Teacher of secondary mathematics and Senior College Tutor at St Hilda's Church of England High School, Liverpool.

Successfully completed a Post Graduate Certificate of Education in secondary school mathematics, graduating with Distinction.Completed teaching placement at St Margaret's Church of England Academy, Aigburth, Liverpool and Broughton Hall Catholic High School, West Derby, Liverpool.Experience of working in a Special Educational Needs environment. Experience of teaching to English as Additional Language students and teaching in overseas schools following a 1 week educational visit to Torun, Poland.Gained 60 Masters credits (at Distinction) following written assignments on Assessment for Learning and the impact of increased curriculum emphasis on Reasoning and Problem Solving,

Successfully completed a 6 month Maths Knowledge Enhancement course ("MEC") at Liverpool Hope University covering topics including; calculus, mechanics, geometry, algebra, group structures and statistics.Spent 11 days in Liverpool schools gaining valuable tips and observing lessons at Holly Lodge Girls School (West Derby), St Margaret's Church of England Academy (Aigburth) and Childwall Church of England Primary School.

Senior Manager in KPMG's Restructuring practice. Specialising in Insolvency.Managed a team of 6 across 3 offices and at any one time a portfolio of up to 100 corporate insolvency cases. Work undertaken included:- Detailed transaction accounting, maintaining ledgers and trial balance review- Account reconciliations, funds management and period end procedures- Filing statutory receipts and payments accounts- Realising tangible and intangible assets- Negotiating the sale of freehold and leasehold properties- Dealing with landlords to agree claims, and assign/surrender/disclaim leasehold interests- Considering post insolvency Health & Safety risks- Debt collection- Reviewing records to identify claims against former directors- Close liaison with solicitors, agents and bankers- Reporting to secured creditors and providing accurate estimates of likely recoveries- Preparing and submitting post insolvency VAT and corporation tax returns- Reviewing employee claims against insolvent estates- Identifying and agreeing all other claims and making distributions to creditors as soon as possible- Preparing and reviewing various legal documents and obtaining Court Orders on various insolvency mattersIn addition to the above, I was responsible for conducting "internal audit" file reviews on all insolvency cases in the North West region to ensure full compliance with both statutory requirements and internal guidance and procedures. This involved:- Identifying cases for review and ensuring all reviews undertaking within the required timetable- Communicating findings to the case manager and lead insolvency practitioner along with recommendations for improvement- Identifying common and repeated errors and developing new systems and procedures or document to prevent further/ongoing breachesI also acted as Northern Training Manager on a National Training Committee delivering skills/technical training locally and through wider national projects.

Undertook internal and external private and public sector audits before transferring to the corporate recovery and insolvency department in 1994. Involved in various trading insolvencies and business reviews.