CV

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Experience 

2024-present      Global Lead, WWF River Dolphin Rivers Initiative

2022-2023          Scientist on an Expedition Ship in Antarctica and the Americas

2021-present      Co-Founder of the Motion for the Ocean (voluntary role)

2019-2022          Board Member, Marine Conservation Society (voluntary role)

2019-2022          Led the Local Government Association Coastal Special Interest Group

2017-2022          Independent Consultant to e.g. NGOs, Government Agencies

2014-2017          Various marine conservation roles, The Wildlife Trusts 

2013-2014           Marine Programme Coordinator, Ascension Island Government

2013                     Education and Outreach Officer, Turtle Watch Rekawa (voluntary role)

2012-2013           Various roles, Environment Agency 

2011-2012           Regional Coordinator, Sea Watch Foundation (voluntary role)

2009-2012           Volunteer, North Wales Wildlife Trust and Marine Conservation Society

2006-2012           Retail Assistant, Student Support Worker, Pot Washer*

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Awards and Fellowships

2024 – Appointed an Honorary Associate Research Fellow of the University of Exeter

2024 – ENDS Power List – UK’s Top 100 most influential environmental professionals

2023 – Winner, UK Women of the Future Award

2022 – Appointed a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)

2022 – Highly Commended, Inspirational Person Category – UK Flood and Coast Excellence Awards

2021 – Winner, Charity and Not-for-Profit Category – WATC Rising Star Awards

2021 – Finalist, Rising Star Category – LGC Awards

2020 – Winner, Global 30 Under 30 for Environmental Education – NAAEE

Ambassadorships & Mentoring

2024-present     Ambassador, Young Green Briton Challenge 

2023-present     Sector Role Model, Future Frontiers

2020-present     Mentor, A Focus on Nature

2014-present     Schools and careers talks 

Education

2008-2012            MMBiol Master of Marine Biology, Bangor University (80%)

via                         BSc (Hons) Marine Vertebrate Zoology, Bangor University, First Class

Recipient of a Bangor University Merit Scholarship for Academic Excellence

 

*Why have I included these roles? “Pot Washer, Retail Assistant, Student Support Worker”

Most of the CV advice you’ll see tells you just to include relevant information. But for me, my roles as a retail assistant, pot washer and student support worker are wholly relevant. They funded my living costs at university. They funded my move to a different part of the UK to be able to do field work for my masters. They funded me learning to scuba dive with my university BSAC club. They funded me learning to drive, which I needed for my first graduate job at the EA. They are what funded me to be able to volunteer – both locally and for a few months in Sri Lanka. And, they gave me skills and experience that helped me land my first graduate job in a very crowded market.