MY CV

Set Strategic Priorities: identify priority areas for ED and Senior Leadership teams, set objectives, KPIs supporting the thought leadership of the network.
Strategic Time Management: working with assistants, looking at long term travel calendar, evaluating speaking/engagement opportunities and determining fit with priorities.
Meeting and Event Management: establishing organisational cycle for meetings of all leadership bodies including board.
Internal and External Communications: Managed team of 3 responsible for all internal network communications as well as managing external communications.
Managed Information Flow: ensured all stakeholders were informed and acted as gatekeeper to ensure ED was involved at the appropriate points in the process, Project Management: led large cross-functional network wide projects and initiatives bringing together multiple stakeholders to drive decisions, creating systems and processes to streamline operations and decision making,
Strategic Planning: Led annual strategic planning of the international network, worked with middle management to build work plans to deliver strategic plans.

Designed and developed implementation to a new way of working globally
Set up global Project Management Office
Coach and mentor to emerging offices including one year in Beijing as the Climate and Energy Advisor
Led multi-national team to open local office in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Developed and led campaign strategy and planning
Strategic Facilitation and strategy development
Managed large complex global projects
Led global teams through international political processes

Responsible for the day-to-day management of an international forest campaigning organization.
Including oversight of finance, operations, communications, corporate engagement, organizing, campaigns and strategy departments.
Acted as senior negotiator with corporations regarding their wood and wood product procurement and climate practices.
Developed strategic campaigns, which address the urgency of climate change through the lens of forest protection.
Responsible for guiding senior management team through three year strategic planning process and implementing strategic growth plan

Led policy work on Liberia’s conflict timber and natural resource extraction. Lobbied United Nations Security Council, as well as US State Department and other international development agencies to secure sanctions on conflict timber in Liberia.
Project Manager for several campaign projects including strategic planning processes for international campaigns, and large legal campaigns.
Acted as management consultant on multiple in-house projects such as: producer on Public Service Announcement project, maintained relationships with celebrity outreach program, conducted organizational effectiveness audits, led strategic planning process with senior management team, wrote internal campaign planning process, created and led organizational training modules, led special projects such as creation of education program.
Wrote grants and reporting also responsible for maintaining relationships with funders and foundations.
Developed online campaigns

Collaborated with small team to open the first International office for Proxicom, Inc. Managed all projects in the office and the assigned project team. Adapted project processes to fit cultural needs and developed training for international employees on corporate culture and processes. Lived and worked for one year then transitioned office to local managers.
Established Programme Management Office including all project processes for multimillion-dollar project and transitioned to a multi-discipline management team to run. Interviewed and hired local staff members to augment expatriates with the intent to establish local office.
Managed and developed all Project Managers in UK office (24 employees). Served on senior management team, which was responsible for managing operations of 120 people. Responsible for integrating teams from multiple countries and companies to provide cutting edge solutions for top tier client base in Europe.