United Kingdom
Product, brand and P&L responsibility for Future's news vertical, leading The Week, The Week Junior and The Week Junior Science + Nature brands in the US and UK. Leadership of editorial and marketing teams in London, New York and based remotely.
Non Executive Director supporting Business Leader's growth strategy. Working closely with the executive leadership, particularly on Business Leader's media products. Business Leader is a membership community for ambitious CEOs and Founders of mid–sized companies in the UK. Our mission is to double the number of large businesses in the UK by empowering mid–sized CEOs and Founders to scale effectively, unlocking new growth opportunities and shaping the future of UK business and our economy.
Ark Ventures (now Purposeful Ventures) launches, supports and scales initiatives that have the potential to transform the education system and society. I worked within the Ark Ventures team contributing strategic and operational direction to Ark Ventures while they grew into sustainable organisations. Ark Ventures was part of the educational charity Ark, before spinning out to become Purposeful Ventures in September 2023.
Now Teach is a charity that finds and supports career changers in teaching. It partners with schools, universities and training providers, support career changers and connect them with a strong professional network to amplify impact and accelerate progress. I led strategy and operations, including growth, finance, people and HR, data and insights and impact evaluation. I led major projects including: - Development and delivery of 5 year growth strategy, with pro bono support from Bain & Company, to grow new teacher acquisition by 5x - Led competitive tender process to win new Department for Education contract for Now Teach, enabling expansion from regional to national operations with c.45% increase to annual funding - Led Now Teach spin-out from Ark Ventures to legal independence leading liaison with Now Teach trustees and Ark senior management, DfE, lawyers, banks, Companies House, Charity Commission, and staff
• Merit Award Bursary Holder (Academic scholarship) • Cultural Arts and Media Concentration Group consulting projects during the programme included: • Market research to identify future trends in the Investment Migration Industry for Chinese HNWIs. 4-week full time engagement in Beijing, China with The Future Citizen Institute, Kylin Prime Group • Devised a risk management strategy and framework for Royal Opera House Audience Labs (the ROH's innovation lab) • Developed an overseas expansion strategy for Vivacity's patented award-winning Artificial Intelligence technology that continuously captures and classifies live transport data insights Individual consulting project (full-time July to September 2019). Engaged by board level stakeholders at leading European television guidance publishers Funke Mediengruppe Germany, Mondadori Italy, Bindinc. Netherlands and Immediate Media UK (Radio Times) to perform a strategic analysis of changes in the European video on demand (VOD) marketplace and present a roadmap for the publishers to build more effective strategic partnerships with the leading international VOD players. Facilitator on Ignite Programme, an intensive, one-week training programme for aspiring entrepreneurs and corporate innovators to trial and prepare business ideas for the commercial environment. Supported learning of entrepreneurs through daily group workshops and 1-2-1 coaching in preparation for pitch presentations to expert panels of judges.