Work with me

Do you want your story to connect with your audience?

 

I collaborate with journalists, producers and documentary makers to turn dry facts into interesting stories

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I am at ease and relaxed in front of the camera, on radio, and at live events.

 

Whether the situation demands a succinct analysis for a 5 minute segment, sustained and lively debate or commentary over the course of an hour (sometimes more!), or the stamina of an entire day shooting and recording - I remain sharp, engaging and committed.

 

I’m experienced working live or pre-record, and speaking directly to camera, interviewing guests, being interviewed or engaging with live audiences.

 

 

How can I help you?

 

I’m available to:

• Present, co-present, chair or contribute expert insights for your production/event

• Generate ideas and leads for new programmes/events

• Contribute expert briefing or insights into the production process

 

 

My skills in practice

 

Presenter

• Co-presenter on BBC Radio 4’s flagship environment programme with Tom Heap

• Interviewing of Lord Michael Howard, Dame Andrea Leadsom MP and Darren Jones MP

 

Panellist

• Head to head debate opposite Mark Littlewood, chaired by Trevor Phillips, to launch Sky News’ ‘Common Ground’ programme

• Live (studio) audience events including BBC ‘Debate Night’ and Glastonbury Festival

• Live expert panel events at the Institute for Government, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Danish COP Pavilion, We Mean Business COP Pavilion, political party conferences

 

Commentator

• Trusted and highly featured across major news outlets, including Sky News, BBC, Channel 4, ITV, STV, Times Radio, Talk Radio, BBC Radio 4, BBC 5 Live, and BBC Radio Scotland, covering all aspects of the net zero transition

 

’Presenter’s Friend' to, amongst others,

• Adam Boulton, Sky News, to cover closing days of COP26

• Geeta Guru-Murthy, BBC, to cover then PM Boris Johnson’s climate press conferences

• Christian Fraser, BBC, to cover COP’s closing plenary

Do you want your organisation or campaign to make a political impact?

 

I help scope, design and establish new campaigns, organisations and communications strategies, or revamp existing ones​

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I help NGOs, philanthropies and businesses to scope, design and establish new campaigns, communications strategies and organisations, or revamp existing ones for strategic impact. 

 

I’ve designed and implemented campaigns resulting in legislative reforms, strategies resulting in political narrative shifts and helped found and galvanise campaigns and NGO start-ups.

 

I’ve advised Boards, CEOs, and teams in organisations as diverse as investment management firms, charities, international trade bodies and philanthropies.

 

 

How can I help you?

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I’m available to:

• Develop new campaign, communications or organisational impact strategies, or bring a keen eye and warm challenge to revamp existing ones

• Scope out the creation of new organisations or teams and develop detailed plans for their establishment

• Develop high impact communications strategies and tactics

• Work with CEOs, Boards, teams or provide 121 leadership/media coaching and advisory

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My skills in practice

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Campaigns

• Clean air campaign strategy for global philanthropy

• Influencing strategy to establish the Green Investment Bank ‘Golden Share’ in legislation

• Climate campaign within development focused organisation

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Communications 

• Communications strategies for impact at UN climate conferences, for international renewables body and UK-based think tanks

• Media and political communications strategy for UK think tank

 

Organisation impact & growth

• Establishing a UK focused branch for a global environment think tank

• Leading organisational strategy refresh for a climate think tank

• Scoping exercise to establish Scotland branch for climate NGO and developing initial launch strategy

• Leading strategy refresh, expansion and restructuring of UK think tank to increase political and media reach while improving governance

 

Advisory and coaching 

• Founding board member of UK100 NGO, guiding founding Director to develop the impact, communications, funding and growth strategies for the new organisation

• Coaching individuals in NGOs and businesses to become more strategic leaders, increase their media impact, political influence and well-being

Do you want to turn complex ideas into accessible and engaging content?

 

I help experts and organisations communicate complex ideas in a targeted, accessible and engaging way

 

I transform tricky, technical, policy or political issues into clear and persuasive reports, briefings and comment pieces.

 

My writing has appeared at COPs and Clean Energy Ministerials, in the Times, the Telegraph, the Financial Times and the Daily Express, and gone to Secretaries of State, Parliamentary Committees, Journalists, and international investors. 

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How can I help you?

 

I am available to:

• Write or edit reports

• Turn complex information into focused briefings

• Turn strategy documents into funding pitches

• Ghost-write comment pieces

 

 

My skills in practice

 

Opinion Pieces

• Regularly ghost-writing opinion pieces for high profile voice, which have appeared in The Telegraph, The Times and Financial Times amongst others

 

Reports & briefings

• 15 years of writing, editing and guiding reports that have resulted in high profile media coverage and political engagement across a wide variety of climate and energy issues - from renewables technology to oil and gas, from climate finance to international climate negotiations

 

Funding pitches

• 10 years of successfully applying for funding from major global and UK based funders

• 5 years of assessing funding pitches and discerning what does and does not work as committee member of UK-based philanthropy, and to National Lottery Climate Action Fund Advisory Panel