My background

Science and the outdoors all-in-one
BSc (Hons) Biology (ecology)

Climbing and cheffing and restauranting around the world Helped start a restaurant in Jersey
Thought about getting a career …… but chose the wrong path
Started an MSc in Applied Informatics (left at Cert level)

Opened a restaurant in French Alps then a chalet business….(got pretty fluent in French)
Tired of food : time for a change
Took a teaching course (CELTA) then learned to facilitate and coach

Trained and taught, coached and facilitated in Munich (business people)
Taught in New Zealand
Needed to grow my skills : move back to UK
PG Dip Development Training (still working on the MA thesis!)

Education consultancy in UK and E Africa (UN)
Built project management and fund raising skills
Added environmental and community consultancy skills
Worked with many creatives on business start-up then larger businesses on change and growth
Getting itchy feet :
missing the mountains
Mountain Leader award

Added trek leading to the above
Worried about economic crash so
took a full time job
Enterprise Champion for a UK University

Supporting enterprise educator training, leading on student and graduate enterprise, enabling strategic shift to more enterprising organisation

Coach training and NLP practitioner award
Feet really itchy :
moved to Nepal
Training large corporates & INGOs

Started consultancy and coaching in Nepal

Working with British Council on regional Higher Education programme
Knowledge Exchange
Working extensively with the Higher Education Commission, universities, stakeholders and drawing on the UK apex agencies expertise to create a Knowledge Exchange Strategic Plan that will develop Pakistan's higher education sector. Raising awareness about the benefits and opportunities for knowledge exchange through national events and campaigns; training and supporting the development of HEI leaders, knowledge exchange professionals and stakeholders; supporting the initiation of sector strategic groups in bio-tech and ICT.

Working with the UGC, Bangladesh to create policy and mechanisms for university-community interaction."