification’ of key employee engagement activities, including Town Halls, office branding, internal messaging to reflect the external campaign, culminating in an all employee event for 450 people to bring the outside message in and ensure that all staff understood how their roles contributed to the success of Team GB.

London

Programme managed the global recognition programme (Applaud) and Senior Management Conference. • Partnered with internal stakeholders to ensure consistency of nominations and local recognition events and a gala event for the finalists• Created and led a global group of champions to ensure objectives were tailored to local culture but in line with overall group objectives• Developed standard nomination, judging and recognition processes • Worked with external partner for all event planning; site visits, communication, venue, menu, market place event, finalist and management programme• Worked with external film agency for global photography/film shoots of recognition finalists (this content became central to the group editorial calendar to highlight organisational values)• Point person and co-ordinator on site at all events• Led on specific engagement campaigns for the London corporate office Achievements:• Successfully delivered 2010 Senior Management Conference in Rio de Janeiro which included the inaugural programme for Applaud finalists and gala ceremony of the Applaud awards• Subsequent Management Conferences and award events successfully delivered in Santiago and Miami• Developed and implemented a global system for the programme with recognition taking place at at a local level to formal group recognition which resulted in greater consistency in all locations• Generated regular communication materials which ensured the sharing of best practices for which nominees were recognisedCreated and managed engagement campaign and related events for the London Head office to highlight Anglo American’s donation to Britain’s Team 2012 for the OlympicsFormed part of the pilot group and was an early adopter of the group intranet; seconded to South Africa for six weeks to drive business wide adoption, providing training on the functionality and working with stakeholders on platform use to ensure delivery of objectives through communication and engagement.

London, United Kingdom

London

Brescia And Ferrara, Italy

• Initially recruited to assist in the project management of a Europe-wide clinical trial, but very soon took responsibility for managing a portfolio of projects and organised several conferences and trade events as well as managing the editorial process of a number of journals.• Project administrator–EUROPA Study; a multi-centric clinical trial on the effects of Perindopril in Heart Failure patients conducted in 170 centres in Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Turkey. • Scientific Secretariat – “Bench to Bedside:Bedside to Bench” Venice 2000 Congress, Venice – Italyo Organisation of the Congress on Heart Failure attended by 2000 worldwide participants. o Project managed all aspects of the conference including programme development (preliminary programme, information leaflet, abstract book, final programme); travel and accommodation requirements; relationship with sponsoring pharmaceutical companies; cultural events, and gala dinner; abstract poster display and presentation session; management of the secretariat office on site dealing with any problems or questions that arose, with the various needs of the delegates and invited guests.• Managed the editorial process to ensure prompt delivery of ‘Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine’ and ‘European Heart Journal Supplement’ from invitation of authors to delivery of the journal to global audience. This process led to journals being delivered on schedule for the first time.

Master'S Degree, Internal Communication Management, Distinction

Diploma, Public Relations, Merit