My Story
The early chapters…
My early years were filled with stories of growing up by the sea.
Whilst not always easy, I enjoyed my time at three wonderful schools in Ellington Infants, St Lawrence Junior, Chatham House Grammar, and then at Solent University.
I also started my employment journey during this time. It began as a paperboy, then working in the local green grocers, and finally on the shop floor at Clinton Cards in Southampton.
My 20-year career…
Over the last 20 years I have succeeded, failed, and more importantly… grown.
Starting out at Toshiba as a product manager, I quickly gained trust, and soon found myself in a leadership position. After 5 years I moved onto Samsung in a European product marketing role, and 2 years later I was heading up their B2B Marketing in the UK&I. I then joined Sodexo BRS (now Pluxee) as CMO, sitting on their board at just 32, and for 10 years.
I learnt, I grew…
My growth and learnings have come from the work and people I have been involved with. I have experienced success and failure including; organisation redesign, business transformation, global brand and product design and launch, revenue growth, coaching and mentorship of charity boards, and much more.
Through it all I found that the communication between people is THE most valuable currency for impact and outcome, and the way to raise that value?… storytelling.
Present day…
I have always changed throughout the different chapters of my story, however today represents my most transformative change yet.
In making decisions to prioritise my long-lasting happiness first, I have found myself on a different path that has led me to becoming a multi-bestselling author, speaker and coach. Through this, I am working with businesses, individuals and the education sector, with a clear mission…
To help people of all ages grow through the power, of storytelling.
Why Brussels sprouts?…
Funny story…
One Christmas Eve during my time at the local greengrocers, I sold 28 Bags of Sprouts. Skip forward to my first interview for a role at Toshiba, I shared this story as an example of what I was most proud of.
This story, was the reason why I was offered the job. The way I shared it, the passion, the energy, the 100% authentic me that came out in that moment, all made the difference and stood me out from the rest.
Since then, it has acted as a reminder of how storytelling can be a real life superpower, and that stories do indeed… change lives.
For more on my career story so far… check out my LinkedIn profile