I’ve spent nearly two decades in communications, working in global networks and independent agencies, leading teams, advising clients and building new capabilities. Along the way I’ve worked across everything from consumer brands and culture to entertainment, technology and corporate reputation.

The bit I’ve always been most interested in is what happens behind the work. How you build the right team, create the conditions for good thinking and make ambitious growth actually work in practice.

That interest eventually took me to Cranfield University, where I completed an MSc in Management and Leadership alongside my agency career. My research looked at employee experience and organisational decision-making, and reinforced something I’d seen repeatedly in agencies: the best answer rarely comes from imposing a model from the outside. It comes from understanding what is happening inside the business.

Above the Noise brings those two sides of my experience together: agency operator and strategic adviser. I work alongside founders and leadership teams as a trusted, independent right-hand when something important needs figuring out.