I am a highly experienced information & data management and privacy professional with over 20 years' experience. I am Director of Data Potentials, a consultancy unlocking organisations information, data and privacy potential.

I work with senior stakeholders and teams across organisations to drive best practice information and data management, data exploitation, and governance, with the aim of creating sector-leading services and innovation and putting information, data and privacy at the heart of decision making.  I also provide advice and guidance support  with the implementation of M365 services.

As a data protection officer I gave advice and guidance to the Higher and Further Education sector during the implementation of the UK GDPR. I recently worked with a former colleague at Jisc and the ICO to create a mental Health Code of Practice for the HE and FE Sector as part of  the ICO’s prestigious Sandbox Project. I am also a member of two Global Microsoft Customer Advisory Boards on Microsoft Purview and Privacy  giving design advice and guidance on information management, governance and data privacy.

I am the former secretary and now vice chair (internal governance), trustee, accredited member and  fellow of the UK Information and Records Management Society

Experience

Director of Data Potentials from November 2022

Jisc - Head of Information, Data and Analytics (2015-2022)

Dorset County Council - Business and Information Analyst (SharePoint Project) (2014-2015)

Dorset County Council- Corporate Information Manager (2009-2014)

Dorset County Council - Records Manager (2002-2009)

Dorset County Council - Archivist (1990-2002)

Qualifications:

Diploma Archive Administration and Records Management - University of N Wales

Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection - Act Now            

Certificate in information security principles - Chartered Institute for IT

Certificate in Management - University of Northampton

PhD History - University of Exeter

MA English local history - University of Leicester

BA (Hons) History and Sociology - University of Bedford

Accredited Member (AMIRMS) and Fellow (FIRMS) of the UK Information and records Management Society