Professional Experience:
I am an experienced communicator and public relations director and practitioner. My key roles to date include:
- Journalist, The Dominion newspaper, Wellington, New Zealand
- Political journalist, SOPAC agency, NZ Parliament
- Publicity Officer, BBC TV News
- Press Manager, BBC World
- Head of Press & PR, BBC Worldwide Television
- Public Affairs Manager/Corp Affairs Director, Merck Sharp & Dohme (NZ) Ltd
- Director, Advocacy & Communications, World Vision New Zealand
- Head of Communications, Auckland Museum, NZ
- Communications Contractor, icddr,b (www.icddrb.org), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Communications contract work for the Leprosy Mission in Bangladesh and India
- Earthquake response communicator for Leprosy Mission Nepal
I completed the Red R Australia Personal Security & Communications course in Sept 2014 and the Red R Essentials of Humanitarian Practice course in Feb 2015.
I am seeking crisis communications or general development sector communications work.