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Strategic communications leader with over fifteen years’ experience shaping how communications support institutional priorities across research, policy and public engagement.

I specialise in developing insight-led approaches that strengthen planning, evaluation and stakeholder alignment in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. My work focuses on enabling organisations to communicate with clarity and purpose — improving coherence, audience understanding and impact.

I bring a track record of leading communications functions, advising senior leadership, and delivering integrated strategies that strengthen institutional positioning in national and international policy contexts.

Head of Communications

UCL – Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)
January 2022 – Present

Lead the Institute’s communications function, providing strategic direction across narrative, planning, evaluation and engagement.

• Designed and led a communications strategy positioning the Institute within international policy debates, supporting engagement across G20, UN and COP contexts.

• Contributed to embedding a more strategic, insight-led approach to communications across the Institute, improving alignment, consistency of practice and effectiveness of delivery.

• Acting as a strategic partner to senior leadership, shaping institutional narrative and communications planning.

• Led the redesign of engagement architecture, positioning the Rethinking the State Forum as a flagship convening platform; engaging 3,600+ participants with over 40% conversion into sustained network engagement.

• Developed systems for integrated publishing, improving control over narrative, timing and positioning of policy outputs.

• Led development of digital platforms, including redesign of research content architecture to improve clarity and accessibility.

• Built and led a high-performing team, embedding collaborative working practices across academic and professional services functions.

• Worked within the wider UCL communications environment, aligning Institute activity with broader institutional priorities and communications practices.

• Managed communications budgets and external suppliers across multiple programmes, ensuring effective allocation of resources.

• Explored the use of AI-supported approaches in content development and workflows to improve efficiency while maintaining editorial quality.

Communications & Marketing Manager

The Alan Turing Institute, London
January 2017 – September 2017

Supported strategic communications for the UK’s national institute for data science and AI.

• Developed communications strategies across research programmes and partnerships with academia, government and industry.

• Operated within a highly matrixed environment, aligning communications across internal and external stakeholders.

• Delivered public engagement initiatives, including the Data Debates series with the British Library.

• Strengthened digital communications and audience engagement.

Earlier Career

Event Programming (Southbank Centre )• Freelance Translator • Teaching Assistant (University of Nottingham)
Earlier roles across cultural and design institutions in Milan