May 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

• Key contributions:
• Led operational due diligence and post-acquisition integration for Seven Bridges’ acquisition by IFS (Aug 2025), owning data room governance, cross-functional coordination, and integration readiness under accelerated timelines.
• Acted as senior operational decision-maker in the CEO’s absence, ensuring continuity of approvals, risk management, and business operations.
• Partnered directly with Board members and private equity investors, preparing board packs, agendas, minutes, resolutions, and maintaining statutory compliance.
• Held primary accountability for ISO 27001, including successful migration to the 2022 standard and passing full recertification audit with no major findings; BSI-qualified Internal Lead Auditor.
• Recovered Accounts Receivable performance from >50% overdue to 100% on-time payment, redesigning billing cadence, stakeholder communication, and escalation processes during a cash-constrained period.
• Owned corporate governance and company secretarial activities, including Companies House filings, statutory registers, and EMI Share Scheme administration and unwind post-acquisition.
• Led people operations, HR systems implementation, onboarding/offboarding, redundancy execution, and secure asset and access management.
• Directed vendor, supplier, facilities, and software contract negotiations, improving commercial terms while maintaining service continuity.
• Delivered company-wide events and leadership offsites (up to 150 attendees), including board and investor participation.

Jul 2022 – May 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

• The world needs supply chains that can adapt quickly - that means they are integrated, data first, responsive and resilient.
• 7bridges gives you the ability to understand the impact of every decision you make - gathering all your data in one powerful platform so you have full control and a birds-eye view. Our AI lets you test out new ideas and adapt to real world disruptions; giving you more room to innovate.
• 7bridges are committed to reinventing supply chain management because smarter supply chains benefit everyone.

Jun 2016 – Jul 2022 · 6 yrs 1 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

• Key contributions:
• Acted as a trusted advisor and operational extension of senior leadership, driving issues to resolution across regions and functions.
• Led global leadership meetings and offsites in Europe and the US for the top 150 leaders, managing end-to-end delivery.
• Owned office operations for a 60-person site, including facilities management, vendor relationships, and office relocation.
• Led the global rollout of Concur, acting as SME and adoption lead across offices.
• Produced executive-level communications, presentations, and reports supporting strategic decision-making.
• Line managed and developed a direct report, setting KPIs, performance objectives, and development plans.

Jun 2013 – Jun 2016 · 3 yrs · london area, united kingdom

Oct 2007 – Jun 2013 · 5 yrs 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Reason for Leaving: Redundancy – Fund Closed

Apr 2005 – Oct 2007 · 2 yrs 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

May 2003 – Aug 2005 · 2 yrs 3 mos · London, United Kingdom

May 2000 – Feb 2002 · 1 yr 9 mos · London, United Kingdom

Jul 1999 – May 2000 · 10 mos · London, United Kingdom