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Key skills

- Business development and partnership building
- Strategic collaboration and community engagement
- Mentoring and entrepreneurship support
- Project management and innovation facilitation
- Content and editorial development
- Sales, marketing and communications

Experience

techSPARK (Community Manager): Builds collaborative networks, delivers events and knowledge-sharing platforms. Project manages WECA Tech For Growth, supports Bath Spa Click Start, and works with Business West, University of Bath and UWE. Organises meet-ups (Third Thursday in Bath, TechConnect in Swindon & Wiltshire), curated Bath Digital Festival and delivered techSwindon summit.

University of Bath (Entrepreneur in Residence): Supports start-ups and scale-ups from research, students, graduates and the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

always possible (Strategic Advisor & Consultant): Contributes to projects on mentoring, strategic business support and community development.

Digital DNA (Project Manager): Leads creation and editorial development for Bristol Innovations Foresight.

Previous roles:

- Innovation for Growth Lead – University of the West of England
- Catalyst Programme Manager – Sussex Innovation Centre
- Marketing Communications Specialist – Henchman Ltd
- Relationship Manager – Inspire Elite

Honours and contributions

12+ years’ experience supporting founders, entrepreneurs and innovation ecosystems

Curator of regional tech and digital festivals, meet-ups and knowledge-sharing platforms

Recognised mentor at NatWest Accelerator and other entrepreneurship programmes

Advocate of collaboration as a driver of sustainable and inclusive growth