ICPS Special Briefing Series on COVID19 (6 Week Webinar Course)
26th March - 30th April 2020, London, UK
ICPS Special Briefing Series on COVID19 (6 Week Webinar Course)
26th March - 30th April 2020, London, UK
Parliamentary Consultant for the World Bank
Educated at Southampton and Newcastle Universities, I have a first degree in Politics and a Masters in European Union Studies. I worked as an adviser to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Edward Heath KG MBE, from 1995 to 1999, specialising in European Union affairs. I then joined the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) as an Assistant Director. Between June 2002 and December 2006, I headed the Secretary-General's office working closely with the then Secretary-General of the CPA, Hon. Denis Marshall, a former Minister in New Zealand. In addition to work at Westminster, I have engaged with a number of parliaments including legislatures in Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Kosovo, Kenya, Solomon Islands, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Fiji & Nigeria.
I joined the Department of Politics and International Relations as a lecturer in 2012 having previously been a Visiting Lecturer at Westminster for four years. I have also served as a parliamentary consultant for a number of international organisations including the World Bank, the European Union, the National Democratic Institute, Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. I am currently assisting the World Bank Institute to develop and teach a series of online training programmes for parliamentary staff.