A senior career spanning regeneration, economic development, government-funded investment, infrastructure, housing, programme delivery and place-making.
Action-oriented and focused on outcomes and success, with significant experience in project management, programme delivery, funding, governance and assurance.
Experienced in managing complex portfolio relationships, leading teams, working across political and professional environments, and turning investment ambition into practical delivery.
Stranraer Marina · Dumfries & Galloway Council
Leading the £53m Stranraer Marina project through Full Business Case and Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal approval, managing consultants, governance, stakeholder input, PMO design packages and funding requirements.
Rutland Council
Leading a £30m Levelling Up programme covering six projects across two authorities, including governance and finance approvals, design teams, a £5m healthcare facility, £2m transport access hub, £13m Stockyard development and £2m+ tourism investment.
Bradford Council
Led delivery during the critical transition between government approval and implementation across £60m Town Deals, including the £21m Development Investment Fund leveraging over £80m partnership funding, alongside governance, assurance and stakeholder leadership.
Cornwall Council
Accountability for a £600m investment programme across housing, workspace, climate change and economic growth. Led major housing and commercial developments, infrastructure delivery, assurance, funding applications and the Langarth Garden Village programme.
Wiltshire Council
Managed a multidisciplinary team of 32 with responsibility for a £200m budget, inward investment, enterprise centres, masterplanning, business support, funding applications and major infrastructure projects.
City of Bristol College
Education and employability support, building on a wider career in economic development and public-sector programme delivery.
College of Estate and Construction Management
Associate lecturer in economics alongside professional roles.
Great Western Enterprise
Economic development, research, funding and regeneration work, including major LEADER and rural growth funding.
Full Business Case, consultant management, Project Board and Stakeholder Group governance, PMO coordination and funding approval.
Green Book documentation, governance and finance, design leadership and delivery across health, transport, town centre and tourism investment.
Transition from government approval to implementation, £21m Development Investment Fund and over £80m partnership funding, with robust assurance and risk management.
Housing, workspace, climate change and economic growth, including major developments, infrastructure, funding applications and Langarth Garden Village.
Economic development, inward investment, enterprise centres, masterplanning, SME support, funding bids and major infrastructure.
MSc dissertation: Localism — the relationship between centre-local in UK government policy and finance.
Outcome-focused delivery · Complex portfolio management · Project & programme delivery · Funding bids · Governance & assurance · Team leadership · Stakeholder management · Politically astute · Commercially aware
For clients looking for experienced interim or contract leadership across regeneration, economic development, infrastructure and government-funded programmes.