Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Remote

• Member of the Steering Committee for Invest in Open Infrastructure, and member of the Financial Oversight Committee, supporting strategy and governance for the organisation.

Feb 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

• I lead the social investment activities of the Resolution Foundation. This is primarily the Workertech Partnership, a three-year investment and ecosystem building programme looking to back early-stage tech ventures that can improve low-paid and precarious work.

Feb 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos · London, United Kingdom

• As Managing Director, I worked with the CEO in leading the organisation. I was responsible for all operational aspects of the charity, including Finance, Legal, Governance, Fundraising & Delivery, & HR. I shared responsibility with the CEO for delivering the visions and values of Doteveryone, and our impact, profile and reputation. Over nearly 3 years, we built a strong vision and organisational culture, grew and developed the team, improved and codified our practices and processes, significantly increased our pool of funders and added 5 new Trustees to the board.

Apr 2015 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos

• I managed Nesta's work on innovation policy and technology futures. I led a team of four, planning and conducting research, feeding into policy discussions and writing and presenting on our ideas and research.

Dec 2012 – Apr 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Promoted to Director, leading a team of four, rising to seven during my leadership. Key responsibilities included managing a budget of approximately £1.3m, delivery of research and policy reports across a range of topics including venture capital, innovation finance, innovation policy, growth sectors, accelerators and startups and emerging technologies.

May 2012 – Nov 2012 · 6 mos

• I head up the Innovation & Economic Growth team within Nesta Policy & Research. We look at a range of innovation policy and research issues, including new technologies, finance for innovation, international links, high-growth firms and evidence and experimentation in innovation policy.

Oct 2009 – May 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• I am a policy advisor at NESTA, writing and commisioning research and policy reports on innovation. My work looks especially at Growth Sectors, and has covered clusters in the semiconductor industry and collaboration in the biomedical industry.
• I also run the Hot Topics events series at NESTA, looking at emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.
• Publications included:
• 'Chips with Everything: Lessons for effective government support for clusters from the South West semiconductor industry' Oct 2010
• 'All together now: Improving cross-sector collaboration in the UK biomedical industry' Mar 2011
• 'Vital Growth: the importance of high-growth businesses to the recovery' Mar 2011

Jun 2007 – Oct 2009 · 2 yrs 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Supporting the portfolio of investment companies with specific strategy and development issues; maintaining & analysing company performance data; reviewing new investment proposals; supporting M&A transactions.

Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs

May 2006 – Jun 2007 · 1 yr 1 mo

• IT consultancy - project management and analysis on a series of IT implementation and website development projects. Moved sideways into sister company, Blenheim Chalcot, at the end of this period.

Sep 2001 – Aug 2004 · 2 yrs 11 mos · London, United Kingdom

• User requirements analyst on several software projects, working with developers, user groups and marketing to create requirements specifications.