St Albans, England, United Kingdom
Me in three words: Determined. Energetic. Short. Experienced senior leader, charity CEO and business owner with a passion for helping organisations grow, evolve and deliver meaningful and lasting impact. Strong track record of leadership, organisational change and strategic development/growth across Executive and Non-Executive Board roles. Chief Executive of Youth Talk, supporting young people struggling with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Passionate about championing young people, early intervention and building organisations that make a real difference. Ardent lover of tech, media and creativity - owner of a portfolio of creative film, media and tech businesses.
Chief Executive (part time) of Youth Talk - an amazing mental health charity providing desperately needed, confidential, free professional counselling services to young people between the ages of 13 - 25 years. Combine the role with managing an exciting and growing business portfolio of film and media companies.
Great to join forces with business partner Sam Jones of S-Works Studio to create the Business Film School. A new breed of quick, easy to learn, no nonsense online training courses and in person workshops to help businesses of all shapes and sizes to unlock the power of video - using just their mobile phone!
I run Big Buzz Productions, a creative video and media company producing high-quality content that help businesses and organisations communicate clearly and connect with their audiences. Our work spans filming, production and editing, supported by our sister brands: Sky Visual – professional drone filming and photography Virtual Venue Tours – immersive 3D virtual tours for properties, venues and organisations I combine a passion for film, photography and technology with a strong commercial mindset, working closely with clients across the UK. All our work comes through personal recommendation, built on long-term relationships, great customer service and trusted delivery.
Delighted to be one of the contributing authors for this great book by Damian Corbet and Bloomsbury publishing. The book offers invaluable contributions from industry-recognised experts in social business and explores the many aspects of leading in the Social Age. My chapter on the Voluntary Sector in the UK has contributions from some of the Sectors leading #SocialCEOs
Established Thrive Consulting in 2018 with a simple purpose: to help charities and non-profits of all sizes to develop, grow, prosper and flourish. Predominately work with CEO's and Exec/Non Exec Boards supporting them on a wide variety of impact, developmental and governance issues. Five years on I have wound up Thrive Consulting in order to concentrate time on other new business interests. A huge thank you to all my amazing clients that I have worked with over the last five years - thank you for putting your trust in me.