Executive Coach and Media Consultant.

An experienced executive coach collaborating with global leaders. 30 year’s Senior Leadership experience in a creative and fast media industry.

Skills

· Leadership Coaching to creates awareness, confidence, progress, impact, and effective communication. Skilled in working with leaders globally, across multiple industries including media, tech, retail, finance, recruitment, and industry facing demanding and accelerated change.

· Trusted Media Consultant and Trainer award-winning Content, Leadership experience with creative teams, enacting strategic transformations and engagement, problem-solving, crisis comms, and team effectiveness.

· Board experience – Strategic thinking and communication, communication, change management, risk assessment, reputational risk: BBC News Board, BBC Factual, Anti- Slavery International, mentor, coach, and volunteer. Member of broadcast/journalism award- panels.

Experience

April 2016 – present: Leadership Coach.

Working with global leadership clients in senior roles and C suite across international household name organisations in tech, retail, industry, media, and finance as well as Fortune 100 companies and the third/social sector. Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with ICF, Individual and Team Certified with EMCC, and GTCI credentialled.

July 2013 -present: Media Consultant Editorial Advisor

UK broadcasters and Indies, digital content producers, international partners, charities, and private individuals. Media Training. Crisis management consultancy.

British Broadcasting Corporation 

Nov 2012 – June 2103: Interim Editor BBC Two Newsnight

45 minute Daily Current Affairs programme. I was seconded by the BBC from my substantive senior role to lead programme team through a crisis period triggered by BBC Jimmy Saville, and to ensure Editorial rigour, public confidence, and staff resilience.

2008 – 2013: Head of London Factual, BBC Production:

Created a transformational £77 million Factual production base, merging six separate bases and changing the skills mix, leading fifteen creative Executive Producers, and a diverse staff and freelance base through creative and technical change. London Factual introduced new digital technology, to create Documentary, Science, History, Arts, Consumer and Features for the four BBC Channels, Digital and Learning departments and international co-producers and buyers.

2008-20013 Pan BBC projects: Engagement lead for pan UK DQF consultation with staff: 

Jan 2007-Jan 2008: Commissioner BBC Current Affairs

Commissioning journalism films, content and investigations from BBC Production and Independent companies.

January 2004- Jan 2007: BBC 2 This World Foreign Affairs documentary strand. Editor and Commissioner:

Multi award-winning internationally distributed strand (awards including International Emmy/Foreign Press Association/Amnesty/One World/Bafta Nominated).

2003- 2007: Executive Producer BBC Current Affairs

Holiday in the Dangerzone (6 series), Cooking in the Dangerzone (6 series) Award winning series.

2002-2004: Editor BBC 2 "Correspondent"

Multi award-winning 45-minute international reporter-led current affairs strand. Three Peabody awards.

1997-2001: Deputy Editor and Executive Producer BBC Panorama

Executive Producer of award-winning documentaries including Who Bombed Omagh? (RTS Winner and Bafta nominee)

1991 -1997: Deputy Editor BBC 2 Newsnight

1988 – 1991: Day Editor BBC 6 O’clock News 

Film maker and Field producer BBC Newsnight, BBC News, Panorama

OTHER 

1986-1988 TV-am London News Editor and Bulletin Editor

1981-1983 Channel Nine Australia – Television Reporter

Board and Project Experience

· Board member and Finance Committee member Anti-Slavery International. 

· Member of BBC News board, TV Editorial Board, BBC 

· EBU Documentary group,

· BBC Factual Board Management Group 

· W1 Change board: engaging internal and external stakeholders to move productions from London west to Central including studios.

· Leader of a major pan-BBC efficiency engagement project (DQF) with across the UK’s 25000 staff resulting in major change to create fairer terms and conditions.

Education: Marist Sisters Woolwich Sydney and Strathalbyn High School SA. (Matriculation) Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Magill Journalism College (University of South Australia) Adelaide Australia. Ashridge Business School Leadership 2004. Academy of Executive Coaching. Global Team Coaching Institute.