Climate finance strategy, copywriting, and rigorous academic research - plus poetry, fiction, and lifestyle writing
Working to leave the world better than I found it
What I Do
With a professional background at one of the UK's largest retail banks and asset owners, I have experience in responsible pension investment, corporate lending, and corporate communications. I'm a great presenter and public speaker, and love to join panels.
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I now work on the writing and editing of reports, the development of training programmes, and other elements of corporate climate programmes - all driven by a belief in the urgency of climate action.
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I have knowledge in investment stewardship, portfolio construction, workplace pensions, greenwashing prevention, and decarbonisation policy around buildings and transport.
I'm working towards a PhD at the University of Bristol Law School, UK, and hold a Master of Laws (LLM) in Law, Environment, Sustainability, and Business from the same university. My Master's dissertation was about the hyper-rational representation of nature in the UK's Environment Act 2021.
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My PhD research is at the overlap of company and climate law; I'm exploring the real-world impact of TCFD reporting requirements on British banks.
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I also hold a BSc in Politics with Economics from the University of Bath, and spent a year at Uni Konstanz, Germany.
As a teenager I was a winner of the Poetry Society's SLAMbassadors performance poetry competition, mentored by TS Eliot prize winner Joelle Taylor. I still love to write and read poetry.
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I am a writer and reader of romantic women's fiction, with my first novel having twice been long-listed for important awards for debut novelists: the Lucy Cavendish Prize and the Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers' Prize.
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I run a Substack at Pull Up A Chair; it's a newsletter full of chat about lifestyle, food, books, and running.