Feb 2009 – Oct 2014 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States

• Senior public policy advisor for a land investment, development and conservation company during its early growth stages. Focused on working with the founders on fund raising materials and presentations. Advised on carbon and climate change legal issues as they related to investment opportunities.

Nov 2008 – Nov 2023 · 15 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Chief of Staff/COO and Chief Legal Officer for PEARonline, a global SAAS Fintech platform for alternative investment fund managers to communicate with their investors. PEARonline is headquartered in the US but also has a physical presence in the UK and does business on a global scale. Built and maintained the infrastructure of the company which includes finance, tax, HR, legal, regulatory, compliance, data protection, customer relations management, and real estate. Developed formal business planning processes and responsible for all financial planning, reporting and tax reporting across multiple jurisdictions and with multiple currencies.

Jan 2003 – Jan 2008 · 5 yrs · London, England, United Kingdom

• Served as Vice-President of corporate finance at Climate Change Capital (CCC) a start-up investment bank headquartered in London specializing in clean tech and climate change. During my tenure , the business grew to over 140 employees and my responsibilities developed rapidly. I was primarily responsible for advising and raising circa $50m capital across multiple rounds for emerging clean tech and carbon companies, building CCC’s institutional advisory program and developing and maintaining relationships with investors.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2004 · 4 yrs · London, England, United Kingdom

• I was awarded a PhD in Law. My thesis focused on the influence of differing political and legal cultures on the development and selection of climate change policies in the United Kingdom and California. It drew on qualitative data collected through interviews with key players in the policy process in the subject jurisdictions in conjunction with analysis of relevant documents, official and otherwise.

Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 · 2 yrs · London, England, United Kingdom

• Joined as Managing Director but effectively served as Chief of Staff for a family-owned and operated early stage publishing and conference business specializing in international environmental law and trade issues. I was tasked with transitioning the business to a professional publishing company. During my tenure we more than doubled annual revenues while keeping costs steady. We instituted formal business planning processes, a scheduling and management program for the planning and monitoring of the publication of our books, journals and conferences, a new accounting and cashflow system and the appointment of new auditors. I was also responsible for the hiring, onboarding and training of new employees on systems and processes.

Jan 1995 – Jan 1998 · 3 yrs · London, England, United Kingdom

• FIELD is a world leading environmental NGO that provided the first draft of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and designed and negotiated the Clean Development Mechanism. I was responsible for identifying non-foundation based funding sources for FIELD. To do this I identified, pitched and ran project which modeled expected climate change legislation around the world. We also worked for the European Union checking compliance with EU environmental legislation in member states.

Jan 1994 – Jan 1995 · 1 yr · San Francisco, California, United States

• Litigation associate in the areas of environmental, natural resources, land use, real property law and water law. My clients included corporations, irrigation districts, banks and individuals regarding all aspects of environmental statutes and regulations.

Jan 1991 – Jan 1993 · 2 yrs · San Jose, California, United States

• Litigation associate in the areas of insurance defense, including environmental coverage, medical and dental malpractice