Education, training & employment

MSc Charity Finance & Management (Distinction), including charity law, finance and accounting, charity in society, tax, management, statistics, research methods, plus a dissertation on data analysis in relationship marketing/fundraising. London South Bank University 1999.

PG Diploma Clothing Technology (Distinction), included finance, operations research, statistics and a dissertation assessing opportunities for the clothing industry in developing countries, Leeds University 1986.

BSc (Hons) Economics 2nd class, including statistics, development economics and alternative economic systems, University of Bristol 1985.

I am committed to ongoing learning and development as well as keeping up to date on strategic issues affecting charities and innovations in social impact.

Short training courses undertaken:

  • Advanced Facilitation Skills
  • Audit and Assurance (NHS)
  • Chairing Skills (NHS)
  • Clinical Commissioning/World Class Commissioning (NHS)        
  • Commissioning Competencies (NHS)
  • Donor Motivations
  • Fundraising, ICFM Foundation Course for Senior Managers
  • Governance (charities, NHS)  
  • ICT training including spreadsheet modelling, online survey design
  • Management Competencies
  • Managing Volunteers
  • Media Training
  • Mental Health Awareness
  • Neuro-linguistic Programming
  • Non-Executive Directors’ Action Learning Set (NHS)
  • NSPCC Senior Management Programme at Ashridge
  • Operational Research
  • Patient and Public Engagement
  • Performance Measurement
  • Presentation Skills
  • Project Management
  • Quality Management and PQASSO
  • Recruitment and Selection 
  • Research methods
  • Risk Management (NHS, Charities)
  • Secondary Data Analysis
  • Strategic Choice Methodology
  • Strategy Development
  • Soft Systems Methodologies
  • Supervisory Skills
  • Tax, Fundraising and the Law
  • Theory of Change
  • Virtual Facilitation
  • Vision Awareness

When I work with you, I make your purpose my purpose.

    Previous employment

Executive director interim roles:  
2005        Strategic Director (Thames Gateway) Groundwork UK
2003        Director of Operations The Refugee Council
2001/2  Director The Long-term Medical Conditions Alliance (LMCA)
  University positions:  
2004-12 Associate Consultant Centre for Charity Effectiveness, CASS Business School
2006-09 Visiting Fellow on Charity MSc Programmes teaching strategy and research methods London South Bank University
2001-02 Senior lecturer on Charity Marketing and Fundraising MSc (part time) London South Bank University
  Full time employment:  
1996-99 Head of Planning & Finance, Appeals, included planning for the Full Stop Appeal. NSPCC
1995-96 Planning Analyst, included operational and strategic planning Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
1991-95 Corporate Planning & Evaluation Officer Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
1990-91 Development Manager Lambeth Talking Newspaper for the Blind.
1987-90 Co-ordinator (of volunteers) RNIB/University of Leeds Recording Centre for the Blind
1986-87 Quality Assurer (Menswear) NEXT plc (Headquarters, Enderby, Leicestershire)

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