Oxford, England, United Kingdom
I have been writing fiction and non-fiction in my spare time for the past 25 years, and now focus on this full time. My writing currently divides into three main workstreams - military history magazine articles, a science fiction novel, and a book about my relatives' WW1 and WW2 military service. I'm enjoying applying the skills and experience from my PhD, time in research, scientific publishing and medical communications - accurate information, engaging writing, effective relationships, collaborative interviewing, confident presentation, and a global view - as well as adding high-quality photography. See the Publications section of my profile for a selection of my articles, interviews, magazine specials and books. Quality | Energy | Knowledge | Efficiency | Humour | Partnership
Military history writer, researcher, interviewer and photographer • Articles and interviews published in specialist magazines and on related websites • Research interests: - the military service of eight of my relatives in WW1 and WW2 (see the Cormorant Creative page for details) - the School of Tank Technology in WW2 - the history of surviving military vehicles - the defence of Britain in WW2 - the military history of Oxfordshire in the twentieth century, especially WW2 Science/real-world fiction author since 2001 • Draft 1 of a novel completed
Science/real-world fiction author • Several short stories published in a short fiction magazine, the first in 2001 • Two books of short stories published (available on www.feedaread.com and Amazon) Military history writer, researcher and photographer • Articles published in specialist magazines and on related websites
Client service lead for a successful team in a growing company • Focus was global medical communications in the rare diseases field • Commercial Group member • Contributed to company promotional activities, including unexpectedly becoming a hand model!
Lead teams across Ogilvy Health UK, spanning Oxford and London offices • Oxford Management Team member • Joint Oxford and London Senior Management Team member • Evolved company promotion and recruitment • Ogilvy Health UK is part of WPP Health Practice
Promoted client service, drove commercial growth, and led, connected and nurtured teams across Fishawack's offices as the company grew from 50 to 350 people • Client service, strategic, financial and procurement lead for account and franchise teams for European and US pharmaceutical clients • Member of the Commercial Leadership Team operating across the UK, the US and Switzerland • Led integration of newly acquired agency Alpha-Plus (High Wycombe) into Fishawack Communications, and key contact for aligning newly acquired Fishawack Facilitate (Brighton) more closely with the rest of the Group • Responsible for winning and growing a range of medical communications accounts • Led Fishawack Group promotional activity, including setting up social media channels and communicating about company acquisitions
• Responsible for winning and growing medical communications accounts with international pharmaceutical clients • Strategic, commercial and operational leadership of UK-based and transatlantic account teams