May 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Remote

• Consultancy services for income generation, fundraising, marketing and purpose-led strategy.

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr

• Responsible for leading the delivery of a strategy to grow income and shared value through partnerships with corporate and corporate foundations, with the goal of driving and expanding these partnerships globally across the organisation.

May 2016 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 8 mos

• Joining Worldreader as a member of the Development Team in a fast growing part of the organisation. Identifying and developing fundraising and partnership opportunities with a focus on new donor engagement to benefit e-reading programs in Africa, India, Jordan and beyond.

Nov 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Leading the Legacy & Development team within Community Partnership Fundraising at Action for Children in this recently created role. The team covered a host of national activities, from the crucial marketing of legacies to promoting the charity's involvement in national events such as the London Marathon and RideLondon. I managed the development of new and exciting fundraising products such as The Action for Children Giant Wiggle.

Jan 2005 – Oct 2014 · 9 yrs 9 mos

• Having originally joined the charity as a Community Fundraiser I took up the role as Partnership Fundraising Manager, England South, for Action for Children, a charity that supports the most vulnerable and neglected children across the UK. I led an amazing team of ten geographically dispersed Partnership Fundraisers, all of whom I recruited. My time at the charity has seen great change and I was proud to be a Brand Ambassador when the charity changed its name from NCH in 2008. I enjoyed coordinating a learning & development programme across the Fundraising directorate and working closely with the IOF.

Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr

• Joined a small department at its inception supporting the Development Director.
• Launch of the student's annual fund.

Jan 1999 – Jan 2003 · 4 yrs

• Reporting directly to the Marketing Director and part of the small Business Development team responsible for Formula One sponsorship and building the McLaren brand.

Jan 1996 – Jan 1999 · 3 yrs · West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

• Various roles including market research, business planning, forecasting and benchmarking. Responsible for customer, competitor, supplier and market sector analysis.