London, England, United Kingdom
Skilled in strategy, policy and governance coupled with excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills. Enthusiastic about promoting sustainable, inclusive and responsible business environments.
As Head of the CEO’s Office, I serve as a strategic and operational partner to the CEO, helping to drive forward the organisation’s priorities and ensure effective coordination at the highest level. My role focuses on delivering cross-cutting organisational initiatives, managing key projects and relationships, and enhancing internal and external stakeholder engagement.
Running of the Town Clerk and Chief Executive’s Office in support of the effective discharge of his duties and management of his PA. Driving forward significant changes to the internal governance arrangements of the organisation, culminating in the establishment of the Senior Leadership Team Board.
- Researched, co-developed, implemented and promoted the organisation’s five-year Corporate Plan (currently 2018-23) as part of a team of five. - Led the development and delivery of cross-cutting corporate strategies, including Digital Skills, Social Mobility and Climate Action. - Acted as an internal consultant on strategic thinking by managing a portfolio of 20+ corporate strategies linked to positive societal outcomes for the Square Mile, London and the UK. - Managed the development of performance and impact measures for corporate strategies. - Facilitated the Task & Finish Group for Corporate strategies through developing and maintaining a project plan and identifying opportunities for strategic change, problem-solving with senior managers from across the organisation. - Served as part of a project team of four that set up and launched ‘future.now’ – a UK-wide digital skills coalition that is chaired by Alderman Sir Peter Estlin, of which Accenture, Lloyds Banking Group, BT and the City Corporation are founding members as a result of our stakeholder engagement.
Undertook four rotational placements across varied departments. - Project managed the installation of Samaritans signs across all bridges in the City of London and delivered suicide prevention training sessions, as part of a prevention scheme for public health and remain up to this day. - Designed and delivered a behaviour change Christmas alcohol safety campaign used by the GLA, CoLP and BTP, which contributed to safer drinking in the Square Mile and was adopted to be used by pan-London. Figures shared by the Met showed 999 calls for drinking were down for the year. - Programme managed the delivery of the staff awards 2017, which were delivered successfully. - Undertook a placement in a frontline service (London Metropolitan Archives)
Seconded to provide strategic support to Chair of the SCG (John Barradell OBE) by: The SCG was a multi-body group set up by the Mayor of London to respond to the pandemic in London. • Developed and maintained effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including the UKHSA, GLA, voluntary sector, NHS, government, fire brigade, local authorities and police services. • Developed and implemented the SCG’s strategy and ToR to protect and save lives of Londoners during the pandemic. • Prepared speeches, briefings and PowerPoints for the Chair to update the Mayors and London Assembly leaders on a weekly basis including external and internal research sources I collated. • Addressed resourcing, policy and strategy issues brought forward by sub-group leads at pace. • Managing and implementing complex strategic plans and facilitating cross-team collaboration. • Acting as a key point person and supporting the working group in its strategic planning. • Preparing ministerial correspondence on behalf of the Chair.