Qualification and Experience
• B. Soc. Sci - Political Science, University of Bristol
• Completed training at Bates Wells & Braithwaite 1992-1994
• Appointed a Partner of Bates Wells & Braithwaite in 1999-2008 (including a period of consultancy work)

Areas of Expertise
• Charity registrations - local, national and international
• Charity constitutions, including reviews, advice and incorporation
• Governance Reviews (as part of "OnBoard") for charities and other not-for-profits
• Establishing trading subsidiaries to include financing and relationship with charity
• Fundraising advice and agreements: sponsorship, cause related marketing, face to face, new media, lotteries
• Brands including trademarks, searches, applications and registrations in the UK, European Community and internationally
• Advice on Copyright and Licensing agreements
• Mergers, transfers of business
• Business contracts to supply services
• Company Secretarial Services for various companies

Publications & Media
• Contributing author to "The Fundraiser's Guide to the Law", published by the Directory of Social Change
• Contributing author to Jordan's Charities Administration Service
• Contributing author to the not-for-profit sector in the UK, published by the Charities Aid Foundation
•  Author of Trustee Responsibilities and Governance Models for Students' Unions in England and Wales
• Numerous articles for magazines and journals including on-line question and answer session for the Guardian website and fundraising law
• Regularly comments on the voluntary sector in the media

Lecturing & Training
• Regular lecturer and trainer on governance, fundraising, contracts and intellectual property at conferences, seminars and workshops for the Institute of Fundraising, the Directory of Social Change, National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), and Jordans.
• OnBoard Trainer

Professional Memberships
• Founder and first Chair of Poet in the City
• Secretary to the Committee on the Penalty for Homicide chaired by Lord Lane
• Member of the Charity Law Association and member of the working parties on Trustee Remuneration and Lotteries
• Member of the Lotteries Council
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Member of NCVO Advisory Committee on Terrorism 2007 
• Secretariat to Advisory Group on Campaigning and the Voluntary Sector chaired by Helena Kennedy QC (2008)
• Advisory Member of NCVO's Campaigning Effectiveness, Group (2009)
• Trustee of the Small Charities Coalition (current)
• Member of The Steering Committee of National Poetry Day (2009)
• Trustee of Free Word
• Member of the Steering Group of the ACEVO Women's Special Interest Group