I’m looking forward to celebrating the successful re-opening of an incredible theatre whose work is transforming the lives of people in its community. I know that this wouldn’t be happening without my work. And there are other organisations, and people too, where I know that my colleagues and I have played a critically important role in enabling them to achieve great things.

Fundraising helps to solve many problems in this world but it’s also good for the soul!

Some I've worked with recently

• Birkbeck, University of London
• Emmanuel College, Cambridge
• Museum of London
• The National Holocaust Centre
• Pembroke College, Cambridge
• Rosehill Theatre
• Royal Academy of Music
• University of Bath
• University of Helsinki
• University of Oxford

Years of fundraising experience: 28

Talents

• Arts and culture fundraising
• Campaign planning and strategy
• Cases for support
• Development planning and strategy
• Education fundraising
• Funding proposals
• Major gifts

Before More

• BSc Psychology, University of York
• Research Assistant, Psychology Department, University of Reading
• Event Organiser, Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA)
• Corporate Fundraiser, Help the Aged
• Deputy Development Director, London Business School
• Development Director, University College London (UCL)

Outside More

• Towing two children and a dog around the country to support my partner in ever more bizarre fitness challenges
• Organising children, dog and household for above and for life
• Squeezed in between the above I am trying to grow fruits that I love but which do not normally grow well outside in the UK – apricots, apriums, peaches etc. With some success…