Executive Director
I have been working as the Head of Finance and Governance since June 2015 and have many years’ experience as an executive within national charities and voluntary organisations. I previously worked as the CEO of a credit union in Leicester for five years and have worked for 11 years alongside the Board of Trustees, helping to set up the UK’s National Biodiversity Network Trust.
Specialties include:
- Leadership
- Strategy
- Creativity
- Problem-solving
- Not-for-profit charity management and governance
- Trust fundraising
- Digital strategies and technical projects
- Sustainable development
Since
the age of two until my early teens I studied dance to RAD (advanced)
and ISTD standards. In my later years I took my dance skills into
martial arts where I earned two black belts in Lau Gar Kung Fu under
Master Yau.
I was a member of the Manchester Youth Theatre working on props
and stage design. I was also a make-up artist and designed the make-up
for the professional production of Terra Nova at the Manchester Library
Theatre in the early 1980s.
In my spare time I like to create characters and art from yarn and have become a big fan of amigurumi and needle felting techniques. Just recently I have been learning to illustrate in Procreate.
Achievements
First class BSc (hons) in Business and Technology
Academic achievements published in the 1999 Annual Report for Nottingham Trent University & personally invited to submit paper on interactive learning for children by Dean of the University.
BA (hons) in Business and Technology - Student of the Year Award.
